Domain Names

This course is published here to help all the Work at Home Team SFI Affiliates.

You've heard it all before - "you need to have your own domain name if you are serious about doing business on the Internet." It's a very true statement for your work at home business. A domain name is the main web site address (work-at-home-team.com is the domain name for the address of this web site. i.e. http://work-at-home-team.com A domain name makes it easy for a potential visitor to get to your site. Without a domain name, your website will only be accessible through an Internet Protocol address (IP address). IP addresses are made up of 4 sets of 3 numbers and they are difficult to remember.

Once you determine what domain name you'd like to register, you have to find out if it's available. You can do this at the same web site at which you decide to register the domain. In the beginning, you only had one choice on where to register domains - Network Solutions. You were required to register a domain for a period of 2 years and it would cost $70.00 to do so. Well, $70.00 was not an outrageous price for a serious business, but it was high enough for many people to think twice about it.

Now you can register a domain name for 2 years for less than $50.00 at BuySFI, which also will make you MIQ and you'll automatically earn a portion of the of all other commissions placed in the Powerpoints Pool during this month Don't Forget: The sooner you qualify, the larger your portion will be (watch your email for details on our "Fast-Track" program).

You simply use Great Domainia system to register the domain. There is a step-by-step registration process that makes it very simple. You'll first check the availability, and then enter in all of the ownership and contact information. Later you can enter the web hosting name server information (supplied by your web site host). The new, lower prices of domain registration have made it possible and within reach for just about anyone to register their own domain names. There is no reason you shouldn't be among them and stake your own claim to a piece of the .com world.

Please keep in mind that there are some hosting companies that can offer you a way to register a domain with fewer fees but in most of these cases you are not the administrator of your domain. This means that you cannot move your domain name to another hosting service whenever you wish. While it costs less to register a domain with them, you should avoid this method. Register a domain of your own with GreatDomainia and host it with any hosting service you wish, and change the hosting service whenever you wish.

You need to decide which domain name you'd like to register. You should register a domain name that describes you web site. Take this site as an example. It is about work at home and its domain is work-at-home-team.com. Also consider search engines - some index the words in your domain name as important keywords.

TIP: Copy your successful Team Leader. Register a domain with a form like these: a) work-at-home-anyword.com or b) anyword-work-at-home.com or c) keyword-keyword-keyword.com with whatever keywords you are targeting.

Registering a domain name is a separate process from getting a web host and involves a separate company from your web hosting company. Click the link to go back to Effective use of Free Classifieds.

Best Wishes,
The Work at Home Team