Ok so you have made the decision that a webpage is what you need and now you are confronted with a whole range of confusing questions. The first is always what name to use. Our suggestion is to get the domain name that matches your company name and then a domain name that matches the product or service you provide. The two domain names can be run as one using what we call an alias. In fact you can run many domain names that way.
Here’s an example. The main website is beenleighcomputerrepairs.com.au then there is another called beenleighcomputers.com and yet another called beenleighcomputers.com.au That’s three websites all pointing back to the one.
That’s three websites all pointing back to the one. That’s one hosting account – and that works out far cheaper for you. In this example we have used beenleighcomputerrepairs.com.au and that domain name is a “product” that is offered by Quick Solve Computers ( Us ) so what we have is a domain name that matches our company name and another that matches one of the “products” that we do.
Just like webpagedesigns.com.au It’s a product or service that we provide.
Bet you didn’t know you could do that !
One more thing and this is important….
When it comes to choosing a domain name should it be .com.au or .com ? That question comes up a lot. The short answer is this. .com is American or as some would consider it “world wide”. Where as .com.au is Australian. Try going to google.com and you will notice it will bounce you back automatically to google.com.au ( if you are located in Australia )
That’s because most good search engines will give you results that are as relevant as they can get them to your location. There’s no point in them giving you a link to a plumber somewhere in America if you are located in Brisbane Australia and so on. So watch out for that name. .com will generally refer to someone in the U.S.A
If you have a local business and want local customers, best work with a local domain name.
What if you have a “global” product or service? Easy just get both…
You can easily get lost in the search for the perfect domain name. We’re here to help. We can work with you to search from the list of available domain names on offer.
Want to do a little homework yourself ? Use this link to search for a domain name.