Domain Names

Domain Names are far more than just an address .The right domain name can instantly Identify a product or service or even Country. The right domain can imply strength , creativeness and leave an impression on your visitors that you are who they want to buy from . Your domain name will reflect your business so take the time consider every naming option.

Determine your reason for buying a domain , are you opening up a web store and selling a product ? Then consider registering a domain that reflects that product. Are you buying domains to reach consumers in a  specific country ? then you should be looking at ccTLDs (Country Code Domains)

Are you opening up a non profit organization ? Then you'll probably want to buy a .org domain as .org is instantly  recognized as the extension for organizations

Looking to Invest in domains for resale ? Then the options are limited only by demand and your ability to recognize where that demand is at.

Lets start by covering the domain extensions ...
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TLD Top Level Domains

Top Level Domains

gTLDs known as either Global or Generic Top Level Domains are extensions that are open to be used globally and generally used to indentify specific usage, .org for example was originally designated to be used for  organizations , .com for commercial enterprise , .net for networks

TLD Domains are generally  open registrations with few restrictions for usage.

Dot com is the most well known and used TLD around the world.

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ccTLD  Country Code Domains

 

  ccTLDs are the officially designated domain extensions for all the Country's around the world. .DE for example is the Country code domain for Germany . .Jp for Japan , .US for the United States .

Country code domains are very useful for identifying and targeting traffic.ode domains are becoming very popular with domainers and after market prices are sure to rise for quality names 

 

 

Sponsored Domains

SLDs are domains extensions sponsored by specific Industries and is usually closed to the general public , to register SLD's you must generally have accredited association with that Industry. .Travel , .Aero , Museum would be examples of SLD domains.

 
 

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Type-in Domains

Type-ins are domains that get traffic/visitors (directly in the URL address bar) without any need for search engines .There are a couple types of type-in domains. High profile generic words like Hospital.com , Cars.com , Music.com without much struggle you can see that those types of names are valuable because for as long as the internet resembles today those names will bring in type-in traffic . These types of names rarely ever "drop" anymore, especially in .com . Domain Investing continued........
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