How to Buy a Website Domain Name for Beginners

How to Buy a Website Domain Name? This is a Newbie question that should be honestly answered.

Don’t trust any reviews about the best Domain Name Registrars out there because most of them are paid articles with biased pros and cons. Go to different domain name related forums instead and read other people’s experience about a particular registrar.

Checklist (Golden Rules)

1. Brand your domain name. Pick a domain name that is easy to remember.
2. Don’t use more than 12 characters. (ex. digitalelytechnology.com)
3. Don’t use hyphen and numbers, (ex. digital-ely.com or digitalely082.com)
4. Don’t use more than 5 syllables. (ex. di/gi/tal/e/ly/tech/no/lo/gy/ – has 9 syllables)
5. Use only top level domain “.com”. (avoid using .net, .org, .store, .mine, .crypto, etc.)

Check this article: How to Brand a Website

Where to Buy Domain Name?

I don’t promote any website, but based on my experience, Godaddy and Hostgator are my top choices. Godaddy.com is the world’s #1 domain name registrar and powers the world’s largest cloud platform while HostGator.com is a world-leading provider of shared, reseller, and dedicated web hosting.

Buying from any of these two websites will benefit you in the long run. This is true if you scale up your website in the future. They both accept Credit/Debit Card and Paypal mode of payment.

Check this article: Hostgator vs Bluehost

Word of Caution

After signing up with the domain registrar of your choice, avoid adding add-ons to your account. You don’t need this as a starter. Register a domain name for just 1 year to avoid additional cost on your part. Anyway, you can renew it every year.