Domain Name

"What is Domain Name and Why You Need It?"

What is Domain Name?

A domain name is an exclusive unique name for your website.

For example, iOneMoney.com is a domain name that forms a significant part of the entire URL (Uniform Resource Locator) as shown below.

A domain name, without the .com, .net, .info, or dot whatever extension, can contain a minimum of 3 characters and up to 63 characters. You can try to search for 2 characters domain name below and it'll tell you it's invalid.

It is unique in the sense that you're the only one who owns that domain name and no second person can own the same domain name as yours in the entire world.

For example, you own e3beer.com, others will not be able to register that same e3beer.com anymore, but they can register e3beer.net or e3beer.info or with other extensions.

Why You Need a Domain Name and What're the Benefits?

When you go for a web hosting service, whether it's free or you have to pay upfront, your website URL would appear something like the one below at first:

Imagine if you were to tell people, "Hey, come to my website at http://www.freeorpaidwebhost.com/casharrestor", what will they think of you?

First, they'll think that the business is not yours as it looks more like a third party running the business.

Second, they'll think you're not serious about your Internet business and you could be just a fly-by-night operation that appears today and disappears tomorrow.

The above 2 reasons are enough to make you lose 95% of your credibility on the web.

Also, who would remember that long URL?

Hence, if you want to establish your credibility and in turn make good money on the web, you MUST own a domain name that exclusively belongs to YOU only.

For example,

By having a domain name of your own (eg. mywebsite.com) and replace that awful-looking URL (from http://www.freeorpaidwebhost.com/casharrestor to http://www.casharrestor.com), you get to:

Gain credibility since it projects a professional presence about your Internet business.

When people feel secure with you and know you're a serious business person, they are more likely to do business with you.
Make people remember your website more easily since your domain name has dramatically become shorter.

The positive effect of this is that the number of visitors (ie. traffic) to your website WILL improve.
Promote your own website instead of promoting your web hosting provider's website for free since people won't be able to see freeorpaidwebhost.com from your URL anymore.
Feel the strong sense of ownership over your website, thus boosting your faith in owning the website.

With all these benefits, you can imagine how important it is to have your own domain name as your personal business brand on the web.