Choosing a Domain Name

Buying the right domain name is the first step in creating your online presence. If you have an existing company, you may want to pick a name that incoprates the name of your business. Seems simple enought right? However, you'll need to keep the name short so that people can remember it.

Another option is to create a domain name that describes your service or product. For example, if you are selling tee shirts, you might want to choose a name that describes them such as qualitytees.com.

You'll find that many domain names that first come to mind are already taken. So once you've come up with a name, you'll need to check to see if the domain name is available. There are many theories and strategies that go into choosing a domain name. You'll see to the right we have several resources to help you in choosing a domain name. We can always do this homework for you. We have years of experience in choosing domain names that accurately reflect your company while keeping in mind search engine optimization.

Once you've chosen a name for your website, you'll need to choose someone to do the hosting for your site. Like domain names there are tons of companies that offer website hosting. There are many factors to consider when choosing a hosting company. To find out more check out our website hosting information.

Domain Name Resources

Is your name available? Find out here:

Godaddy.com
Register.com
Network Solutions

Godaddy.com seems to be pretty cheep and offers great service. There are an abundance of sites that offer domain name services. If we are building your site for you, we will take care of this step for you.

What should you consider when picking a domain name?
The best domain names are often the simple ones -- short, memorable, clever, and easy to spell and pronounce. Nevertheless, you must weigh the sometimes competing concerns of a Web-friendly name with the importance of obtaining trademark protection for the name you choose.

There are several items to consider and everyone has their own theories on domain name selection. Here are a few items that we think are crucial in choosing a domain name:

-Length of name: Never more that 20 characters.
-Try to use .com extension when available
-Use of numbers or hyphens is not preferred
-Incorporating keywords is helpful for obtaining high search engine ranking.
-Choose a non-trademarked name.

Domain Name Suggestions:
If you need help coming up with a name that is catchy and still available, there are several tools available to you. Nameboy.com is our favorite. Here is a list of Domain name suggestion links.