| Domain name prices costs the same whether if you | | | | - rather than just registering your com.my for local |
| have a good domain or a bad domain. What is | | | | Malaysia market or com.hk for the Hong Kong |
| considered a good domain name? Here are some tips | | | | market, grab the .com name as this name is easier to |
| to help you register your million dollar website name. | | | | remember. |
| 1. Use your product / service keywords into your | | | | - what if your competitors own the .com and you |
| domain name | | | | only registered the .com.sg version? Then, it's |
| - using a keyword in your domain name allows | | | | advisable to register another domain name where |
| internet visitors to know what your website offers. | | | | you can grab both the .com and the .com.sg |
| For instance, if you are using selling jewelry then you | | | | (otherwise customers who do not type the .sg will |
| can add in this keyword to your website domain | | | | end up going to your competitors' site) |
| name, such as 2. Avoid using dashes in your domain | | | | 5. Register both the singular and plural versions |
| name | | | | - if your keywords have singular and plural versions, it |
| - have you seen the domain names like ? Not only is | | | | will be better to register both versions of the |
| this domain name hard to say out, your visitors might | | | | domains, such as and - this mistake can even be |
| easily forget this domain name and misspelt the | | | | seen in the cases of some popular websites like (one |
| website name, causing them to end up in your | | | | of the most popular online diet website). If you |
| competitors website of 3. Use simple words and | | | | entered the singular version of diet, you will go to |
| spelling | | | | and guess who owns this? (not eDiets.com) |
| - avoid using "big" words that visitors might not even | | | | 6. Register your company / brand name |
| know how to pronounce and you should always spell | | | | - if you manage a widely known brand name of |
| check the keyword before you register this | | | | products then you should grab the name of this |
| - there's nothing worse that using a keyword that | | | | product itself. For instance, you run a family business |
| you cannot even spell properly (and result in you | | | | of restaurants called Aunt May, so you should grab |
| misspelling your own website name) | | | | auntmay. |
| 4. Choose international domain names (top level TLD) | | | | |