Introduction
Keep it short and simple
Investing in domain names.
Summarising
If all this seems pretty confusing, it may be wise to engage the services of a consultant. It will cost you anything from US$25 upwards for
the service, but the fee of a good consultant is money well spent. Your domain name is a very important part of your online business, and there are many traps set for the unwary.
Introduction
Keep it short and simple
Investing in domain names.
Summarising
If all this seems pretty confusing, it may be wise to engage the services of a consultant. It will cost you anything from US$25 upwards for
the service, but the fee of a good consultant is money well spent. Your domain name is a very important part of your online business, and there are many traps set for the unwary.
Introduction
Keep it short and simple
Investing in domain names.
Summarising
Many people, including ourselves are involved in domain name speculation. While the great domain rush was happening, investors made huge profits in reselling domain names. This boom has now become a bust, never to recover. I would advise not to spend your hard earned money in this area unless you can afford to lose it. The only names with real value are one-word generic English names. To learn more about domain name trading, read this article:
http://www.tamingthebeast.ne...
Introduction
Keep it short and simple
Investing in domain names.
Summarising
Ok, so you have found your name and decided that you wish to build a world wide empire. You have chosen www.zack-saysevry1has2visitm... ....what's wrong with this? Sure, it's descriptive, it challenges and it's generic. But it's also a mixture of numbers, letters, abbreviations, hyphens and horribly long. A domain name should be easy to remember, easy to relay to someone over the telephone and where possible, the first letter should be as close to the letter "a" as possible. A number of search engines and indices categorise alphabetically. Domain names should also be as brief as possible. As far as I am aware, all 3 and 4 letter names for .com and .net are taken at this time. Unfortunately, when I began "Taming the Beast" in the mid-90's I didn't consider some of these issues.
Choosing a domain name is a big decision. When I originally started trading under "Taming the Beast" years ago, a search on that phrase didn't bring back too many results. A search on AltaVista recently brought back 1627 results.....how times change.....
Choosing a domain name is a big decision. When I originally started trading under "Taming the Beast" years ago, a search on that phrase didn't bring back too many results. A search on AltaVista recently brought back 1627 results.....how times change.....
Choosing a domain name is a big decision. When I originally started trading under "Taming the Beast" years ago, a search on that phrase didn't bring back too many results. A search on AltaVista recently brought back 1627 results.....how times change.....