| Though finding a domain name that you like can | | | | business name or to keywords from your industry. It |
| prove difficult, setting up a website is a simple | | | | should also be descriptive of your sites contents. |
| process. Registration usually gives you exclusive use | | | | 3. There are a lot of different extensions available at |
| of a domain name for two years. Go to an official | | | | the moment. We suggest that you get suffix for |
| Internet registrar online. Enter the name or phrase of | | | | businesses. It is the first extension that people use |
| the domain name you would like to register. Search | | | | when searching for a website. Since it is one of the |
| for the name. If it is already taken, enter a new | | | | oldest also demonstrates that your business has |
| name and search again until you find one that is still | | | | been around for a while and that you have a |
| available. | | | | well-established presence on the Web. |
| Sound simple, no? Here are some more tips on | | | | 4. Register as many versions of your domain name |
| domain name registration: | | | | as you can afford. For example you might want to |
| 1. Use only well known domain name registration sites. | | | | register.com,.net and.org versions of your best |
| Avoid operations you have never heard of before. If | | | | domain name idea so that your competitors can not |
| a registrar does not ask for information on the | | | | get any of them. You do not have to use all of |
| registrant, be very careful and read through all their | | | | them; in fact it is usually good to use just one |
| terms and conditions: some dishonest registrars take | | | | domain. Good domain names are getting harder to |
| their clients' money, set them up as the admin, | | | | find, so registering them now ensures you will have |
| technical or billing contacts, and put themselves as | | | | them and not your competitors. |
| the registrant. This makes them the owner of all the | | | | 5. When choosing a domain name registrar, some |
| domain names that they register. | | | | additional features, which may cost more, are worth |
| 2. Make your domain name as short as possible. Make | | | | considering. These include email forwarding, which |
| it easy to remember and spell, and pronounceable. | | | | allows email sent to to be forwarded to another |
| Make it a name that you can brand; it should not be | | | | address. You should also consider website forwarding, |
| easy to confuse it with another domain name, nor | | | | which allows you to redirect alternate domains to a |
| should it conflict with an existing trademark. Your | | | | central website. |
| domain name should be directly related to your | | | | |