7. Waiting to Reserve Domain Name till Finish This Article
I don't know how but it seems that a good domain name do not come in to the mind of a single person. May be up to hundreds of people are thinking about that domain name. And the one who reserves it first is the winner. So if you have a good domain name in mind, don't even wait finishing this article. Go and reserve that domain name first. You do not have to use that domain name at all if you later found it to be not so fit. But you have it, you can sell it or use it for something else or at least you won't be sorry because domain names are very cheap these days. Remember domain names are cheap but only until they are not reserved.
6. Register Someone Trademark as a Web Domain Name
Do an exhaustive research that your domain name is not someone else trademark. Laws are changing rapidly everywhere and even ordinary surfers feel bad about a website when its web domain name is looking like a cyber squatted web domain name. Also there is a chance of getting legal notice for doing this. They may not ask damages but they can easily take back domain name! So please either do not use anything that looks like some trademarks in your domain name or do a research. Again if a trademark infringement war starts you would be in better position if you have reserved it first so get it now!
5. Spelling Your Web Domain Name Is Difficult
Can anyone easily spell your domain name? At least your possible customers should be able to spell it right the first time. Try this: Talk to someone on phone and ask to spell your domain name. If he needs to confirm the spelling by re asking then probably it is not an easily spelled domain name. Make your domain name easy to spell because that avoids typing mistakes and also you would not have to tell every one twice about your domain name spellings.
4. Domain Name Having No Connection to Business Name
Try as much as possible that your domain name is your business name and vice versa. If it is not possible then you have to publicize two names, which is not only difficult for you to market but difficult for the customers also because he has to remember two things instead of one.
3. Not Protecting Domain Hijacking
Double check your name and contact is listed in Whois as owner and technical contact of the domain name. Your hard developed domain can be hijacked by your ISP or the person doing registration for you. Not all are bad. Some may be lazy only. They have already typed their details that can be auto filled in to registration forms. But this is their problem. You should insist your name and contact email on Contact Information. Mostly used fields are: Registrant Contact Information, Administrative Contact Information, Technical Contact Information, Billing Contact Information.
2. Anything Other Than Dot Com for Business Web Domain Name Registration
If you are registering a domain name for business purposes then make sure you get it in dot com like "YouDomainName.com". There are many reasons for this like it is the default extension in user minds and in most browsers. If you get say "YouDomainName.Net" then you would be one-way sharing your traffic with "YouDomainName.com" which is not a good idea.
1. Domains of More Than 7 Letters
Though Domain names can have up to 67 Letters length, very few people would be eager to type your domain name for just seeing your offers. Also typing errors grow exponentially with lengthy names. So whenever possible use least possible domain name length
