Your Own Domain

If you are going to try and make a living online, you are going to need a website right? But how are you going to get one? The first step you need to take is to register a Domain Name.

A domain name is what comes after the “http://www.” in any internet address. A domain can have lots of different extensions, such as “.com”, “.ws”, “.net”, “.org” and so on. When choosing your domain name, I would suggest trying to get one that ends in “.com”. After all, a lot of times people will not remember the extension and will just use “.com” as it is the most common one to use. So, if you had www.YourDomain.org, and someone else had www.YourDomain.com, there is a good chance that they could end up typing in the .com address and go to the other site rather than yours. This is NOT good!

If you can’t think of a domain to use just yet, try using your name! It is becoming more and more common place for online marketers to have their own site based on their name or a common username that they have been using for years over the internet (like my "thinktankertwo" - I bought a domain name called thinktankertwo.com last week). On this site they can have links to all their different sites. So even if someone doesn’t know a particular site of yours, but knows your name, they can go to www.YourName.com and read all about you and your products.
So where do you register a domain name? One of the cheapest places to register your domain is www.NameCheap.com and their domains start at about $8.88 per year, or even cheaper if you register them for a longer period of time. So go get yours today!