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Your domain name is important, it’s how people will be able to find you online.
Before grabbing the first domain name that comes to mind, take some time to carefully select your name. Your domain name will be how people find you online. It can also serve as a tool to boost your search engine rankings.
Initial Domain Tips
If the name you want is taken try different variations of that name, say the name out loud.
Keep the name short, pronouncable and avoid using trademarks or brand names.
Perhaps buy multiple domain names, mis-spellings, keywords related domains.
Where to find Domains
Initially try Go Daddy, they are reliable at the end of the day.
Secondly, try making a huge list of your related keywords and ideal site names then head on over to:
Input your list of names (upto 500 keywords) and see which domains are available.
Buying Domains
This could be seen as a last resort and an expensive one at that. You can do the following:
Contact the Domain Owner
By using Who.is, you can view the personal details of the owner and shoot them off an email. My recommendation is to find out if the domain is for sale/being used. Ask them how much, have a target price in mind and then let the owner know. If the owner doesn’t accept the price, forget it…they may contact you over time regarding the domain, you can always place a backorder for it anyway.
Place Backorders
I know Godaddy has a function where you can “buy” a reservation on a domain. It doesn’t mean you will own it, but if the domain isn’t renewed AND THEN expires then it’s yours, as long no one else has placed an order.
Buy from Domain Sites
This has got to be the most expensive way to buy a domain, sites like http://www.sedo.co.uk and http://for-sale.domaintools.com/ would help you with this.
Snatch an Expiring Domain
An expired domain means a domain which hasn’t been renewed, the owner could at anytime renew it but you can snatch it before it becomes publically available.
I’d use the following sites to get an expired domain, they usually work as “auction sites” for popular domains.
Snapnames.com
Snapnames.com (the exclusive partner of Network Solutions) charges you $60 for your domain unless there are multiple suitors, at which point there is an open bid auction between suitors.
Enom.com
Enom had reportedly been improving their “Club Drop” service for a year or two and it was now considered one of the top three. Their fee was only $30.
Pool.com
Pool is the #1 company around as far as number of servers and success rates go. You place your original bid for $60 and if Pool.com grabs your name for you, they send you an e-mail telling you they’ve been successful and that you’ve now entered “Phase 1″ of the two-phase auction system. This is the case whether or not you are the only bidder! Pool.com doesn’t even reveal how many bidders there are.
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Thanks for the info – don’t forget to post about the Australian domain name industry – it’s really starting to take off… Thanks again
I think all the major countries domains will get popular due to the big .org/com’s/net’s running out..