Comments on: How to Choose a Domain Name https://createawebsitenow.com Free resource for helping beginners to build, manage and grow their websites. Tue, 21 Dec 2021 13:52:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 By: Nick Sch"aferhoff https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-387245 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:18:09 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-387245 In reply to Dr. Morgan Nolte.

To be honest, I don’t have any experience with this. If I were in your position, I’d think whether there is another domain ending your can use like healthkey.net. As for the registered trademark route, that might be a question better posed to a lawyer. I am not sure if that can be used as an argument to ask someone to relinquish a domain.

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By: Nick Sch"aferhoff https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-387244 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:12:11 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-387244 In reply to Sabrina Owens.

I would stay away from contractions like this. It makes your domain harder to remember and creates an unnecessary hurdle for visitors. Plus, if you are going to purchase the non-contracted domain anyway, I think you are just creating extra cost for yourself.

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By: Nick Sch"aferhoff https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-387243 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:09:28 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-387243 In reply to Sukhvinder Sidhu.

First of all, I hope your present domain writes fulfill with a double l and you just made a typo. Otherwise, I would definitely change it.

Secondly, I like wellbeingroad.com. It’s definitely more distinct and relevant to your website topic. LiveEnjoyFulfill is a bit generic in comparison. However, you might also see if you can come up with an even better idea.

Hope this helps!

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By: Dr. Morgan Nolte https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-385309 Sat, 26 Jun 2021 02:40:43 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-385309 Thanks for the article it was helpful. I’m looking to rebrand to a shorter domain that will be able to hold a larger vision. My current domain is weightlossforhealth.com and I want to rebrand to healthkey.com. Shockingly, healthkey wasn’t taken on Instagram or Facebook yet so I grabbed it. It’s also available for trademark from what I can tell. However, the domain seller is asking no less than $100,000 for this domain. Godaddy.com valued it a little over $10,000. I think that by grabbing the Instagram and Facebook handle, along with getting a registered trademark I could convince the seller to bring the price down. Any other ideas for me to get this domain at a lower cost?

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By: Sabrina Owens https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-382010 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 22:10:22 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-382010 Are informal contractions (i.e. keepin vs. keeping) acceptable for use in a business and/or domain name if the business model is very casual? For example, “keepinittogether.com” versus “keepingittogether.com” If I went the informal-contraction route, I would also purchase the more formal version so that a person reaches the site no matter which way they spell it. I haven’t committed to a business name yet as this question also will apply to the name, but both versions/spellings of the domain I need are available.

Thank you for your time!

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By: Nick Sch"aferhoff https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-380746 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 13:53:04 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-380746 In reply to Gurp.

My first question here is if you have done any keyword research to see what people actually type into search engines to find services like you are planning to offer. I feel like that would be important for what you are planning.

Aside from that, I don’t really see anything wrong with using ecsimmigration.ca. ecsvia.com/.ca also looks fine, I would stay away from numbers in your domain name, and filemypr.ca has a nice call to action in it though I find the sequence of letters doesn’t look too nice. I also find immigrationplace.ca too vague to be honest.

Hope this helps you out. Let me know if you have more questions.

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By: Nick Sch"aferhoff https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-380716 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 12:57:41 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-380716 In reply to Mark Atherton.

Hey Mark, I agree that that is a bit long. You could consider just using markatherton.co.uk (if available) and making sure you include “Mark Atherton Photography” as your website title. However, I also think going with the .photography domain should work. These TLDs are there for a reason after all. Hope this helps!

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By: Sukhvinder Sidhu https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-377003 Wed, 02 Jun 2021 11:01:08 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-377003 Very informative article indeed!
I’m confused about brandable domain name.
My new blog’s permanent purpose is Well-being, and my initial motivation is to write how Travel enhances or builds it.

From what I have got here and in other online research, good domain name for me should include Wellbeing and something indirectly relating to travel, not travel itself. This because in future I may increase writing about other ways for well-being.

The present domain name is LiveEnjoyFulfil.com, and written only two posts.

Please guide if I should change to something like WellbeingRoad.com? Would that be more brandable in long term?
Or, should I proceed in another way to create a name?
Thanks.

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By: Gurp https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-373589 Mon, 24 May 2021 23:57:13 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-373589 In reply to CreateaWebsiteNow Editorial.

Hello there,

Thanks for the great blog. I am now in that stage where I have to finalize the domain and set up the website. I am starting up an immigration consultancy firm and looking for a suggestion.

The company name is ECS Immigration Consultancy Inc. (based in Canada)

So, I was first thinking of a generic domain as http://www.ecsimmigration.ca, but now I am confused as I feel not many people will find me with this name. Other potential domains I find good.

*www.ecsvisa.com (.ca) instead of ecsimmigration.ca
*www.pr2canada.ca
*www.filemypr.ca
*www.immigrationplace.ca

Any advice or suggestion is highly appreciated.

Regards

G

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By: Mark Atherton https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-373424 Mon, 24 May 2021 16:39:58 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-373424 Just starting out on my website journey so thank you for this really helpful article. I guess my name is my brand but markathertonphotography.co.uk seems overly long (I’m staying local hence .co.uk)
I’ve found markatherton.photography but am concerned that it might be difficult SEO wise.

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By: Nick Sch"aferhoff https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-366033 Wed, 05 May 2021 08:57:41 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-366033 In reply to Barbara Lovejoy.

Hey Barbara, thanks for the excellent and detailed question! Honestly, I think your domain name is good. It’s short, memorable, and meaningful. While I would have liked claimyourjoy better (just for its rhythm), I think claimjoy.com is completely fine. I also like the way your new email address would look (which I have removed so that it can’t be scraped by spammers). So, in short, I think you have a winner.

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By: Barbara Lovejoy https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-359280 Sat, 17 Apr 2021 07:21:07 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-359280 This is a very good article! Somehow discovered your website, so I’ll ask a question about my current domain, which is the title I’ve been using for my website, biz cards, and my overall business.
I have a small, one-person Life Coaching, Speaking, and Workshop practice, and also plan to post my articles on my website. This website is mainly for folks to refer to, to get more info about me and my services–I’m not trying to attract folks to my site through search engines.

My underlying purpose/mission is to help people experience more joy in their life, as a conscious choice, no matter what the circumstances are, and remove their blocks to joy.

Here’s my domain name, etc.: ClaimJoy.com
A tag line I often use after that for talks, programs, etc. is as follows:
Claim Joy…no matter what!

My question: Do you think this works well to fit the main criteria you mention in your wonderful article? It seems to be a good brand name, says what I’m about, and also a call to action.

Most other choices I like, such as “ChooseJoy”, or “LiveYourJoy” or “PathToJoy, are already taken.
And I was thinking of switching to ClaimYourJoy to make it more personal, but someone recently took it.

Thanks so much for your input!
Barbara Lovejoy

PS: I’ve still been using my other domain, which is my name, for my email address, because I didn’t want to bother with adding on another one. And I also like folks to have my full name when I send an email.

If I add it at some point, then I’d probably make it: [redacted]—which would be more consistent for building my brand.
Do you think this email would be best?

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By: Pablo Fernandez https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-355386 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 19:51:56 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-355386 In reply to Khaled Alhadary.

my experience says its better to go for the website name first and see if the business name is available too. Both must be available. It’s not easy since the name is really important.

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By: Nick Sch"aferhoff https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-355209 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 13:26:50 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-355209 In reply to daphna daily.

Hey there Daphna, thanks for the detailed question. I would definitely stay away from the double d solution (ddailyxxx). This will just confuse visitors. I also don’t think putting a hyphen in there is a good solution. If FOCUS-IN is important to you, you can try to establish it as your brand though I agree that people will tend to put a “g” at the end if you include it in your domain. If you want to run with it, dailyfocusin.com sounds like the best option to me. Overall, I think dailyfocus.com would be easiest to remember.

Hope this helps!

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By: Nick Sch"aferhoff https://createawebsitenow.com/choose-domain-name/#comment-355205 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 13:16:28 +0000 https://createawebsitenow.com/?page_id=3863#comment-355205 In reply to Ruth.

Hey Ruth, I think you should go either one way or the other, meaning either use your daughter’s name or a brand name and combine it with a meaningful SEO title that explains her business or get a domain that is descriptive of the business like softtissuetherapy.co.uk or similar. therapywithkate seems a little vague. Users know neither who Kate is nor what kind of therapy she offers from the URL.

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