You want your own online business? Good because it’s one of the most fun things you can do with your spare time and can be very profitable.

Remember that just because it’s an online business doesn’t mean that you should treat it with any less professionalism or seriousness than you do your daytime job.

Why? Simply because when you run an online business it’s a serious business. Well it should be taken seriously if you want to make serious money.

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A domain name can be a very valuable asset for your online business. When promoted regularly, it can become a powerful brand that helps to boost sales. Visitors learn to trust a domain name given enough time. The goodwill generated by a sound domain name can be worth a lot of money. There are several ways you can make money from names.

Buying a domain.

In order to make money with domains, you need to be the owner of some names. The first thing you need to know is how to buy a domain. Any name that is not registered can be acquired for about $10 per year, depending on the registrar that you use. The most valuable domain names are short and easy to remember. Top level names that end with the dot com extension also tend to be more popular. When you start selling off the names, you find that dot coms are always easier to sell. Perhaps this is due to perceived value.

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Don’t be a cowboy-pirate.

Just don’t.

OK, here’s the thing.

I had a friend once who was, shall we say, a little impressionable.

He was a great guy.

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That whole process has taken you less then an hour. Just a quick search to locate a name and then register it. Easy. (incidentally if you are confident that a name you have purchased is valuable, it may be worthwhile securing the .com, .co.uk, .net, .org, .info forms of the name as well. That way no one can undercut you by bofering it cheaper. And chances are the buyer will want all five names. That means FIVE TIMES THE PROFIT!

Now it’s time for the real exciting bit. Selling the name.

Once you have grabbed your domain name the simplest way to find a buyer is to register them in your name. This can be as little as £5 for two years. (.com names tend to be slightly more expensive the others). A simple search can put you in touch with tons of registration services.

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Good domain name is a name that either clearly describes what the website is about or is some easy to remember word phrase. In both cases finding a free domain is far from easy.

You can easily find that most popular words or word phrases under the com TLD are already taken. Trying org or net top level domains is one option but most like to stick with the well known com name space.

Before you start with various options to find a free domain you should check if there is some suitable domain for sale. There are many web places that offer registered domains for few 10 dollars up to ridiculously high amounts. In fact, many registered domains have no website. They were registered with only one purpose: to be sold for a lot of money. Of course, this “a lot of money” rarely comes because there are many other options how to get a good domain paying only the registration fee.

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Free domain names and cheap web hosting packages are everywhere! In fact, there are thousands of companies that offer free domain names and cheap web hosting packages. Luckily for you, I have spent hours and hours carefully reviewing the “best of the best” free domain names and cheap web hosting packages.

Free domain names are the easy part for a person or business that wants to launch a website; you either get one or you don’t. (We’ll focus on the web hosting providers that do offer free domain names.) Cheap website hosting is the real challenge though. Yes, cheap web hosting is cost-effective and preferred, but you should select your web hosting company based on cost and the kind of hosting services you require.

For example, “shared hosting” is generally the cheapest web hosting package available because your website will share hosting space on a server with other websites. Because of the low monthly cost, shared web hosting is ideal for personal websites, and small businesses. “Dedicated hosting” is more expensive, but only your website will reside on one particular website hosting server, which is usually only necessary for hosting websites with extremely large numbers of visitors or unusual hosting support requirements, such as video or MP3 based websites. Hosting servers are also differentiated by the type of programming languages available. Does your website require PHP hosting or MySQL hosting? If so, you will have to pay close attention when selecting your website hosting package. If you’re shopping for website hosting for your business, make sure to ask your web developer which programming language your site requires.

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Small business owners (SBOs) are very indispensable in today’s world, consequently, they are very vital to any economy. However, since the demand for online presence by SBOs is increasing day in day out, many of them may not take the full advantage of different offers available online, including free domain name registration. While some of them may have gone through the wrong approach to register their free domains, others have misconceptions about the idea.

If you are a small business owner and you want free domain name registration to be a blessing for you, it is very essential for you to make use of the right approach. It is interesting to note that not all free domain names are good for a small business owner. You must ensure that you get a free top-level domain (TLD) and not a sub-domain. A TLD consists of a name and its extension (e.g. ‘book.com’, where.com is the extension), while a sub-domain is derived from a TLD (e.g. ‘science.book.com’).

A sub-domain cannot be a blessing for you as a small business owner because there are restrictions to its usage. You will be denied access to the domain name system (DNS) which is basically used for domain management. You may also discover that your web pages are full of both relevant and irrelevant adverts which you don’t even benefit from. The worst part of it is that you can be denied access to the site if the owner of the domain deems it necessary. Hence, in order to avoid all these troubles, it is very important to register a free TLD and you should not forget to choose the right extension. Even though the.com extension is the most popular, there are other extensions that can be used as well, e.g. .biz (for business sites), .info (for blogs), .net (for internet-based businesses), .org (for organizations), .pro (for professionals) and so much more.

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Choosing a domain name may seem like an exercise in frustration, and you may be tempted to register the first one you stumble upon that isn’t already taken. Slow down! It requires more thought than that, and your choice will have a tremendous impact on the ultimate success of you Web site. In this article, we will discuss how to discover a domain name that will work for you.

There are four main concerns when choosing a domain name:

1. Technical Requirements.
2. A Memorable Name.
3. A Descriptive Name.
4. Keyword Research.

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