Domain Registrations and Domain Name Searches

Register your Domain Name asap. Domain Name Registrations are as important as registering your business name. A major amount of marketing in today's society revolves around your website. When deciding on your business name, it is also a good idea to do a domain name search at the same time, so you know from the beginning that both your business name and domain name will be available.

The registration of domain names is administered by your countries domain name registrars.

The purpose of a domain name is as an identification to your business or type of business.

If you do a search on Domain Name Registration you will see there are many domain name registration sites to choose from. I recommend two sites which are easy to use, very quick and a great price to register a domain name.

Q. I have thought of a domain name that I would like to register, is it available?

A. Every domain Name Registration website has a search facility to see if your website is available. If it is reserved, sometimes there is an option to purchase. If your chosen domain name is available, go ahead and buy it. Normally domain registrations are for 2 years.

Q. Where do I register my domain name?

A. The sites I have used and recommend are Godaddy.com and crazydomains.com.au if you are in Australia and specifically want a .au name. All other registrations are available through Godaddy.com.
If you use SBI to create your websites, your domain name registration is built into your subsciption and your search and registration facility is part of the program.

Q Is my domain name legal ie trademarked

A Please research first using your country's trademark association is your domain name is trademarked.

Q Does my domain name registration company offer me any other services?

A. Most Domain Registration Companies offer you extra services such as:

Web Hosting

Email Hosting - You can setup specific email addresses for your domain. ie if your domain name is flowers.com you could setup an email address as sales@flowers.com which looks much more professional in your marketing and advertising campaigns.