text: who registers new web addresses besides the us government?   if you want to get your own domain name (like yahoo.com) then search yahoo! for "domain name registrar"  some web site hosting companies can register a new domain name for you when you purchase web site hosting service from them. (most web sites require a separate "web site hosting" service to store their web pages.)  since you were not specific enough, i hope that this answers your question. :)