How to Choose the Right Domain Name and Host

A good domain name can be huge for your website. Make sure you get a quality domain name that people can remember and also ensure that you get it from a good domain provider.

If you are absolutely sure on your domain name, buy the name for several years. Domain names in today's world are generally fairly cheap if you claim one that isn't being used. Buying a name for many years locks that price in so that you can own it for as long as you want. You do not want to relinquish it on accident.

In addition to a .com domain, look into domains such as .net and .org. This serves multiple purposes. On one hand it ensures that someone doesn't come along and try to imitate your website with one of those domains instead. It also makes it a lot easier on visitors because they will not have to remember the specific end of the URL address. Any one of their guesses would work fine.

Make sure you stay on top of all of your domain name payments. As soon as a domain name expires, somebody else can buy it. If you didn't mean for that domain to expire it could put you in a really tough spot because the person who just bought the domain name is under no obligation to give it back to you. Chances are you would have to start over with a new domain name.

Pick a name that is easy for your visitors to remember. If you pick something that is difficult then it will be easy to forget and people will not be able to come to your website. Make sure this does not happen.

Do not choose a domain name that sounds insulting or immature. You might think this makes your business look like it has a sense of humor, but in fact all it does a lot of the time is make people think you are unprofessional. It will almost certainly drive people away from your website instead of bringing more people to it.

Look into the company that you will be getting the domain name from. Read reviews. You want to ensure that you are giving money to a reputable business and that you are getting exactly the features that you think you are getting for a domain host. Generally domain hosts are pretty legitimate but you can never be too safe on the Internet.

If you must have a name that is currently unavailable, look into using a company that will back order the domain for you. This essentially puts you on the waiting list and as soon as that domain name pops up as available it will go to you. This might not end up being effective however, since the owner of that domain name just may not ever want to let it go.

On the Internet a domain name is basically your identity (or your company's identity). Make sure you pick a domain that you will want to keep for ever and that people will be able to easily recognize.