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Registering a Domain Name for Your Website

A website is very important to create visibility for your company and to create this it will need a domain name. Registering a domain name can be confusing if you are not sure of the steps involved. There are companies that will help you with completing the process as well.

Once you have decided to create a website for your business, you need to consider how to choose a domain name. You need to select a simple and concise domain name that anybody is able to remember easily. Your domain name will reflect the name of the website. So once you have confirmed the name, it is best to go ahead with registering it as it can become unavailable if somebody else takes it. Purchasing a domain name is not a complicated procedure but it can be challenging to find a name that is not already taken. Domain names are there to make it easier for us to remember internet addresses as IP addresses can be very hard to remember with their numerals and characters. A domain name is represented by one or more IP addresses. There is no limitation on who can buy a domain name. When you want to buy one, you simply need to visit a domain name registrar and pay a fee for the domain name you want.       

A catchy and simple domain name can improve SEO as well. Before you start looking for names, you have to do some background research and look for keywords that are related to your product or service. You can look for a variation on this to still keep the name interesting and improve your SEO practices as well. It’s best to select a short and catchy name but sometimes the name you want may be already taken. There are also people that register such names in hopes of reselling them later on. So when you are in help of looking for a domain name, you can check whether the domain registrar has an option to search for available names similar to what you are looking for. They will provide names that are available currently. Sometimes the extension you want may be already taken for that name so you may have to use a different extension. But generally, the most popular extension is .com and when you use anything else, there is the risk of a visitor going to a different site if they are not aware that your extension is different.

You may have to incur a higher cost if you are looking for a popular domain name and a suffix. If somebody has already registered it, you can see whether they are amenable to selling it to you. Flipping domains has become very popular and it is a business that can turn in a lot of profit. You can also make an offer for the domain name to see whether they can negotiate. There are web hosting services that will offer you a free domain name when you register for the full web hosting package. But this is usually valid for the first one or two years. You will need to start paying after this. Check from the beginning whether there is a fee involved in setting up the domain fee in addition to the registrar’s fee.

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