Your domain name is you on-line identity. These tips can help you get started!

1. Keep it short - people need to be able to remember your domain name , and easily type it into their browser. Try to register the shortest name that your customers and visitors will associate with your Website.

2. Dot What?  - There are many different extensions available right now. For businesses, we recommend a .com suffix. It is the first extension that most people try when searching for a Website. Also, since it is one of the oldest extensions, .com shows that your business has been around for a while and that you have a well-established presence on the Web.  Many .com are taken and businesses are using other extensions.  NOTE:  If a competitor owns yourdomain.com, it's not recommended that you set up yourdomain.net.  You'll lose business.  Find another .com that works for you!

3. Avoid Trademarked Names - There are two really good reasons for this. First, it’s not very nice. We have all heard the stories about the zany guy who thought ahead and bought "some-huge-multi-million-dollar-company.com" and sold it to the company for enough money to retire on. But, remember that those companies, like yours, have spent lots of time and money creating their brand, and what goes around comes around. Also, companies are no longer opening their pocketbooks to get their names back. They are calling their lawyers.

4. Register Your Domain NOW -  Domain names are being snatched up every day. When you find the perfect name, you must register immediately or get stuck with "the-domain-name-that-no-one-wanted.net". You do not have to have a Webmaster or an ecommerce department or a Web design consultant or... Heck, you don’t even need a Web page. Just get out there and register before you loose the opportunity to get the name you really want.
5. One May Not Be Enough  - Sometimes, it isn’t a bad idea to register several similar domain names. If you have "yourname.com", register "yourname.net" so no one else takes it. You can register your full company name and a shorter, easier to remember version. Some people even register common misspellings of their company’s name. (You don’t need a separate Web page for each. Several domains can point to the same Website.)

6. Character Types -  Just a reminder. Domain names can only use letters, numbers, and dashes. Spaces and symbols are not allowed. Also, domain names are not case sensitive.

7. Ask Around - When you have settled on several available name choices, see what your friends and clients have to say. A name that may make perfect sense to you may be too hard for other people to remember. Is your domain easy to say? Is it hard to spell? Do you have to explain why you chose the name? Type out your domain name and look at it before buying it!  In writing what sounds like a good name may look totally different.

8. Buy your domains here! - Our prices are competive and don't take leaps into triple digits when it comes time to renew.

And remember, if you think that if you have found the right domain name, but you're not quite sure if it's the one... register it anyway before someone else does