How Do I Choose a Good Domain Name ?

This is the core - how do you choose a domain name that will serve you for years ? Changing domain name means all the money that you invested in its promotion going down the drain !

Let us examine possible factors that go into choosing the right domain name for your site :

• Availability



• Meaningfulness



• Easy to Remember



• Hard to misspell

Your Internet Address (Domain Name) should reflect what you and your web site are all about. This is decidedly the most difficult decision you have to make. Begin by evaluating what you are marketing on your web site. Secondly create a list of possible URLs. Try to keep it as simple as possible or easy to remember. Even a long name is OK, if it reflects your business or what you are trying to present. (For example: A name such as howtoexport.com is a long name but easy to remember and certainly would explain what your site is all about.)

The next step is to check on availability. If you think you have come up with the one and only perfect name for your web site, you may find that it has already been taken. Be prepared with several acceptable possibilities then check the availability at whois database. The whois database will give you up to the minute availability of your desired URL.