When I bought my domain, granted a decade ago when there were fewer TLDs, it was a typical search bar. Then click Buy then enter payment and user info. It wasn'

When I bought my domain, granted a decade ago when there were fewer TLDs, it was a typical search bar. Then click Buy then enter payment and user info. It wasn't any more difficult than any other online purchase. The config/DNS steps require a certain level of techiness but buying the domain, the key step, was easy.