How to Choose a Domain Name - The Complete Guide for Beginners:

Dear visitors, As I have explained everything to you in the previous lesson, how to choose a niche or topic for your blog. 

And I sincerely hope that you too must have completely understood; otherwise, you can learn once again by clicking on the link below. So,

Now that your niche is finalized and you have chosen a design for your blog or website, you should get a Domain Name for your project that would make it look more professional.

For example -

• dynamicindianblogger.in
• flipkart.com
• amazon.in
• slideshare.net
• wikipedia.org

Consider the above domain names.  Here, ‘dynamicindianblogger’, ‘flipkart’, ‘amazon’, ‘slideshare’, ‘wikipedia’ are the domain names and ‘.in’, ‘.com’, ‘.net’, ‘.org’ are the domain extensions.

Here are a few things to keep in mind:

• `.COM` is the most popular domain extension globally followed by `.NET` and `.ORG.`

• `.IN` is a popular extension for Indian market, so if your website focuses on Indian market, `.IN` extension is fine as well. It is also a cheaper option to consider.

• Always prefer getting a `.COM` domain, if it is available.

You can check if a domain name is available to register from the following site:

• https://www.godaddy.com/domains/
• https://hpanel.hostinger.com/ 

The above two sites mentioned are the same platform where small or high-level business owners also buy web hosting or domains. 

Any one site will help you to check the availability of multiple domains at once. 

But I prefer to choose the `hostinger` as you are a beginner. Here, you can connect your domain name server with the blogger site in the easiest way! 

You'll get your blog up and running in a few clicks with the new domain extension. You have everything you need.

How to choose your domain name?

Make it easy to type:

Your domain name should be easy to type.

For example: 

yogatraining.com, or dynamicindianblogger.in is a good domain name, however 'yoga4u.com'  is not, because people will confuse ‘4’ with ‘for’ and ‘u’ with ‘you’. 

You shouldn’t need to tell people that it is numerical four or it is y-o-u you.

Keep it short as possible: 

The shorter the better, for example, amazon.com, or facebook.com. 

Although these are all e-commerce sites, the domain is the domain. 

If your domain name is long and complex, you risk visitors to mistype or misspell it. A shorter domain name is definitely attractive.

Avoid numbers and hyphens: 

Like I said, you don’t need to tell anyone it is “f-o-u-r ” or it is numerical four. And, hyphens can be forgotten by people. So, avoid both numbers.

Make it brandable/catchy/memorable: 

Well, that’s a no brainer. Your domain name should be easy to memorize. If it is catchy, that’s even better. 

Share it with some of your close friends and see what they feel about it. Make sure it is appealing and makes sense to others also.

Make sure it doesn’t violate any trademark and it shouldn’t be too similar to any popular website.

The below links are to help you brainstorm good domain names

https://www.dailyblogtips.com/ - here is an extensive list of over 200 prefixes and suffixes to help you brainstorm a domain name.

https://businessnamemaker.com/ - it is a domain name generator that takes your keyword and combines it with a carefully selected list of nouns, verbs and adjectives, before searching for unregistered domain names and showing you the results.

This is it, folks! All the best to you for finding a good domain name. Once you have shortlisted few domain names and you are still confused which one to choose then do a small survey among your friends and family. 

Any survey among 20 people would be useful. So in case you have 3 domain names that you like, then ask 20 people that you know to vote which one they like the most. 

Tell them your niche (at your area) and give them the list of domain names. They should select one. You can also do this voting on your Facebook account and ask all your friend list there to vote. 

This is one of the best ways if you are confused about choosing your domain name. In the next lesson, I will help you get the domain name that you have decided. 

Please note that '.in' domain names are cheaper than '.com' domain names. It is ok to buy any of them. 

If you do not want to spend any money in buying a domain name, I recommend that you simply work extensively on your blog and do not worry about creating a website. 

A blog and a website serve the same purpose. If you are more tech savvy and want to learn and implement more, we recommend that you go ahead and create your website as well. This will really help you in the long run.
After this lesson, once you have decided on a topic, it is important that you also start collecting some information on it. 

Remember that you do not need to be a content writer or creative to get this information together. 

You can make this work fun and a learning experience . You are about to become a website owner soon!

Here is how you can gather information on your topic -

• Browse through other relevant websites and blogs online.

For example, if your topic is related to food recipes, go through other websites which are on different types of food recipes and see what information they have provided. 

You may take inspiration from other websites on the Internet, however by careful that you do not copy and paste it on your website since it can lower your page rank or even get your page blocked.
 
Read books and magazines and pick up information related to your topic.
Discuss with family and friends around you and exchange ideas and thoughts. 

This is the best way to get new and interesting material for your website!

Remember that readers who would be visiting your website would be looking for something interesting and informative, so provide them with only relevant information. 

Avoid making this reading material too lengthy, and only stick to providing a limited number of pages on your website.

In our next lessons, we’ll teach you how to Register your domain name and get web hosting space. Things are about to get real!

External links:

• Go Daddy Domain Search: Check Availability of your Preferred Domain Name on godaddy.com and Save on Multiple Domain Names

• Prefix and Suffix for Domain Name: A Way to Find a Free Domain Name Relevant to your Website and Add Prefix or Suffix to it
  

• Domain Name Generator: Get Great Deals from Hosting Companies and Domain Registrars for a Suitable Domain Name for your Page
  

• Internet Domain Extensions: A Complete List of Internet Extension Names and their Explanations and Relevance

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