Tips for Choosing A Domain Name

1. It should be easy to say. Test it... Say it out loud


2. It should be easy to remember


3. It should say what you do/are, similar to your company name, people often just try adding www in front of your name


4. How will it sound over the phone/radio


5. It should be easy to spell. If the word could be spelled differently e.g. b or be, or 24 or twentyfour you may want to register both


6. Avoid dashes


7. Are the other popular extensions used by competitors?


8. Does it contain keywords people would type into search engines when looking for something you offer?


9. Shorter is best (Domain names can be of any length up to 67 characters)


10. .com & .ca are most popular


11. www.netcraft.com - Search through registered domain names using its "site contains" helps you find sites with similar names.


12. Do you also need to register the plural version in anticipation? e.g. website.com and websites.com


13. Contact a lawyer re copywrite / trademark infringement


14. Remember that listings come up alphabetically, so web sites beginning with a number or the first few letters of the alphabet help customers find you more easily