{"id":922,"date":"2014-02-17T06:50:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T20:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/?p=922"},"modified":"2017-04-28T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T02:55:22","slug":"getting-your-domain-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/getting-your-domain-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Your Domain Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Setting up an online business can be done a number of ways.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to have your own hosting and website. I&#8217;d argue it&#8217;s better if you do, just not necessary if you can&#8217;t manage the funds for hosting (which is not more than a cup of coffee a month!).<\/p>\n<p>For those who can&#8217;t manage that, or who have a different model of business based on a bunch of squidoo lenses for example, there are lots of free places to start your web career.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wix<\/li>\n<li>Weebly<\/li>\n<li>WordPress<\/li>\n<li>Blogger<\/li>\n<li>Tumblr<\/li>\n<li>etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What you do need though, imho, is <a href=\"http:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/m8d1\" target=\"_blank\">your own domain name<\/a>. Why? Firstly, you have some sense of control. If your host locks you down for any reason, you can redirect your domain to another server for example. Secondly, by choosing a good EMD (exact match domain name), you improve your SEO.<\/p>\n<p>So make sure you have a clear plan on what your business will look like. That will dictate<!--more--> the type of web presence you need.<\/p>\n<p>Then grab your domain name\/s so you have the flexibility to use them as it suits you at the time it suits you. For the investment, it&#8217;s small bikkies for better returns.<\/p>\n<p>Heck. If you manage to snag a <a href=\"http:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/m8d1\" target=\"_blank\">brilliant domain<\/a> and build it up, you could be sitting on a goldmine that is saleable. Consider good domain names potential investments. They comprise part of your business assets.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I use <a href=\"http:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/m8d1\" target=\"_blank\">NAMECHEAP<\/a>. They are low in price, high in quality of service and dead-easy to use. Click on the image to check them out. They often have\u00a0special\u00a0deals on &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[dfads params=&#8217;groups=222&amp;limit=1&amp;orderby=random&#8217;]<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty impressed. 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