Once a domain name has been registered, it is no longer available. The most popular and easily-remembered domain names are being reserved daily, at the rate of one domain name every 5 seconds! At that rate, in the near future, only obscure domain names will be available to the general public. ARank1 can help you register and think of the right name for your business success.

Why Do You Need A Domain Name?

Increases your name recognition
Makes it easy for your customers to remember your address
Indicates you are a serious Internet player
Helps brand your image
Adds a level of trust and integrity to your site
Many search engines refuse to list pages from free sites
Some search engines will only index the first page of a domain site
Domain names containing 'keywords' aid in higher search engine ranking
Allows you to use your domain address (www.yourname.com) and virtual email addresses (yourname@yourname.com) on your business cards and letterhead
Avoids somebody else from registering the name you want.
Lets you change your current email provider and still keep the same email address
Protects your Internet advertising investment from failure of your Internet Service Provider

How To Select A Domain Name:

Make it as short as possible
Make it memorable
Make it easy to spell
Make it pronounceable
Make it a name you can brand
Make it non-confusable with another domain name
Make it not conflict with an existing trademark
Make it easy to say
Make it trustworthy, not offbeat (i.e. a .com instead of a .to or .ws)
Make it directly related to either your business name or
Make it directly related to keywords from your industry or
Make it descriptive of your site's content

Consider multiple domain names:

Obtain similar names to avoid competitors confusing your customers
Obtain misspellings of your domain name to keep competitors from taking advantage of misspellings
Obtain names for future offerings (services or products)
Link to your main site from additional domains to aid in your search engine ranking (major search engines use link popularity in their ranking algorithms)