Register your domain
What should you look for when registering a domain?
This is a question that many customers ask themselves when you are about to register a domain. In fact, it is important to pay attention to this. After all, you depend on the domain name for many things with your hosting. How easily can people remember it? Is it not too long etc. So there is a laundry list of points you need to check before you can finally register your domain name. Let's start with a little summary.
So what is a domain name?
A domain name is where you go in the browser bar when you want to get to a website. As we have MijnHostingPartner.nl you can also register your domain name. MijnHostingPartner is the domain name. .nl is the domain extension.
Domain names with .nl
In the Netherlands there are 5.7 million .nl domain names registered, so it may be that the one you wanted is already taken. At MijnHostingPartner.nl you can quickly check the following link to see if your domain name is still available:
https://www.mijnhostingpartner.nl/client/domainchecker.php
Then you can order it directly with only a domain only package. A web hosting package is available for as little as €23.94 ex VAT per year! And that includes domain registration of .nl , .be and .eu
.nl or another choice?
This depends on the country you want to use your website for. Is this international? Then look for a .com domain, this domain is widely known and trusted. Do you only want to be active in the Netherlands? Then take a .nl domain name. This ensures that your customers and visitors immediately have a feeling of recognition with your domain.
What format should you use for your domain name?
Make sure this is a serious name and does not use hype language. Make sure you have a shorter name that is easy to remember. This way you ensure that it doesn't have to be spelled 3 times over the phone to finally be entered correctly.
Search for your domain name without an extension on Google and see what you come across, is there a lot of competition or does it already exist? Think about this, it is also important for Social media channels to come up with a unique name. Also remember that you could be breaking brand if you don't research this.
What other tips should I remember?
The source of this blog article comes from author Bart van der Meer. We recommend you to definitely check out the extended article for all the tips:
