How To Select a Domain Name

Creating a website is not just about creating your pages, designing them and including all the important information. It is also about creating a domain name

* That relates to your products and services
* That is easy to remember and spell for your customers.

A domain name that is easy to remember will have more return customers and more word of mouth advertising than domain names which are hard to spell, remember, or both. When it comes to searching for a domain name, all you have to do is go online and search for ones that you are interested in to see if they have been taken or not. There are a lot of sites that will let you search domain names.

First of all, prepare a list of domains you would like to register. Try to get several combinations, don't register the first one you can think of. You need at least 10-20 versions.

If your site doesn't necessarily need to be international, then you also consider buying a domain for your own country instead of .com - .de for Germany (Deutschland), or a co.uk for the UK, for example.

Stick with a .com, don't opt for .tv, .biz, or any other suffix if at all possible especially if that exact domain name is taken as a com. You will end up losing business to that site.

Now submit a list of domains to some site to search for the available domain names.

If you are lucky, some domains are available. Register them and don't wait until them get someone else.

Don't set your mind on one particular domain name. Also remember that there are niches where every two dictionary words names are already taken. You may need a patience to find the available and good one.

Try to find synonyms for keywords you use, or try to remove some letters. For example, madconomist.com instead of madeconomist.

There is a way to simplify domain name selection - use software! Powerful software, such as Available Domains Pro can generate thousand of valuable domain names in a few minutes. It can be easily customized to fit your needs. Try this one and you won't regret.

Yahoo Web Site Hosting

Well, Yahoo hosts a lot of websites. When I mean "a lot", I mean "a lot".

But as we all know, quality over quantity is the most important factor, so how good is Yahoo when it comes to hosting? Their search engine is second best on the planet, so is this the same for this hosting?

Short answer; no. Yahoo has awesome hosting at an affordable price, also their domain names registration is one of the cheapest any where in the world. Starting at around $2 for the first year. But be warned, after the first year this price will increase to over $9

Then again, $9 is a very small price to pay for a domain name and quality hosting. So answering the previous statement; "Is Yahoo Website Hosting as good as people say?", well I'll have to agree with everybody else when I say it is. I'm yet to see such cheap hosting with all the same benifits that Yahoo is offering.

Also, do not forget that Yahoo offers services to help small businesses become the next big thing. Both on the internet and offline. There is no other search engine company that does this, so you can say Yahoo is an exceptional company.

So in conclusion, I've spent lots of time looking for different website hosters, to find the best at the cheapest price. But I don't do this any more, because I don't know need to. I simple visit one site, Yahoo; it's my one-stop-shop for every thing and anything I could need to start my small business online.

What is the Store Manager page?

The Store Manager page is where you will manage all of the back-end processes that go on in your store. For example, you can process your orders, transfer your domain name, add another Yahoo! ID to your store, and a whole lot more.

Is my store open for business?

You can easily determine if your store is open for business based on whether or not you see the Open for Business control panel when you sign in to your account and click the Store Control Panel link. When you first sign up for and enter your store, you will see the Open for Business control panel





After you complete all the necessary tasks, the Open for Business control panel will show you a link to open your store for business

How do I get a domain name for my site?

Yahoo! Store can automatically register and transfer domain names and forward emails for .com, .net, and .org domains.

You should be able to apply for a new domain name or redelegate an already existing domain name using the "Domain Name" link on the Store Manager page. This page will lead you through the steps of requesting a domain name to point to your Yahoo! Store.