Important tips on registering a domain name

If you have started thinking about a website for your business, you have made a right decision. It is certainly not early, if it is not too late, to start your business online presence. But first, you need to choose and secure a domain name which will be your business online address.


Registering a domain is you first step in your online presence, and here are some important tips on choosing and registering a domain name:
  1. DIY. Yes, your domain address is your personal property and it is very important to do the domain registration by yourself, do not ask anyone else to do this for you. There is no need to panic, it is quite simple and easy to register a domain name, just head to a domain registrar website and you will find out what to do.
  2. Remember to renew your domain address, or you can just simply set your domain on auto-renewal on the domain control panel to make sure that it will be renewed in time.
  3. Register your business name as a domain. It is very important to register your business name as your domain address as soon as possible before someone else takes it. Why? A competitor or disgruntled customer may also choose set up a website under your business name that may reflect poorly on your business. If you haven't decided about your business name yet, choose your business name and register it as your domain as soon as practicable.
  4. A domain address is better to be easy to type and remember. Avoid odd spellings of words, slang terms, multiple hyphens or other characters, numbers and so forth. also avoid words that have more than one spelling if your visitors are likely to be confused and mistype the name.
  5. Don't buy trademarked domains.
  6. Don't buy a domain name which is too similar to an existing one.
  7. Include a location or keywords in your domain name, if you can. If your business is targeting a geographic region, try to put the location into the name of your domain. This will come very handy in optimising your website for search engines.
  8. Use your targeted keyword in your domain name. Again This will come very handy in optimising your website for search engines.

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