Tips For Choosing A Domain Name Extension

Everybody knows if you’re going to have a professional business website, you need a domain name.

But with so many domain name extensions to choose from, the biggest question I hear is, “Which domain extension should I get?” As you’ll see from the below chart of Top Level Domain Extensions, there are a lot to choose from.

Tips for choosing a domain extension.

If you’re promoting a club, sports team or other non-profit group, you’ll want a .ORG domain extension.

For Internet service firms — and people whose favorite .COM has already been registered by someone else — there’s .NET.

If you’re looking to start a Web site that’s purely informational (e.g. site’s related to medical, health, or dieting) .INFO can be a good choice.

And .COM, the most widely recognized domain extension in the world, is perfect for anyone.

But the best thing you can do to protect your brand name is to buy ALL available domain extensions for your domain; .com, .net, .org, .co, .info, etc. Because if you don’t buy them, someone else will. And then they’ll try to sell them to you for a HUGE amount of money. I’ve experienced this first-hand because I’ve had “domain squatters” try to pick my pockets.

Top Level Domain Extensions

The next most popular question I get about domain names is generally, “What company should I buy my domain from?”.

Where to buy a domain name

Although there are many places you can buy a domain, I trust DomainsPricedRight.com and have bought over 400 domain names through them.

If your business is already online, make sure to protect your brand by locking down your domain name with as many extensions as possible. It doesn’t matter who you buy them through, just make sure you do. At a minimum, make sure to buy your business name with the top three extensions; .COM, .NET and .ORG. Believe me, it’s a really small investment for the peace of mind you’ll get in return.

One last tip. When you register your domain name, set the renewal option to automatically renew. That way, you don’t have to worry about someone grabbing your domain name because you forgot to renew it.

If you have any questions about domain names, I recommend reading this Domain Name Questions article.