Purchase Domain Name: First Step in Website-building

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Web Hosting-SEO-Web Design )



You purchase domain name for a website you plan to build. Whether the website you will design and manage is for e-commerce purposes or for imparting information, a well-chosen domain name will make or break your career as a webmaster.

The first step to building a website is choosing the correct domain name. Your domain name must be descriptive of your site. If your website is about dogs, you choose a domain name that has related words in it like dog, canine or puppy. If possible, use a keyword when you purchase domain name. Having a keyword in the domain name makes it easier to use search engine marketing tools for your website.

So, now you have finally chosen a domain name. What is the next step? Build your website?

Before you even begin thinking about website design, you will have to check the domain name availability. You will have to see if the domain name you have chosen is still available or free. This means you have to search domain names similar to what you have in mind because others might have also thought about the same domain name. With millions of webmasters worldwide, it is possible for another person to have come up with the same string of words as a domain name.

After checking the availability of the domain name and you learn that no one has owned it yet, you now have to register it. When you register a domain name it is the same as buying a domain name. The registration process entails payment which is usually good for one year. Thereafter an annual payment is made making it possible for you to continually use the same domain name otherwise it expires. If this happens, your purchased domain name becomes expired, freeing it for others to purchase and use.

Some domain name registration companies allow you to reserve a domain name that is still owned by another person. This is especially true if a domain name is about to expire and the current owner of the domain is not keen on renewing his registration. You can reserve domain names this way so that when they expire they immediately become yours to use on your website.

You can opt to purchase domain name or reserve domain names using various domain extensions. Do not be limited to .com. You can also register a domain name in various incarnates such as .com, .org, .biz and that net. Buying a domain name with the various domain extensions makes sure that nobody else is able to register your chosen URL albeit with a different extension. This also helps when people search for your website. Even if they type .com, .org, .biz or .net, you are sure that these people looking for you will find your site.

After choose a domain name, check domain name availability, and purchase the domain name, it is only then you start conceptualizing what your website will look like.


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