Successful Domain Name Set Up For Your Internet Marketing Business
By Brian McClelland

Many internet marketing opportunities will tell you that you need no IT knowledge to set up your business, however unless you have a mentor who will hold your hand right through the set up process then read on to discover how you successfully buy your domain name.

Firstly you may know about domain names. If not then they are like the postal address of your home. Your postal address tells the postman where to deliver your email. A domain name is the address that the internet uses to enable people to visit your website, very important for an Internet Marketing business. A domain name looks like xxxxx.yyy. There are three letters at the front of the domain name (www) but you do not need to worry about this. You want to pick a domain name that reflects your business. Where above I have put xxxxx in, replace this with the name that you want to use.

How do you know the domain name is available? Simply visit a domain registration company (just type domain name registration into Google and you will find the link to many domain registration companies). Select a registration company and then when you enter their site there will be a box usually labelled domain search. Type in the domain name you are looking for and the system will check if the name is available.

If the domain name is not available then the system will give you alternative selections. Select the domain name you require and then the system will offer a list of extension options e.g..com.biz.org.me.info at the end of the domain name. If you are setting up a business then I would suggest you go for.com, if this is not available then select a.net or.biz. These are the best names for a company. You can also select country specific domain names e.g..co.uk for the United Kingdom. The.org extension is used for government and charitable organisations so do not use this extension type unless you are a charitable organisation.

Once you have selected your domain name then proceed to checkout. Unless you have a burning need to buy other services that they will offer you then only buy the domain name. When you get to the checkout the system will have automatically priced this for 2 years, if you do not need it that long then you can select in the drop down box how long you want to buy the domain for. Remember you will have the first option to renew so you do not need to buy up front for multiple years. Once you have selected the timescale required follow the checkout process and you will be the proud owner of a domain name on the Internet.

It is worth thinking about the domain name you have selected and review if it is worth buying the same domain name but with different.extensions. If you think a competitor could buy your domain name but with a different.extension and take business from you then you should think about buying the domain with multiple.extensions to protect your business.

Although it may seem complicated, once you have bought one domain name and understand how easy it is then your next problem will be to stop yourself buying them.

Brian E McClelland
http://www.whoisbrianemcclelland.biz
The author has spent over 20 years in the IT industry, he currently works from home running his on-line store and coaching and mentoring people wishing to enter the on-line marketing business. For further information on Internet Marketing please visit http://www.scottemcclelland.info

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