http://www.meonit.com/internet-business/buy-domain-names-3-tips-to-help-you/ Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:12:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Buy Domain Names 3 Tips To Help YouTheres a belief that you can never really lose money if you invest wisely in real estate. As the saying goes theyre never going to make more land. When it comes to the internet, having domain names is owning online real estate and thats why despite all the free resources online you should buy domain names... as many as you can.But, just like real estate, not all domain names are going to be equally valued, some will be worth more than others. To pick out a good domain name, which will enhance not only your business but how much you could sell the website for down the road, is something of a science. There are a few elements you should consider when you buy your domain name1. The first thing you need to do is to identify the niche your new website will be in. What product or service will you be promoting Once youve figured that out you should do keyword research to find a list of great keywords that get a lot of searches every month. Those keywords should be the domain name. For example, if my site was on dog grooming and I found a great keyword dog grooming clippers. Than I would try to get a domain name something like dog grooming clippers.com.This is a great way to get a lot of traffic to your website for free. Why Because you already know from your keyword research that the term dog grooming clippers gets a lot of monthly searches, so many of those searches will be sent right to your website since that is the domain name. This one step can help you get a lot more targeted visitors for free.2. There are a lot of places online where you can buy domain names. GoDaddy, DomainCheapsters are two of the most common, and ones Ive personally used. If you want to find more just visit some internet marketing forums and ask for opinions, or do a search. Domain names are inexpensive usually around 10 a year at the most. Many sites offer sales or multiple domain discounts. I know at DomainCheapsters if you buy 6 or more at a time they are around 6 to 7 depending on the extension you get.3. There is a lot of conflicting opinions about whether or not you should get any domain with a different extension such as .net or .org for example. Personally, I will use a .com, .net or .org. Ive found that any of them work very well for my needs and .net are quite cheap. Youll have to find what works best for you, but you need to remember something many people will say that customers will forget a long URL or a different extension, which is true, but how do you target the majority of your customersIf you arent handing out business cards and expecting them to type in the domain name than its not such a big issue. Most of the traffic I get is either from searches or from online marketing and in all cases my website visitors just have to click on a link which is why I think having different extensions hasnt had a negative impact on my business.Take the time to establish your internet presence, dont get fooled into thinking that going the free route with a blog is the best way to go. If you dont buy domain names and rely solely on the free services you dont actually own your fair share of internet real estate and you dont present a professional image. http://www.meonit.com/internet-business/buy-domain-names-3-tips-to-help-you/