What's The Deal With The Suffix? Selecting a suffix is important. Even though com, net, org, gov, edu, tv, enjoy amazing popularity, It would be wise to select com. Why? Because it is most popular. Plus "com" is one your browser will automatically fill in if someone types in your business name without suffix. Once again this will make it easier for a potential customer to locate your website. Only use net, org, or any other suffix if "com" is not available.

Availability? After selecting your Domain Name you should determine if that name is available. You might want to download a domain lookup tool. Or use a domain lookup service online. Many webhosting services have a domain lookup tool readily available.

Domain Lookup Tool http://www.whois.net

Download Doman Lookup Tools at: http://www.downloads.com

If your desired Domain Name is available NOW is perfect time to decide if you want to register name and select a web hosting package. Usually you will have option to register name for a year, two years, three for a predetermined price. I've seen prices starting at $9.99 and up per year.

Note: Many webhositng services offer free domain registration with a webhosting package. Many webhosting packages start at around $15.00 and up per month for a starter website.

Sources Yahoo Hosting -http://geocities.yahoo.com/

Let's Review: -Decide You Want A Professional Name That Gets Attention. -Select A Name That Describes Your Business. -Select A Name That Will Be Easy To Find Online. -Check Availability. -Register Your Domain With Optional Hosting Package.

After reading this informative article you should have a good understanding on selecting a Domain Name That Clicks!

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Obviously, having a ‘generic’ main domain name is essential to getting best out of this cost, time and trouble saving method of creating multiple websites. If you have a main domain name ‘pillshop.net’ (perhaps your initial Affiliate endeavor involved promoting this type of product) it is really only going to be useful for one type of product or service. Alternatively, something more generic like ‘online-plus.biz’ is going to be useful for promoting almost anything because it has no specific meaning. For instance, in case of promoting a Singles Dating Affiliate program, something like ‘singles.online-plus.biz’ would work as well as ‘pills.online-plus.biz’ or even ‘dogs.online-plus.biz’. However, ‘singles.pillshop.net’ just doesn’t work, does it? (Although, I have seen some pretty weird URLs around!)

The only problem you will be presented with, concerns traffic ranking facility Alexa. Alexa will read all sub-domains as their parent ‘main domain’, so traffic ranking for each website will be same, as will all other Alexa information. However, this isn’t such a great problem when you consider that total traffic indicated for each website will actually be total for ALL of them. In my opinion, not so much of a problem, at all.

So, for Affiliate at least, choosing right type of domain name and a hosting facility that includes multiple sub-domains in their package is very important, especially if there’s any possibility that you’re going to be venturing into promoting unrelated products and services. The first hosting facility I was involved with a few years ago, charged $10 to create each sub-domain. The one I've been with for last couple of years, allows unlimited free sub-domains (contact me at one of my websites if you want to know who they are).