10 tips for the best domain

Before you can start building your website for future customers, you require hosting for your website and a domain. In regards to the hosting we have everything you could possibly need because here at Banter Hosting we are Fast, Realible and Affordable.

Yet domains, it is a little more complex than just selecting the one.. because you need to find that one domain that suits your service/business correctly!

1. Keep it short! Aim to keep your domain short. They say the shorter the better for example: theukstore.co.uk is much easier to type out, navigate to compared to theunitedkingdomstore.co.uk
2. Make it easy to type! You want as much traffic to your website as possible. Well having a name that is easy to spell helps.. alot! For example, people can struggle to spell thumb, because the b at the end is silent!
3. Target your local area! Aim for a small audience at first and then allow word of mouth to take affect!
4. Avoid numbers and hyphens! It is very rare for a popular brand/business to have a hyphen within its domain, now we're not saying that if you do have one you'll not be successful, its just people tend to remember words more than were certain hyphens are, then when it comes to numbers, you'd assume that you are not allowed numbers in a domain, but you can! We'd still recommend avoiding it were possible.
5. Keywords! Try and include your service that you are offing within your domain. For example, banterhosting.co.uk (offer hosting services) & examplescents.co.uk (offer scents)
6. Research! Look into what sticks with friends and family, what represents your community/business more.
7. Memorable! Having a domin that is memorable, will allow your domain to stand out to the rest. For example, look at Twitter, Facebook or Youtube.. they hardly even refer to their name anymore on posters, etc. They just have their symbol which instantly allows you to know their domain.
8. Domain Extension! It is 2019.. it is not all about the .com or .co.uk domain. If you are running a camera shop then use .camera as your domain extension.
9. Protect It! Consider registering multiple versions of that domain name, to allow your brand to be safeguarded in the future.
10. Don't stop, get started! Over 100,000 domains are registered everyday! Don't wait for your domain to be taken from you, purchase it now, even if you don't start using it for another year or so, atleast its then your till when you do need it.

We hope those 10 tips help you when it comes to obtaining that perfect domain.