Domain Names

Q. What is a domain name and do I need one?

A. Yes, A Domain Name is much like a trademark or a license. It allows people to find your website by name instead of by IP address. It also allows customers to have a more professional look because their website can be http://www.YOURBUSINESSNAME.com instead of http://www.PROVIDERNAME.com/businessname. There can only be one of any Domain name in the world. If http://www.yourbusinessname.com is already registered by another company, then you must find a name that is not yet registered. Domain names can be only 63 charecters long in total. This includes the .com at the end but does not include the http://www at the beginning.

Q. How should I choose my domain name?

A. The general rules of thumb for choosing a domain name are 1) keep it short and simple so that people can remember it 2) try to use the .com extension if its available, although there are many different extensions available right now. For businesses, we recommend a .com suffix. It is the first extension that most people try first when searching for a website.
3) Use words that a user can easily spell - if a user mispells your domain name chances are they won't find your web site.

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