The first step in building a website is in the choice of a domain name.
The simple answer is, it pays to have a domain name that reflects your site or business. If your website is about car parts for example, do you really expect the average web surfer to remember how to get to your website if it is named "bobsthingsforsale.com" or some other unrelated name? For example, a car parts website should have a domain name like carparts.com or bobsautoparts.com, something that immediately associates the domain name with the theme of the site.
You can find domain names by checking the WhoIs database on the internet. If not, several alternative domain names will be proposed, to help you fine tune your search, or possibly giving you an acceptable alternative domain name to register instead.
You could use a domain name with hyphens, but is that really a good idea?
Let’s quickly review what makes a good domain name. A domain name needs to be relevant, easy to remember, keyword optimized, and free from trademark conflicts.
Domains with hyphens can sometimes be a good idea if you really want certain words in your domain name but all the domains without hyphens are already taken. The domain hotellamps.com is harder to read than hotel-lamps.com.
You might also consider using hyphens for search engine optimization. To illustrate this point a couple of fairly suspicious domain names are therapistfinder.com and molestationnursery.com. Some people will forget the hyphen when they type your domain name.
Domain name is an identity for a website.
Good domain name criteria is it must be unique. The unique domain name must be different from others.
Good domain name is also must be memorable.
Shorter domain name means better domain name. We observe most popular domain name have less than 10 alphabets. Longer domain name can cause the domain name is typed wrongly.
Good domain name is also normally having repeated alphabets. In simple word domain name with com extension have highest value compared to other domain name extension.
Good domain name do not containing dash. Domain name with dash seems it is less interested compared domain name without dash. Domain name containing number also is seems less interested.
Good domain name must be global name.
Good domain name must have good sound.
Getting a good domain name is important to the success of your online business. You have some ideas for possible names for your business. Talk to people about your business name.
After you have some good ideas for your business name, you can search the register of existing online domain names to make sure your name isn’t already taken. Then you’ll register your new web business name!
Your domain name, of course, is the name of your online business. It may be slightly different from your actual business name.
The .com extension is the mark of a serious business.
Your domain name (or business name, same thing) must exude confidence, reliability, strength, and trustworthiness.
Short domain names are better than long domain names.
Do not use numbers in your domain name. For example: If my domain name is www.sevenwonderlust.com, somebody might think, "Does that mean www.7wonderlust.com?" Or take the domain name www.7to1odds.com. Remember, you want your business name to establish trust and credibility—especially on the net!
Finally, make your domain name easily readable.
Your domain name is your customer's first contact with your business. You must choose your name wisely.
A domain represents the unique name assigned to an organization or individual on the Internet. For instance, we are all familiar with names such as google.com, microsoft.com, and so on. A particular name (domain) may only be owned by one person or company.
The domain name is comprised of several parts. The last part of the domain (e.g., .com) is referred to as the top-level domain (TLD).
Before you can launch your site on the Web, you will need a domain name. For instance, if you wanted the domain CandlesForSale.com, that is already taken. You could select the .biz name, or try to find an alternate such as Candles4sale.com, candles4u.com, candlesonline.com, and so on.
It is much easier to find available domains ending in .biz,. If you did register the candlesforsale.biz name mentioned above, it is quite likely that people surfing the Web would type in candlesforsale.com instead.
Selecting just the right (available) domain name for your business can be a frustrating process, but it is important to get it right. Your domain name is every bit as important as the logo you put on your business card.