Things to know before registering a domain name for your website

If you are planning to start a blog or website , then keep the following points in mind while registering a domain name , because domain name is also somewhat responsible for your website success .

1. Choose your domain name which looks like a professional & standard to everyone .
2. Should be short & easy , so that it could be easily memorized by your visitors .
3. Should be related to your website topic & content , i.e it should be SEO friendly .

Tips to choose appropriate  domain name extension for your website ?

Domain name extensions also play important role in targeting visitors of your website , suppose if you select your domain name extension as  .US / .UK / .DE /AU / .IN  etc which are country specific , Then search engines will show your websites more in the organic search results of that particular country . Because , you must be aware of that search engine shows different search results for different country , suppose you are in Australia and you make a search in  google – buy cheap domain name  and best hosting , then google will show different results in their listing  for the same key words in united states  & different search results in Australia.

Similarly if you choose domain name extension depending upon your website business type like – .com / .org / .edu /.tv / .info etc , It tells what is your website all about  , for example if you choose your website extention – .org means public & search engine both will understand your website is all about an organization , if it is .edu means your website is related to an educational institution or university. if you choose your domain extension as . info means your website is just informative.

Why people mostly choose .com domain name extension , what is the advantage and disadvantages of choosing .com extension for your website

.com domain name extension is most popular  extension which is widely used on internet , why ? let me tell you  that .com extension is mostly used for commercial purpose websites . the main reason of its popularity is it is not country specific . Also I had seen various people who are new comer to internet , they just know .com and I had even seen several people making a search followed by a keyword with .com . Hence .com domain extension is more popular.

Auction for purchasing highly demandable domain name – Domain name registrar put high demandable domain name for auction , one main reasons why people are facing difficulty in getting desired domain name is also due this reason . These domains sells on very high prices , even 1000 times higher than normal domain pricing .

New domain name extensions – Since due to huge number of domain names getting registered daily with popular extensions like .com , .org , .info, .edu etc .Due to which people are not able to resister domain name of their own chance ,  Hence now several new domains extensions has been introduced depending exactly related to your business like – .bank / .college / .hotels / .trading etc , hence this will facilitate you to choose a domain name with your preferred name with related extensions.

 What is private and public domain registration ?

When you register any domain name from any domain register website , it will ask you before registration , that wether you would like to go for public or private domain registration . if you choose public registration , then several information about your website like – owner of website , your phone number , address , etc will be shown publicly on whois domain look up websites .   but if you opt for private registration at the time of domain registration then these all information will be kept private  & any public cannot view those information. However you need to pay some extra charges for private domain registration.

Which company offers cheap domain registration? What is the truth behind this type of offer from a domain registrar?

when we register any domain name from any domain registrar company ,then that company also need to pay almost the same charge for providing you that domain name , and the competition is very high between the  domain registrar company .but stll how they provide you domain names at cheaper rates and prices . They apply some business trick behind this offer , either he manage to get the complete domain price from the hosting package which you purchase , of email package , or either he will charge more on domain renewals next years , there several hidden terms and conditions which and business trick to get the complete charges from you . hence don’t look up for cheap or cheapest domain registration , just go for domain registrar which you trust.

Enquire about how many emails accounts @your domain name is provided with your domain name , if it is not free , how much is the pricing of emails accounts @domain name , what type of option you will get wit that email whether you will get only a email forwarding account or complete email account.

Difference between email forwarding account & complete email account which are provided @your domain names .

Email forwarding plan @your domain name – if you purchase or get free email forwarding account @ your domain name , then you will be able to create an email account @your domain name , but you can not compose any email from that email account , you can just receive email on that account , to your some another email account which you had forwarded .

Complete email account @ your domain name – If you purchased a complete email account @your domain name then you will be able to login to that email account , compose & send email from the same email id as well as you will receive emails in the inbox of that email account.

Enquire about your domain renewal rates – Before you purchase a domain name , its better to make you on safe side from several business tricks which domain name registrar may charges you at the time of renewal . Because once you get register with them . you would have to pay their renewal charges or the other option you will have is to transfer your domain to another registrar.

Transferring your domain to other registrar – if your current domain registrar is charging more on renewals or if you find it not good for you then you have an option to transfer your domain to some other registrar , but before registering your domain , enquire about the fixed time period after which you can transfer your domain .