How to Choose a Domain Name that fit on your identity

Posted Apr 4 2009 by admin in Domain Name with 0 Comments

The best domain names have already been taken. However, if you are creative with your word selection and think laterally, you can come up with a great domain name. The following advice is particularly relevant to your business blog or website.

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Tips on how to choose a successful domain name for your blog or website:

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[1]. Start brainstorming for relevant to your domain words. List as many words as you can think of related to your preferred domain name, list as many words as you can think of that are related to the content of your website.
[2]. Make different combinations with the listed words that are:

Short, Memorable, Not easily confused, Hard to misspell, Related to the core of the business, With appropriate sounding to the core of your business.
Shorter domain names are easier to remember and type, and far less susceptible to mistakes: for example lottary.com is easier to remember, type than playthenationallottaryonline.com

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Tips: If you like a specific word to be included in the domain name, think of all its forms: noun, verb, adverb, adjective.

Do-Not Use Following on selection of Domain Name

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Do not use an ampersand ‘&’. Technically, it is illegal, so you should also avoid ‘and’.
Do not use apostrophes. Technically, it is illegal and therefore the use of an apostrophe is not permitted.
Do not start or end with a hyphen (-).
The permitted characters are: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789-
All characters are lower case.
Do not panic!
If possible, do not use hyphens.
If possible, do not use numerical characters.
If possible, do not use mobile phone text message abbreviations.
If possible, do not use ‘2′ for ‘to’, ‘4′ for ‘for’, ‘u’ for ‘you’ and ‘ur’ for ‘your’.
Do not try to be too cool by using deliberate spelling mistakes. It’s just not kool!
If possible, do not pad your domain name with unnecessary words like ‘the’, ‘ltd’ and ‘company’.
Do not use brand names or trade marks which belong to other companies.
Do not use a limited (incorporated) company name which belongs to another company.
If in doubt, check out the Companies House website, perform a name check free of charge and check the directory of UK Limited Companies.
If relevant to your business, also consult a Company Formation agent.
If you use more than one word, do not end and start words with the same character. For example, www.intelligenttelephones.com is not good, whereas www.businesstelephones.com is good.
Do not pay over the odds, because there are hidden charges to avoid.