THE DOMAIN NAME is your address on the web that search engines will list. Our address is www.platywebs.com.au and platywebs.com.au is our domain name. That gives us the ability to use an email address design@platywebs.com.au. We later registered www.platypuswebsites.com.au.
An appropriate domain name is important in getting started with a website.
- It needs to be not similar to an existing name to avoid confusion.
e.g. www.business.net.au is so similar to www.business.com.au that your customers may stray to the .com.au name. - If a keyword about the website is included search engines will rank it higher.
www.platypushosting.com.au gets listed under hosting and platypus. - The spelling should be easy to remember.
While you can legally have a name 67 characters long, who will remember it?
When registering a name you will be given a domain name password plus access to changing the name servers. These are the addresses of the servers containing your website files. Keep this information in a safe place. You may need it in time.
Resellers can give a more personal service than the domain registrar companies with tens of thousands of clients. Resellers won’t let your website disappear if you forget to pay the renewal fee.