How to Choose a Premium Domain

There are hundreds of thousands of domains to choose from. Below are the most important things to keep in mind when searching for the right domains.

1. Relevance
Make sure there is a clear connection between your domain name and your website. Domains that are too generic make this difficult. For example: PetsToys.com is better than PetsWeb.net.

2. Easy to Remember
Find domain names that are catchy, short, and easy to spell and say. Pronounce the domain three times aloud. Does it sound natural? Imagine yourself telling a potential customer about your website. Is it easy to convey and remember?

3. Evaluate Keyword Searches
If your domain name is an exact match of a search keyword, your website will likely appear near the top of those results. This can help your site get valuable traffic. Consider the most popular and relevant keyword searches for your business and see if they are available as domain names. You can try this by going to any search engine such as yahoo.com, google.com, or msn.com.

4. Pay Attention to the Extension
.com is the most popular. Others that are well-known and can deliver value are .net, .org, .biz, and .info. You must consider your competition and whether you want to buy all the extensions for your domain name. If you sell products to an international market, consider country-code domains. In this case, you might secure the .com, the .net, and the country-code, as appropriate (e.g., .co.uk).

5. Find Similar Domains
You may find a number of attractive domains for your business. You should consider protecting your brand and increasing your reach by securing multiple names. There could be multiple opportunities to get search engine traffic. You can easily forward one URL to another domain, which means that you can create one website that many domains point to.

Fantastic article. Thanks for sharing your information with the community!

Jack

Another great article. These are great guidelines to follow when choosing a domain name.

Nice write up, thanks for sharing...

having a look through the lists of expiring domain names is also a good idea other like minded people would have gone through the same process, but their idea didn't work, so they have let the domain expire, which means that it will already be at least a year old and may have links pointing to it.

interesting ..thanks for tips.

This is a good discussion.It is helpfull to me.

Premium domain names are usually registered and they cost a lot (starting from 1000$), many times a non-premium domain will be better for your website because you can invest that money elsewhere in the site (buy cool script, offer premium content, hire a good programmer, etc.)

Thanks for the tips. will keep in mind so i can use it when buying a new domain.

To choose a domain name that will successfully brand your ebusiness, you should consider the following tips:

Your domain name should be memorable and easy to remember.

The domain name should be short and simple.

It should be suggestive of your business category, industry or services.

It should be unique and easily stand out in the crowd.

It should be easy to interpret, pronounce and spell.

It should not be difficult to remember.