Choosing Perfect Domain Name For Your Site

Contents 

COPYRIGHT NOTICE ...................................................................................................... 2 

L1 ~ Overview .................................................................................................................. 4 

L2 ~ Welcome ................................................................................................................... 5 

L3 ~ Why it is a Good Idea to Have a Domain Name ............................................................. 8 

L4 ~ Popular Bloggers and Their Domain Names ................................................................ 11 

L5 ~ Preparation for Coming Up with the Right Domain ...................................................... 21 

The Case for Using the Dot Com Extension: .................................................................... 22 

L6 ~ The Different Types of Domain Names ....................................................................... 23 

The Case for Using Your Own Name ............................................................................. 24 

Using Other Businesses Branded Names ......................................................................... 25 

Your Own Company Domain Name ............................................................................... 26 

Any Target Market Domain Names ................................................................................ 27 

Topic Domain Names ................................................................................................... 28 

Product Domain Names ................................................................................................ 28 

L7 ~ Domain Names and Hosting .................................................................................. 29 

L8 ~ Tools That Can Help You Choose Your Domain Name ................................................ 31 

Is This Domain Name Available? ................................................................................... 31 

Look for synonyms –.................................................................................................... 31 

Domain Name Generator Tool - Find Domain Names ....................................................... 31 

L9 ~ All Done and Dusted – Off to the Next Section ............................................................ 32 

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L1 ~ Overview 

In this section, we have 8 video training’s on choosing your 

Domain Name for you to view and help you come up with a that 

perfect Domain Name that you are 

looking for... 

This is where you begin the journey of 

becoming an online entrepreneur and 

your own domain name is a must so 

you can build your digital foundation 

on solid ground. You never never know, this idea you are 

beginning to launch may take off flying out of control beyond your 

wildest dreams. 


L2 ~ Welcome 

You are all excited and rearing to go and ready rip into it. That is 

making money online. 

If you are reading/watching/listening 

to this…it is my assumption that you 

have not got a website or blog site up 

on the web at this stage and you are ready to take this scary giant 

step into the cyber world and set up a self-hosted site of your own 

so you can spread your messages to an audience that has the same 

pain, hopes, dreams and desires that you have. 

I also assume that some of you have been buying different make 

money online shiny object thingy’s and joined a number of 

different programs and are feeling very frustrated, overwhelmed 

and downright disappointed up until this stage. 

But I also assume that you are a strong person, who is stubborn and 

doesn’t give up easily when confronted with adversity and is 

willing to go that extra step to break through the barriers that life 

throws in front of you. And when you get an idea, that burning 

desire and that need to satisfy that entrepreneurial streak running 

throughout your body you will sink your teeth into it, like a 

ravenous dog after a bone. 

So, let’s get on with it. 


The time has come for you to choose a domain name for your blog. 

And the number one question is? How do I choose the best domain 

name for my blog site that will make me rich?... 

No, No, none of that thinking...hold your horses. 

We will forget about the part of (will make me rich) as that is not 

in this guide or any other guide that I have when it comes to setting 

up your blog site and online business. 

Okay then…What domain name for my blog?…mmmm. You will 

have some ideas for this and this is a typical question. In this 

guide, we will go over some of the basics that will help you with 

completing this task. 

Do not over think it and remember to keep it simple. You will 

discover how important and unimportant a domain name can be for 

the overall success of your Website venture. 

At this point I will give you a great tip and that is most 

people/audience that will be attracted to your blog do not care less 

about what your domain name is, to a certain extent. If they can see 

value in it and it is memorable that’s great. They will only care if 

the content is interesting enough for them to come back or 

recommend it to other people that they know. 

What all people want to know about you is if you care… before 

they care about what you know. Trust and caring comes first… 


Let’s go…Selecting and registering your domain name is your first 

step. 

Note: We are not mentioning or concerned about the free blogging 

platforms, like Tumblr, Wordpress.com and Googles BlogSpot. It is 

recommended that you always should be building your own piece 

of digital real estate on your own self-hosted platform on the web. 

Do not build it on someone else’s platform. 


L3 ~ Why it is a Good Idea to Have a Domain Name 

If you are thinking about having a presence online, then you will 

need to have a domain name for your idea 

project or first time business. As you become 

more involved you’re your online activity you 

will eventually have more than one domain 

name. 

A word of warning here…when you get the urge to buy a domain 

name for any idea that pops into your head you will be wearing 

yourself to thin across your projects. My advice is just put all your 

passion and energy into just one project at a time. 

I talk from experience I have bought to many domains for too 

many dumb ideas that I thought were great at the time…maybe 

they were not dumb ideas, it’s there is not enough hours in the days 

and weeks to implement them. 


The easiest trap to fall into is buying domain 

names for later down the track. See they only cost 

around $12 and you say to yourself I’ll get that. 

Anyway, be warned. 

Now you may be thinking that it is not all that 

important to have a domain name but if you wish to have a real 

identity on the web then you will be required to purchase a domain 

name. Your domain name is your own unique piece of digital real 

estate that can be found by anyone whilst searching on the web. In 

short, your domain name which is your web/blog site makes you 

real. 

It is a place where you can capture subscribers/followers, record a 

daily journal of what each day brings you. You could be using a 

domain name for your resume. 

If you come across a great product offer and you have the chance 

to be an affiliate for that offer, then having your own domain to 

promote that offer is a smart move because a lot of other people are 

too lazy to go to that extent. 

The best idea is to have a domain name with your own name in it. 

This maybe the best idea going for you. This is just an idea. 

When you do have your domain name you do have the option of 

adding other sites projects bolted onto this one domain. It is a bit 


like having extra sales people working out of the same building 

with their own unique title/presence on the web. 

These are called sub domains and or add-on domains. 

We cover this in another guide of this “From Idea to Website” 

course. Section 7; cPanel Getting to Know the Basics. 


L4 ~ Popular Bloggers and Their Domain Names 

This is a list of people who own successful blogs (just my opinion) 

and what their domain names are. Use these names as examples 

and these should give some ideas on how to choose a domain 

name. Do not fall into the trap of overthinking it with domain 

names. They are in no order of popularity. 

www.youngadventuress.co 

m 

Travel Blog by Liz 

Carlson. 

Hi, I'm Liz, and I got my 

first taste for traveling 

when I was 16 years old. 

On my own, 10 years and 

40 something countries 

later, my wanderlust has 

only grown and the list of 

countries I want to visit 

longer…. 


www.budgetbytes.com/ 

Food Blog by Beth M. 

As a food lover and a 

number cruncher I've 

decided that cooking on a 

budget shouldn't mean 

canned beans and ramen 

noodles night after night. 

This is my web log of good 

food cooked with little 

http://www.golfstateofmind 

.com/ 

Golfing Blog by David 

Mackenzie. 

If you’ve ever asked 

yourself any of these 

questions: 

•Why are my scores so up 

and down? 

•How can I get better about 

dealing with pressure 

situations? 

And many more…? 


www.problogger.com 

Authority Blogger by Darren 

Rowse 

In 2002 I stumbled upon an 

article about ‘Blogging’. I didn’t 

know it at the time but that 

moment changed my life... 

•ProBlogger Community. 

The home for bloggers to come 

together to collaborate, learn 

and network in a private, 

supportive and authentic 

environment. 

www.garyvaynerchuk.com 

Gary-Vay-Ner-Chuck 

His Own Brand. Businessman 

Entrepreneur. 

My core has always revolved around 

one question? 


Are you marketing like the year you 

live in? That’s it. It’s not about where 

things are going to be in 5 years, and 

it’s not about how we’ve always done 

it. Do what works. Right now, 

http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/ 

Marketing Business. By Pat Flynn 

His Own Brand. 

I’m the crash test dummy of online 

business, sharing what works (and 

what doesn’t) so you know exactly 

how to build your business better. 

www.copyblogger.com 

Authority Blog About Content 

Creation Founded by Brian Clark 

2006. 

Build your authority with powerfully 

effective content marketing. 


www.timothysykes.com 

Authority Stock Trading Blog-2007 

by Timothy Sykes. His Own Brand. 

I became self-made millionaire by the 

age of 21, trading thousands of Penny 

Stocks - yep you read that right. 

penny stocks. You may have heard 

the story: I turned $12,415 into a cool 

$1.65 Million over a couple years 

(I.ve made millions more since then). 

I was featured on a popular reality TV 

show called Wall Street Warriors... 

www.tmz.com 

Authority Celebrity Gossip Blog 

by Harvey Levin 

Must be a market for this stuff. 


www.whowhatwear.com 

Fashion Blog by Clique Media. 

Founders Hillary Kerr & 

Katherine Power 

www.quicksprout.com/blog 

Marketing Blog by Neil Patel. 

Entrepreneur and Top 

Influencer. 

www.alltop.com 

Combination blog search engine 

and blog/headline aggregator. 

Owned by Nononina. 

Partners; Will Mayall, Kathryn 

Henkens and Guy Kawasaki. 


www.viperchill.com/ 

Viral Marketing Blog by Glen 

Allsop 

Launched my first blog at aged 

15. 

In February 2009 I quit my fulltime 

job and have made my 

living from the internet ever 

since. 

www.onlinemarketingaddicts.com 

Marketing Blog by Jo Barnes 

Online Business Builder. 

www.robertplank.com/ 

Marketing Blog Authored by 

Robert Plank. 

Self-Branded. 

Nice minimalist looking blog 

with no fancy bits, just great 

content. 


www.smartblogger.com 

Marketing Blog by Jon Morrow 

The only thing holding you back 

is a lack of understanding about 

how the game is played, and yes, 

blogging is a game. There are 

winners, and there are losers, and 

frankly, if you’re still reading 

this, you’re probably… 

www.bloglovin.com 

Blog Feeder Site 

Helping anyone to read all their 

favorite blogs in one place. Over 

20 million people use Bloglovin' 

to discover and read blogs in 

fashion, food, DIY and more! 

Never miss a post again. 


www.mybrushbetty.com/ 

Branding - Products Blog. 

Launched by Sarah A.Webster 

in October 2013, My Brush 

Betty’s Makeup Brush Blog is 

entirely devoted to the subject 

of makeup brushes. 

www.thenester.com 

Nesting Place a Mums Home 

Blog 

by Myquillyn 

Her motto is 

“It doesn’t have to be perfect to 

be beautiful”. 

www.thesmallthingsblog.com 

Mums Home Hair & Beauty 

Blog by Kate 


www.evelinasfashioncafe.com/ 

Fashion & Lifestyle Blog by 

Evelina Barry 

Los Angeles. 

www.humansofnewyork.com 

Photography Blog. 

My name is Brandon and I 

began Humans of New York in 

the summer of 2010. 

I thought it would be really cool 

to create an exhaustive 

catalogue of New York City’s 

inhabitants, so I set out to 

photograph 10,000 New 

Yorkers and plot their photos on 

a map. 

Over eight million followers on 

social media. 

Now as you can see coming up with your own domain name 

shouldn’t be that hard. Just go and do it. 


L5 ~ Preparation for Coming Up with the Right 

Domain 

This is an important stage and can be the difference in whether you 

will receive hundreds of visitors to your site or none. Grab a word 

document or a piece of paper and jot down briefly the answers to 

these questions. 

1. What is your WHY? 

2. What is your Purpose? 

3. What is your Reason? 

•What do you have of value to offer 

people? 

•What are the benefits going to be for your 

visitors? 

Your name must instantly interrupt the thoughts that people have 

in their mind and get them to dig deeper into your site. 

You do not have to please everyone in the world just the audience 

that have the same pains, needs, wants, interests and desires as you 

have. We all look for answers that will ease our pain or give us 

pleasure. We must satisfy the pain side and the pleasure side. 


When people come across your domain name they must be crystal 

clear in understanding where you are coming from and what you 

stand for….Read the Quote 

People will be sharing your domain 

name via social media sites, on other 

blog sites, so if it is memorable, offers 

value and it is a dot com name, then 

people will have a better chance of 

recognizing and remembering it. 

Start recording again to finish section 5 

As you can see in the section “Popular Bloggers and Their Domain 

Names” the name of your blog can be important. Also, take 

another look at my own domain names. Scan over these names to 

get ideas. 

•Now if your blog has a name that compels people that you wish to 

target to click on it then you will be miles in front. 

The Case for Using the Dot Com Extension: 

Use the .com extension. There are heaps of different extensions 

now days but I recommend just use the .com. Over 77% of web 

sites out there end in a .com people are used to them. Search 

engines are set up to look for them before others when serving up 

results. 


The other popular ones like the .net and .org are ok and there are 

some popular blogs who use them. But try with all your 

imagination to grab a .com extension. 

You must use your imagination with this method as all the good 

ones have been taken. People are so used to seeing the .com it is in 

our sub conscious. And a .com will generally always out rank any 

other extension in the search engines. 

You can add an extra word on a name and you will be successful in 

getting this domain. In saying that there are loads of domains for 

sale and if you have got deep pockets you maybe be able to buy 

one if it is available. In this guide, we don’t venture down that 

track because we have to just keep it simple. 

L6 ~ The Different Types of Domain Names 

The most common question everyone has when first starting 

out is “How Can I Pick A Winning Domain Name” 

Well that question can be a very difficult question to answer 

correctly because we do not have a crystal ball to 

look into, to come up with the correct answer. 

My own answer is just pick about five around 

your idea that you like and then just take a stab at 

one and go with that…register it and then that is 

that job taking care off…DONE. 


Look at your domain name carefully and make sure it reads the 

way you say it and it doesn’t say something else by accident. 

Like: kidsexchange.com = Kids Exchange 

Like: penisland.com = Pen Island 

Don’t get hung up on trying to come up with the perfect domain 

name. A lot of the times any old name will do. You have seen the 

examples here. Just register it and start your journey. 

Here are some Key Ingredients…keep these points in mind... 

1) Memorable 

2) Easy to Spell 

3) Branding 

4) Makes a Promise 

5) Descriptive 

6) Keywords Don’t Matter 

7) Dot com names matter 

The Case for Using Your Own Name 

My personal opinion is that you should get a domain with your 

own name in it and if you own name is already taken you can add 

on a suffix to the end of it. 

Example: yourownnametips.com… 

yourownnamecakes.com… 

yourownnameplumbing.com. 


You can brand yourself as your own name and do well with it. The 

only issue with owning your own name is that 

you cannot sell your blog site to other people. 

And yes, buying and selling websites is big 

business. 

•Note with your own name a tip here is to 

register the other extension .net and .org as 

this stops other people who may get mad at you for some reason 

from creating a hate site against you. This is the only time I 

recommend getting these other extensions. For me my name is 

Bruce Stewart and that domain name was already taken so I went 

for brucestewartonline.com so just find something that you can 

tack on to the end of your name. By the way I never bothered 

registering any of the other extensions. 

Using Other Businesses Branded Names 

If you are thinking of using part of a company’s name or brand or 

product in your domain name, then think again. Just use your 

common-sense and don’t do it. It is not worth the hassle and you 

will most likely get a takedown notice. It is best you don’t waste 

your energy in this area. 


Your Own Company Domain Name 

Some people wish to have their company name as their domain 

name. Before forming the company, you have to check to see if the 

company name you have chosen is available. It would be terrible to 

go to all that expense and then find you cannot get a domain the 

same name. 

Use your common-sense here as a business or company name does 

not look right when it is a domain name. One is a therapist 

company and their domain looked like this www. therapist.com 

(the rapist.com). 

In the country I live in and operate my business from I have a 

company name registered in Australia called 

Authority Site Nomad Pty Ltd and my domain 

name and site is authoritysitenomad.com for 

worldwide and I have the .com.au extension as 

well for Australia the country. 

The company name matches the domain name 

and this is done for branding purposes and if the time comes to sell 

the business it does have its own business name and website. This 

is my online digital asset and you too could go down the path of 

setting up your own online digital asset. 


Any Target Market Domain Names 

Here you target a section of a market and in marketing terms it is 

sometimes call a niche or sub niche or micro niche or splinter 

niche. All of those are target markets and if you are looking at 

going into one of these areas you have to find out via Google who 

is selling in this area to see if there are people talking about it. Is 

there a buzz in the market? 

The market you choose should already have an active audience in 

it. 

I have an example here called pregnantpleasures.com. 

Note: This is not a functioning blog site just an example domain 

name for your blog. 


Topic Domain Names 

You are the expert (in your own eyes) and 

have strong opinions about subject matters 

putting your point of view forward then a 

topical blog could be the avenue for you. 

Your blog name is about the topic of the 

blog. 

Example: www. Lookwhatgodleft.com 

Topic here is what did God leave? This topic 

will keep you going for years in fact all your 

life. This is an evergreen topic. 

Product Domain Names 

This can be a product to help with weight loss. It could be abut 

yourself or a friend. The product could be an affiliate product or 

your own journey turned into an eBook and with videos to back up 

the eBook. This would be your journey to losing weight that covers 

managing your fitness and diet needs. 

Example: www. Fatbettylostweight.com 


Hello my name is Fat Betty and I will show you a weight loss 

management plan that can shed those unwanted pounds in a matter 

of months…Something like that anyway. 

Yoa…Lesson 6 is now completed and we will be moving onto the 

next lesson and that is…Lesson 7…Domain Names and Hosting 

stuff… 

NOW LETS GO TO LESSON 7 

L7 ~ Domain Names and Hosting 

When you get to the “hosting” your blog section, you will find out 

that you can host multiple domain names under the one Hosting 

account. So you can register other domain names as you progress 

further. 

As I have mentioned previously do not get too hung up on 

choosing a domain name. Fear of making a mistake will hold you 


ack and you will end up doing nothing. So stay focused, spend no 

more than a week (still too long) on choosing your domain name. 


L8 ~ Tools That Can Help You Choose Your Domain Name 

[Up to slide 44] 

Is This Domain Name Available? 

Use this site below to check if the domain name 

you like is available. 

www.InstantDomainSearch.com 

www.domaintools.com/research/domain-search 

Look for synonyms – 

to find a word to use when the one you have chosen is not 

available. 

www.thesaurus.com/ 

Domain Name Generator Tool - Find Domain Names 

www.Bustaname.com For videos on how to use the bustaname site 

click here 


L9 ~ All Done and Dusted – Off to the Next Section 

Ok, you will be happy to get this stage completed and out of the 

road. Now with your domain name in tow you will need to register 

this name with a domain name register and the one I use and 

recommend is called namecheap. This is in our next guide no 02 

and this eBook will guide you on registering your domain name. 

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