Developing a website for your business starts with a domain name search. Let’s face it, it is getting harder and harder to get a great domain name to register. There are already a massive number of domain names that have been registered already. 

What’s the Best Way to Find a Great Name for your New Business?

The first place to start is the name of your business and here are the first few steps: 

This all takes time and can be quite frustrating.

In considering the possible business and domain names you want to register, you must look forward. 

Make sure that the name is not too restrictive. It may not be a good idea to use your own personal name because this could restrict the future sale or licensing of your business. 

Also, do not make the name too tightly restricted to the proposed scope of your business activities. For example - if you are selling stuffed giraffe toys, we suggest that a name like “Stuffed Giraffe Toys” is too restricted. 

What happens if you want to expand to other types of animals such as "stuffed polar bear" toys? Or you want to change from stuffed toys to wooden toys or plastic toys? The name “Stuffed Giraffe Toys” would not suit a part plastic, part wooden polar bear toy. A more generic name such as “Stuffed Toys for Kids” may suit. But, this may not have the marketing impact you may want. You could decide on a funny animal name and brand all of your toys with “Laughing Cow Designs”. 

How to Set Up Your New Domain Name Registration

Having decided on a short list of names, you need to check out the domain name search registrations. This is easy. 

The best place to start is with a reputable domain registration and web hosting company. We can recommend the following to consider, however the choice is yours:

1. A2 hosting

2. Hostgator

3. Bluehost

4. Doteasy

5. Justhost

6. Network Solutions

On anyone of these web hosting sites you can do domain name searches, to see look for  the domain names for sale, check pricing and set up web hosting and email services for your new business. It is prudent to quickly register the name you want before someone else takes it and set up a web hosting plan at the same time because then you can have your website up and running quickly. The web domain registration and hosting companies provide web hosting design tools to help you with your website design.