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About Domain Names

Cheap domain name registration has only recently become available. Not too long ago, the fee for yearly domain registration could run as much as $40 to $60 US.

But recently, the prevailing price has fallen dramatically, to the $5 - $10 range.

So it's wise to look for a low cost domain name register. Unlike webhosting, the price you pay has absolutely no effect on the quality or the legality of a domain registry.

We'll talk more about price in a minute. But right now, let's talk about choosing a domain name, why you need one, and how to make it work for you and the search engines as well.

To make money on the Internet, the first requirement is to establish your presence with a domain name and website of your own. Even if you intend only to market as an affiliate, and promote other people's products and programs for commissions, you really must have your own domain name and website.

Otherwise, your marketing abilities will be severely limited, and your personal credibility may be diminished in the eyes of your potential customers. In that case, you may find that real success will always be just slightly out of your reach. It would be a shame to let those things happen for the sake of a $10 domain name registration.

Your own unique domain name establishes your identity and your Internet "street address" - it will be where your website and your message can be located from anyone, anywhere in the world.

It will also allow you to receive email at a professional sounding address. For example, if your domain name is 'WidgetFactory.com' you could have a contact email address of You@WidgetFactory.com. This presents a professional image to your potential customer, and avoids negative signal that might be sent by using a free email address (like Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.) for business purposes.

More importantly, potential customers will be able to instantly visit your "online store" (website) simply by typing or pasting your domain name into their Web browser, or clicking a live link in one of your advertisements.

Constructing a Domain Name

Unless you intend to register your domain name as a lawful trademark, try to avoid using cute euphemisms in your domain name. That may work just fine for naming a business at the Mall, but not so well in terms of generating search engine traffic for your website.

Build your domain name only after you've given it some serious thought. Your best domain name should contain at least one primary keyword or key phrase that relates to the product or service you will be offering, or the general theme of your website.

Typically this will result in a higher search engine ranking for your site, providing that other website factors are made search engine friendly as well.

Make a list of keywords you would type into a search engine, if you were another person looking for whatever information or products your site will provide.

Then take that list and do some research at this free keyword engine:

=> NicheBotClassic.com

That will help you to expand your scope on choosing a domain name based on popular keywords that people actually use when searching online.

I also suggest, when possible, domain name registry under more than one suffix, and then pointing all the names toward your primary website (ie. yourdomain.com - yourdomain.net - yourdomain.us.) This will not only catch accidental traffic, it will prevent another website marketer from taking advantage of a name that you originated.
A majority, if not all, of the best single-word domain names are long gone. Therefore, your challenge will be to configure 2 to 5 descriptive keywords into a unique domain name for your website, while keeping the name itself as short and simple as possible.

Try to use a configuration of your website's keywords (descriptive words that clue the search engines as to what your site is about) to develop your unique domain name.

Domain Name Characters You Can and Cannot Use

Only letters, numbers and a hyphen ( - ) can be used to construct a domain name. Your domain name cannot contain spaces, or begin or end with a hyphen.

These characters are invalid:

_ ! @ # $ % ^ & * + = ; :

and cannot be used in any domain name registry.

The hyphen ( - ) can be used however, and is sometimes helpful in separating keyword elements in an otherwise difficult to read domain name.

Also note that domain names are not case sensitive.

YourDomain.com is the same as yourdomain.com

A domain name can be up to 67 characters long including the characters used to identify the Top Level Domain (.net, .com, .org, .edu etc.) However, you should try to avoid long, confusing and hard to remember domain names

Domain registration extension

With the impending saturation of .com and .net domains, new top level domains are being introduced as of this writing.

.biz - .info - .org - .edu - .ws - .us - .tv - .name - .jobs - and various

International domain names such as .eu - .de - .jp - .be - .uk - .nz . in and others are now available.

These top level domains may offer you the opportunity to register a really hot keyword relative domain name that will never again be available as .com or .net - but registering a .com domain name should always be your first reference.

IMPORTANT - I have not been able to verify this, but it's rumoured that some ISP spam filters will automatically reject any email originating from a .biz domain name email address. If you plan to make use of email marketing (and we recommend you do) you may want to ask your domain register support for their opinion, or even steer clear of a .biz domain name register altogether.

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Domain Names - Domain Registration Glossary

Domain Name

The unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domain Names always have 2 or more parts, separated by dots. The part on the left is the most specific, and the part on the right is the most general. A given machine may have more than one Domain Name but a given Domain Name points to only one machine. For example, the domain names: Apexisp.net, ftp.apexisp.net, whatever.apexisp.net can all refer to the same machine, but each domain name can refer to no more than one machine.

Usually, all of the machines on a given Network will have the same thing as the right-hand portion of their Domain Names in the examples above. It is also possible for a Domain Name to exist but not be connected to an actual machine. This is often done so that a group or business can have an Internet e-mail address without having to establish a real Internet site. In these cases, some real Internet machine must handle the mail on behalf of the listed Domain Name.

Domain Parking

Many hosting companies give you the option to 'park' your domain name without actually having your web site up and running. This is a nice option if you want to acquire a domain name for your web site well ahead of having the web site itself designed and constructed.

Register (Domain Name)

Since every domain is unique, registries have been set up to assign domains to individuals and organizations. When a domain is registered with the appropriate registry, that domain is assigned and becomes no longer available for anyone else to use. Typically, there are registration and renewal fees (local registry fees) associated with the right to use a domain. However, there are some TLDs that are provided at no charge.

Registrant (Domain Name)

The entity, organization or individual that will be using the domain name.

Registrar (Domain Name)

Some registries don't provide the ability for end users to register domains with them directly. They might require end users to purchase the domain through an internet provider that is acting as the registrar.

Registry (Domain Name)

An organization responsible for assigning domain names for the TLD that they manage. Furthermore, it is their responsibility to update the global DNS tables that all name-servers use to resolve domain names. For example, InterNIC is the registry for .COM, .NET and .ORG domain names.

Renewal (Domain Name)

Most TLDs need to be renewed at some scheduled yearly interval. This is an opportunity for both the registrant and the registry to update their records as well as collect any applicable renewal fees.