Domain Name Extension Tips - Which is Best?

There are many domain name extensions, some are 'primary domain extensions' some are 'secondary or country extensions'. Which is best? That depends upon your point of view, but there are some simple guidelines to follow.

As I said, which of the myriad of domain name extensions is best depends largely upon your point of view, but in general, the.com extension should be your first acquisition followed by.net,.biz and your country of origin extension.

Why buy multiple extensions?

Well, when you start making gazillions of dollars your competitors can quite easily buy your domain with all those alternate extensions!

For example, let say you buy the domain name, fantastic-site.com, your competitors can buy the domains, fantastic-site.org,.biz, and.net, etc.

Why would they do that? Won't they confuse their customers?

They will not be confusing their customers because they will have a totally different primary domain for their website, this is a domain name trick. A trick designed to steal your customers by automatically redirecting any customer who enters the alternate domain names to their primary domain.

• Avoid this common mistake and buy all the necessary domains you need to protect your interests then redirect these domain to your primary domain site.

Tips for Your Domain Name

The following are just a few, hints and tips on choosing and creating your own domain name:

• You don't need a website to register a domain name, you can simply "park" your domain name for possible future usage. Many people and companies do this simply to protect the name from the competition or because the intend to use the name at some future date.
• You can register domain names that are a single word, a name or a phrase using almost any combination of ASCII characters.
• Your cannot include spaces.
• Your must only use letters, numbers and hyphens ( dashes " ").
• Your name must not begin or end with a hyphen.
• Domain names are not case sensitive, so don't use capital letters.
• Your domain name must be unique. You cannot have more than one web site with the same address.
• When you tell people your domain name use capital letters to make it easier to read, i.e. MyExample.com and not myexample.com.
• Register as many extensions of your domain name as possible (within reason). Definitely register.com,.net..biz and your country extension.
• Make sure you know when your domain's renewal fees are due. You don't want to loose your domain name because you forgot the renewal date.

You can research your domain name choices at any of the registrars listed in my article, 'Where to Register Domain Names '. Most of these registrars provide registration, hosting, free search facilities and some even give you a FREE domain name if you accept their hosting package.