| Domain name registration is similar to registering the | | | | there are people or organizations who have |
| name of your newly established business?the name | | | | purchased the name because it a name that |
| needs to be unique. Unlike a business name, however, | | | | companies will most likely take interest in. |
| you are not legally required to register a domain | | | | Domain names accept alphanumeric characters and |
| name that actually describes your website; although it | | | | hyphens, and consist of a suffix that uniquely |
| would serve your cause to have a name that | | | | identifies the site. A domain name such as is different |
| somehow relates to your company. | | | | from yoursite.org. It is not impossible that you will |
| Whenever you register for a domain name, your | | | | see a site and yoursite.org representing two kinds of |
| choice is subjected to a countercheck against existing | | | | content that are different from and unrelated to |
| registered domain names. This process is usually free, | | | | each other. However, it is possible for a company to |
| whether or not you actually intend to purchase the | | | | purchase all the possible variations of a domain name |
| name. You have to understand, though, that if you | | | | and configure them to point to only one site. You can |
| type the URL address in your browser and no site | | | | use hyphens to distinguish your site from another |
| loads, it does not necessarily mean that the domain | | | | similarly named site. So, instead of having |
| name is available. It is possible that the domain name | | | | yoursite.com, your domain name could be |
| has already been registered to an owner but no | | | | your-site.org instead. |
| website has been set up yet. It is also possible that | | | | |