Choosing Domain Names

So which is best for you and your business? If you want to set up a dot com dot au domain (www.yourname.com.au) you will need to have a registered business name. For example your business name is Tony's Car Detailer, then you probably would have www.tonyscardetailer.com.au as your domain name. That is of course if it isn't taken and it shouldn't be because Tony's Car Detailer is a name registered to you and no one else. If you think that www.tonyscardetailer.com.au is too long then you can use a abbreviation of that name like www.tcd.com.au. You can check your domain name availability and purchase here (DP Web Design Domains), or just get us to do it for you.

When choosing a domain name you have a few choices...

www.yourname.com
www.yourname.com.au
www.yourname.net.au
www.yourname.ozz.bizz
and the choices go on and on.....

Helpful tips when registering a domain

Will it be easy to remember?
Don't make it too long
The name should be between 3 and 63 characters long
The only characters allowed are letters, digits and a hyphen (-)
Try not to use underscores or hyphens as people are used to typing in one full word
Spaces are not allowed
Does it describe your business name
Does it have a good use of keywords
Try to leave out non search terms like 'and, or, the' unless they are vital to the domain name
www. is not actually part of the domain name
You can buy as many domain names as you wish
Domain names are NOT cAsE sEnSiTiVe - so abc.com is the same as ABC.com

If you wanted to use a "www.yourname.com" address then you don't need to have a registered business name and .com addresses are cheaper as well. Some businesses prefer .com.au because it shows that they are an Australian company.

Domain Name Pricing

Australian

.com.au

$33

(Annually)

International

.com

$22