Domain Name Registration
Domain Name Registration is a service provided by
many hosting services, as well as registration services. These services submit
the forms that are required to obtain a domain name for use on your web site.
Costs: There is a one-time charge from the registration service, usually around
$25.
Issues:
There have been many cases where unethical individuals have registered domain
names hoping to "sell" the domain to the companies that should have rightfully
registered those names. These are not legitimate registration services, and should
be avoided. You should not make your web site's name public knowledge until after
a domain name has been registered in your name.
When the domain name is first registered, your organization should be the owner
of the domain name. Changing the owner of a domain name involves a "transfer"
form that must be notarized by both parties, and some additional fees.
As mentioned earlier, the cost of the domain name itself is a charge, and the
company that provides the domain name, Internet for example, will bill you
directly for the domain name itself.
Recommendations:
Make sure that whoever registers the domain name specifies your name, or the name
of your business or organization, as appropriate, as the owner.
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Why Do You Need A Domain Name?
Increases your name recognition. Makes it easy for your customers to remember
your address
Indicates you are a serious Internet player. Helps brand your image. Adds a
level of trust and integrity to your site. Many search engines refuse to list
pages from free sites. Some search engines will only index the first page of
a domain site. Domain names containing 'keywords' aid in higher search engine
ranking. Allows you to use your domain address (www.yourname.com) and virtual
email addresses (yourname@yourname.com) on your business cards and letterhead.
Once a domain name has been registered, it is no longer available. The most
popular and easily-remembered domain names are being reserved daily, at the
rate of one domain name every 5 seconds! At that rate, in the near future, only
obscure domain names will be available to the general public. Avoids somebody
else from registering the name you want. Lets you change your current email
provider and still keep the same email address. Protects your Internet advertising
investment from failure of your Internet Service Provider.
How To Select A Domain Name:
Make it as short as possible - Make it memorable - Make it easy to spell - Make
it pronounceable
Make it a name you can brand - Make it non-confusable with another domain name
Make it not conflict with an existing trademark - Make it easy to say
Make it trust-worthy, not off-beat (i.e. a .com instead of a .to or .ws)
Make it directly related to either your business name or
Make it directly related to keywords from your industry or
Make it descriptive of your site's content
Consider multiple domain names: obtain similar names to avoid competitors
confusing your customers obtain misspellings of your domain name to keep competitors
from taking advantage of misspellings obtain names for future offerings (services
or products)
link to your main site from additional domains to aid in your search engine
ranking (major search engines use link popularity in their ranking algorithms)
