Your domain name is extremely important. It can help you with marketing and it is a factor in how every visitor to your site perceives your brand. In fact, a domain name can play a very large role in whether people visit your site at all. Your domain name is often the first thing people learn about your site so you have to make sure that your domain name makes a good first impression on them. Once you have your domain name, here is a tutorial on how to set up a WordPress site for your business idea and general website setup tips.
1) Create relatively short domain names.
2) Preferably use a .com domain name.
3) Use a domain name that is simple to spell.
4) Use a domain name that is easy to also remember.
5) The domain name should also be easy to pronounce.
6) Use a domain name that gives some hint about what your brand is all about, but is not too specific. That will help you in case you have slight change in strategy in the future.
Once you have an idea for the domain name you want, take a look at godaddy.com which offeres a tool to check whether a domain name is taken, and how much it would cost to buy if it is available.
1) Make sure the domain name does not come close to violating trademarks of other companies. For example, do not get a domain name like facebooker.com
2) Do not make your domains too long to match an exact search phrase.
3) Do not use dashes in your name like this: boston-cleaners.com
4) Do not use numbers in your domain name (with rare exceptions).
5) Avoid the .biz or .info domain names.
When you create your website, you will need a domain name and a hosting plan. One hosting company BlueHost actually provides a free domain name for people when they choose to go with their hosting plan. Here is my full tutorial on how to set up your Wordpress website and get a free domain name.
If you choose a domain name that ultimately isn't very good, there is fix to a bad domain name. It is something called a 301 redirect. The way you fix a bad domain name, is in the future, buy a better domain name, and redirect your existing site to render under the new domain name.
Make sure that your business idea is fully vetted and planned. If you get a domain name for a business too early, the business direction might change so much that the domain you choose will no longer make sense in a short time. Here is a tutorial on how to get business ideas and make sure that they are fully vetted and planned.
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