An integral part of your Online Identity is your domain name. The monthly fee includes our buying and renewing each year the name for you. You own it and can move it at any time. The selection of a domain name is an important component to the effectiveness of your site. The domain name serves as the actual online property to which people are directed and the location at which they learn more about you, your company, your family, your products or your services. With your own domain name, you have the assurance that your e-mail addresses will never change. It doesn't matter if you use another ISP, such as AOL; you will always be able to receive e-mail addressed to you at your own unique domain. It is important that people are always able to find you on the web. To that end, we provide you with the ability to search for any available domain name that you wish.
- Increases your name recognition
- Makes it easy for your customers to remember your address
- Indicates you are a serious Internet player
- Helps brand your image
- Adds a level of trust and integrity to your site
- Many search engines refuse to list pages from free sites
- Some search engines will only index the first page of a domain site
- Domain names containing 'keywords' aid in higher search engine ranking
- Allows you to use your domain address (www.example.com) and virtual email addresses (yourname@example.com) on your business cards and letterhead
- Prevents somebody else from registering the name you want
- Lets you change your current hosting email provider and still keep the same email address
- Protects your Internet advertising investment from failure of your Internet Service Provider
There is a chance that the first domain name you will want to register is already taken. Don't worry; there will be one that suits you. Use your imagination; try a few different ones out. There are still many different combinations that can be used, including using a hyphen, adding "corp", "inc", "online" or "family" to the end of your domain name. Also, you can always use .net, .biz or .org. If you need help with this process, remember that you can turn to our live online assistance.
- Make it as short as possible
- Make it memorable
- Make it easy to spell
- Make it pronounceable
- Make it directly related to either your business's name or
- Make it directly related to keywords from your industry or
- Make it descriptive of your site's content or
- Make it your name or your family name