savinDomains’ Top 5 Rules to Register A Domain Name
We know that the process of searching and registering a domain name is fun and exciting. Whether it’s your business, organization, and or your personal website, you have the ultimate power in the creation of your online presence. At savinDomains.com, we want to make sure your pick your domain names like a professional. If you stick with these rules, you’ll be sure you’ll be making the right investment in securing your domain name registrations!
5.) Avoid Trademark and Copyright Infringements
If the domain name you are after has a publicly known trademark out there (and the fact you have hesitations to register it), then simply avoid from registering the domain name. For example, if you think you can get away with registering coca-cola.info and sell it back to the company, you may want to think again! Play it safe, and don’t infringe on other company’s (big or small) company name and trademarks. Corporate identities usually have professional legal representatives on staff to ensure their online identity is maintained!
4.) Avoid Hyphens and Numbers
General rule of great domain name registration is “avoid hyphens and numbers”. From a brand perspective, it’s difficult to market YOUR “dash” COMPANY dash “NAME as brand-able website. Avoid numbers like “Houses4U” or “HousesForYou”. You may think its cute but from a marketing standpoint, it’s not. Quite frankly, it’s unprofessional and can confuse the customer very easily.
3.) Keep Business and Marketability in Mind
This is a common theme with the top rules so far. However, it’s a category we can discuss all in its own. You know your business the best. Internet professionals (yes, including savinDomains.com representatives know domains). If you can, consult our 24/7 technical sales and support consultants. It’s free to give our opinion. Otherwise, asking third parties is always a good idea before you finalize your branding. Things you’ve got ask yourself: is this a catchy domain name? is the domain name brand-able? can I market the domain name to a wide variety of customers? is the domain name customer specific?
2.) Spellcheck
If you think you are able to register single word dictionary names in this day of age, chances are you’ve probably misspelled it. Basically, use a spell check!
1.) Keep It Simple. Check, and Re-evaluate the Domain Name.
Finally, savinDomains.com recommends your choice of domain name “the shorter, the better”. Unfortunately, not all short domain names are available. Be sure to sort out other Top Level Domains (TLDs) such as the .org, .net or .biz if available.
Once you’ve determined your domain name, make sure to check, and re-evaluate it. If not looking at the big picture, you may miss out on some pretty important things. Take a look at this for example:
WhoRepresents.com or whorepresents.com
ExpertsExchange.com or expertsexchange.com
Speedofart.com or speedofart.com
