Why Get A Domain Name?
8 Reasons To Own A Domain Name
Logish Empire has compiled 8 reasons why you should own a domain name.
1. Expressing Your Thoughts and Interests
You can create your own space on the internet to express your thoughts and opinion. Build a website on your interests, such as martial arts, knitting or shopping. You may even earn some money from advertisements on your site.
2. Marketing Yourself
Human resource personnel and job agents are increasingly reaching out online to find potential employees (or freelancers). With a domain name, you have a professional web address to feature your resume, testimonials and portfolio of freelance samples.
This would no doubt increase your chances of reaching out to prospective employers.
3. Have A Personalised Email Address
Why have an email account at yahoo.com or gmail.com when you can have an email like name@yourdomainname.com?
4. Sell Stuff Online
Build an online store to sell your the latest fashion, gadgets or homemade art. You can even point yourdomain.com to your ebay store!
Your customers will be able to find you more easily.
5. Credibility
Investing in a domain name for your website tells your visitors that you are committed to your site. It makes your content all the more credible.
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6. Traffic
Domain names are more likely to be clicked on by search engine visitors for 2 reasons.
One, websites with keyword domain names are ranked better on search engines. Two, people tend to view shorter domain names with fewer slashes, unlike http://jsnkfjds.com/dfwe/efw/efwef/w/trhrt/hello.html, to be more credible.
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7. Community
Use your domain name as a place for people to interact. You can build a discussion board or forum for martial artists, soccer fanatics and so on.
8. Gifts
Domain names are great gifts for family and friends. Give a domain name to your sister who has a blog or your parents who are running a home business.
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May 19th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Another good reason to own a domain is you build equity. A lot of free hsoting companies will give you a hosting account and issue you a domain that is a subdomain of one they own. By owning your own domain and gaining traffic, backlinks and PR you are creating an asset you could sell later.
May 21st, 2010 at 4:31 pm
@Mike I wrote the article in the perspective of why a layman would want to own a domain name. However, it is indeed true and useful that business-minded people could own a domain name as an asset with goodwill attached.
Thanks for the additional reason in reply to 8 reasons to own a domain name.
May 24th, 2010 at 2:20 am
Very good and interesting post.
July 19th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
i always buy domain names at Godaddy or Moniker because they are the most reliable registrars..,