| Anyone can own a domain name and it can cost as | | | | Is there any other way to buy the best domain |
| little as ten dollars per year to have one. In the early | | | | names? |
| days of the internet many domain names were | | | | Yes, you need to find what hasn't been taken yet |
| available such as 'business.com' and 'casino.com'. If | | | | but trust me so many brilliant names are gone now. |
| you owned these domain names now you'd have | | | | Go onto a domain buying website and keep |
| several businessmen asking you how many millions of | | | | searching, any one word domain is perfect such as |
| dollars it would take to buy it off you! | | | | 'gorrila.com' but again don't expect to see many free |
| So that was then but how can you buy a valuable | | | | ones. |
| domain name nowadays? | | | | Do people sell domain names? |
| One way is to find out about new upcoming | | | | Yes, people auction them and this is where you can |
| companies; if you knew a big media company calling | | | | make long term investment. The domain name |
| themselves for example "Spicy Media" then if you | | | | 'whiskey.com' recently sold for $250,000 which seems |
| got the domain name "spicymedia.com" then this | | | | a lot but in a few years time this will be an amazing |
| would be very valuable to them in the near future. | | | | asset to have. More and more people are going online |
| This is called domain camping and you can lose the | | | | each year including the older generation and new |
| domain in a court of law if it has nothing to do with | | | | generations as young as 6 years old. More and more |
| you, so how do you avoid this? | | | | produce is also being sold online making the perfect |
| One way is to simply start your own company in a | | | | domain name for the drink whisky: 'whisky.com' more |
| similar name for example start a small business called | | | | and more valuable. If you search for the word |
| "Spicy Meatball Media". Now you have legal right to | | | | "whisky" on Google you will certainly spot |
| own the domain name 'spicymedia.com' as it | | | | 'Whisky.com' on the first page of results; the same if |
| corresponds to your company name! | | | | you searched for "Slimming", "Chocolate", or "Baby |
| What do you want to avoid when buying domain | | | | Knitwear" for example too! |
| names? | | | | So if you have a good domain name then keep it, it |
| Most companies won't want any other domain | | | | will be worth more in the future, you could say |
| extension than ".com" or it's country extension such | | | | domain names are the new housing market. Make |
| as ".co.uk". These extensions are the most valuable | | | | sure to leave your details on any domain you wish to |
| as people automatically type them in, when was the | | | | sell by putting a simple web-page on it with your |
| last time you went to a big website that ended in | | | | details. |
| ".biz"? | | | | |