Starting a business, or developing your first website, can be exciting. However, when it comes to getting your URL for your domain name, things can get confusing if not downright irritating. However, learning how to select the best domain name for your business is actually easier than you think!

If you have a website, then you need to make it easy for people to find you. Selecting a domain name that makes no sense, or has nothing to do with your business products or services, is going to hurt you in the long run. If you have software company, your domain name should reflect that. If you have a company that sells ATVs, your domain name should reflect that as well.

If you have an auto repair shop for instance, and you want to build a website to provide information on these services, then you need to have a domain name that is either your company name or a domain name that includes references to what you do.

If you decide for some reason to use another URL such www.bas.com (short for the full name or your company), no one who is searching for accounting services will ever find you. When people search for what they are looking for, the first results provided by the leading search engines will be the words you type in that are found within domain names.

If you have a company that sells custom made canoes, you need to do the same thing. Seattle's Custom Canoes can become www. SeattlesCustomCanoes.com.

Perhaps you have your company name and URL all picked out, but now you find out that someone has already purchased the domain name you want. If you have your heart set on a particular domain name, you might not have to give up - yet. There are a few things you can do.

First, check to see if this is a real company or just someone who bought the name and is hoping to sell the domain at a profit. This is easy to find out simply by the going to the webpage and see what comes up. If the name is for sale, and you really want this one, you might want to consider negotiating a price.

Click on the link or site and see what happens. If you end up at a page that says the domain is for sale, it might be worth your while to contact the owner and see what he wants for it. It's up to you to decide if the investment is worth it, because you still have other options like getting a name that is similar, or changing the extension if that's still available.

In any case, just remember that it will be a waste of money and time and effort if you just buy any domain name that has no brhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifanding recognition for you, your service, or your company. Domains that have abbreviations or a mixture of numbers and letters that don't mean anything to possible customers, won't help you http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif at all.

By: Dhruv Patel

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