To secure a domain name for a website, you must first purchase the domain separately from web hosting. The domain name will function as the address where people access the site. You then need to purchase web hosting to store the website files on servers. It's recommended to purchase the domain name immediately even before designing the site to prevent others from taking it. Consider variations of the business or brand name with different domain extensions like .com, .net, or .biz if the top choice is unavailable. Also purchase additional related domain names that could attract visitors and forward them to the main site.

1. Secure A Domain Name
First you must understand what is the difference between purchasing your domain
and buying web hosting. Your domain name will be the address where people will
access your website, you have to purchase a hosting package to have your domain
name hosted on your registrars servers.
Web hosting is basically the space that's used to store your website and it's normally
purchased along with your domain name. However, you can purchase a domain
name without the hosting but then what would be the point, unless you are securing
the domain name for future use.
A domain name is very limited and will be only one specific name. No one else will
have that same exact domain name as you, for instance there may be a business
with the domain name rockets.com, you won't be able to take this domain name
because it's already registered, however you can take the domain name rockets.net
or info, us or .biz. It's the same main name but different web ending.
Whatever the name you decide on, it is recommended that you immediately
purchase it even prior to designing your website to secure it.
You want to start off by securing the exact business name. If you are in a pizza
business and the name is Mark's pizza, certainly you want to check for the
availability of Markspizza.com, which can be searched with whois.net. If this dream
address isn't available, you may try Markspizza.net or another TDL. A good method
to add significance to the domain name is to add a word like ordermarkspizza.com
and you could try with different word versions to achieve uniqueness.
Some good tips for securing a good domain name
• Keep the name kind of short
• Use keywords that are relevant
• Make sure it's catchy
• Don't use hyphens
• Don't use digits
• Be certain it's something that people can spell
• Always consider misspellings
Consider buying more than just one domain for your business. Take privilege in
domain forwarding which allows one domain to point to the next. For example: If
your business name is Mark's Pizza, don't only purchase markspizza.com, you may
consider getting gethotpizza.com also. Internet users could search for terms related
to your website and having the specific names forward to the main site could be very
beneficial.
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