| Simple tips for website owners on how to choose a | | | | misspelling your own website name) |
| good domain name for their website business. Ideas | | | | 4. Choose international domain names (top level TLD) |
| on how to create a million dollar domain name. | | | | - rather than just registering your com.my for local |
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| Website domain names registration costs the same | | | | market, grab the .com name as this name is easier to |
| no matter if you choose a good or a bad domain | | | | remember. |
| name. Therefore, how do you ensure you grab a | | | | - what if your competitors own the .com and you |
| great website name? Listed below are the tips to | | | | only registered the .com.sg version? Then, it's |
| help you register your million dollar domain name. | | | | advisable to register another domain name where |
| 1. Use your product / service keywords into your | | | | you can grab both the .com and the .com.sg (or else |
| domain name | | | | clients who did not type the .sg will end up going to |
| - using a keyword in your domain name allows | | | | your competitors' site) |
| internet visitors to know what your website offers. | | | | 5. Register both the singular and plural versions |
| For instance, if you are using selling jewelry then you | | | | - if your keywords have singular and plural versions, it |
| can add in this keyword to your website domain | | | | will be better to register both versions of the |
| name, such as 2. Avoid using dashes in your domain | | | | domains, such as and - this mistake can even be |
| name | | | | seen in the cases of some popular websites like (one |
| - have you seen the domain names like ? Not only is | | | | of the most popular online diet website). If you used |
| this domain name hard to say out, your visitors might | | | | the singular term for the word diet, you will end up |
| easily forget this domain name and misspelt the | | | | at and guess who owns this? (not eDiets.com) |
| website name, causing them to end up in your | | | | 6. Register your company / brand name |
| competitors website of 3. Use simple words and | | | | - if you manage a widely known brand name of |
| spelling | | | | products then you should grab the name of this |
| - avoid using "big" words that visitors might not even | | | | product itself. For example, you own a chain of family |
| know how to pronounce and you should always spell | | | | owned restaurants called Aunt May, therefore you |
| check the keyword before you register this | | | | should register auntmay.com, and |
| - there's nothing worse that using a keyword that | | | | auntmayrestaurants. |
| you cannot even spell properly (and result in you | | | | |