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If you have entered this website through this page, please note that this site aims to provide basic information to beginners (so called newbies) who wish to make a start on earning income from the Internet by establishing a home business. Go through the entire website to get internet business ideas.

To be able to participate in any  affiliate program to  make money online, you will need a website. The first step to take will be to look for an apt domain name.

Choose a good domain name     

When you have decided on what your subject will be, the next step will be to choose a suitable domain name. The Domain name is the name you will give to your website. It's your website's address. This name has to be registered with a Registrar.         

There are just 3 steps to register a domain name.

	Choose a Domain Name.
	Check to see if the Domain Name that you chose is available
	Register it

To register a domain name, you will have to pay a fee to a Registrar for the right to use that name. Details are given in the next page.

How do we choose a Domain Name ?  

Remember that the Domain Name should give an indication of your business. The domain name and your business should not be totally unconnected.    

What's a good name ?  

You will have a good domain name    when you use the top keywords descriptive to your business to make a domain name. In other words, choose a domain name    that includes keywords relevant to your topic that people are likely to use when they search. Go for a domain name that is short, easy to spell and catchy.

Components of a domain name 

First, let's find out what the components of a  domain name  are. The name that you choose can be as short as three characters or as long as 63 characters and followed by an extension. There must not be spaces between the words. You can use only letters, numbers and hyphens. You cannot use any other characters, nor should you use punctuation. Though domain names are not case sensitive, it is better to use the lower case. Also try to keep your domain name as short as possible as it will easier for your customers to remember.  

Extensions 

There are various extensions. Some of them are listed below: 

.com  : is used by businesses 

.net  : is used for networks     

.org  : is used by organizations 

.edu   : colleges and universities       

.gov  : government agencies 

More extensions  

There are also localized domain extensions like:-  

.in    : India          .ca  : Canada         .uk  : United Kingdom 

Example: topwebsite4u.com          

Decide on the domain name

But first, you will have to decide on what domain name you are going to use.      

This will depend on:-  

	the topic that you have chosen
	the most relevant searched words in respect of your topic
	whether the resultant domain name is available for registration with the extension that you want

For suggestions on domain names, visit the following website and type in two or three words related to your chosen topic and it will throw up many suggestions.

http://www.who.is/domain-suggestions/

 Go for the dot com extention

You will have to try various word combinations to get the one which is available. As .com extensions are the most popular for businesses, it may not be available for your chosen domain name, in which case you should try many more different key word combinations.

Hyphenated names

 People have started using hyphenated names now, such as the domain name for this site. (http://www.internet-cash-4u.com/) You will agree that the domain name is relevant to what is being discussed on this website.  

Keep your domain name short and simple. A short name is easier to remember. It should suggest your business category.  

Suggestion: Try out different combinations  

Example: topwebsite4u.com From the name, it can be inferred that this company builds websites or something similar. If this is not available, you could try hyphenated versions such as: 

 top-website4u.com or     

 topwebsite-4u.com or various other combinations using your search words. 

What is an URL ?  

A URL, or Uniform Resource Locator, is the location of a file on the Web. When you type the address of a web page into the address bar of your browser, you are typing a URL. URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, which means it is a uniform (same throughout the world) way to locate a resource (file or document) on the Internet.

So the URL of the hypothetical domain name given above will be:

 http://www.topwebsite4u.com

The URL specifies the address of a file and every file on the Internet has a unique address. So your domain name must be unique. There cannot be another website with exactly the same name. Internet browsers use the URL to retrieve files from the computers on which they are located.

  In thedomain regsitration page, you will learn how to check for availability of your chosen domain name. Let's go there now. 

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