Tuesday, November 11, 2008

How To Pick A Money Making Domain Name - Choosing The Right One

By Dr. Kang-pang Chan

A domain name is what makes it easier for a person when they go online to search for a specific product or service. So it is crucial that you choose a domain name that reflects your online business the best. Also you want a domain name that will help improve its revenue levels. Below we offer a few tips on how to pick a money making domain name for your internet business.

Tip 1 Before you do anything you should carry out plenty of research first to see what is currently available and what kinds of names are work the best. There are numerous domain resale sites, forums and discussion groups that can help you to find the right information to ensure that you select a domain name that will help your business make money for you.

Tip 2 It is important that you use names that are short and simple as this makes it much easier for people who have been searching for something to remember it. Also never have domain names that have separators in them and never buy any with generic product names. Also if at all possible only buy those domain names that end either in ".com" or ".net". Finally you need to make sure that the name does not infringe on another company's trademark.

Tip 3 Once you know what type of domain name it is you are after for you business you can start searching for it. There are many of domain name registrars who have the facility where you can search to see if the domain name you want is available. You may find with some that if it isn't then they will suggest ones as an alternative to it.

Tip 4 When you need to register the domain name never go with the registrar that is the cheapest. Instead what you want is one who provides plenty of support especially when starting an online business and can easily answer any questions you may have. Also make sure that when it comes to reselling your domain to another that no delays will occur when it is being transferred.

Tip 5 If you can find a domain name that is for sale on a site that has already been developed. This means that you are already getting traffic coming to the site and with a little bit more marketing and development this can be increased further. Also domain names on sites that have already been developed are ones that online search engines react more favorably towards.

Tip 6 As well as buying domain names with developed websites consider purchasing parked domains also. Again although they don't have traffic going to them they still show up in search engine browser pages. Once you purchase such a domain you now need to spend time developing the site and marketing it. But doing this will improve its look and placing on the search engines and so increase the chances of you making an income from it.

Above we have shown you just a few ways of how to pick a money making domain name for your online business, but you shouldn't rely solely on these. After getting your domain name registered and you have developed your website you now need to start marketing it. The best and easiest way of doing this is through writing articles that relate to it and then post it to article directories like Ezine Articles.

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