How to choose a good domain name for your web site.

4. SECURING THE NAME

Once you’ve decided on a name and confirmed that it’s available, it’s time to buy it. Prices for registering your domain name(s) range from free to $35 each per year.

Most hosting services will let you research domain names through their sites, and a lot of them offer free domain name registration when you buy a year’s worth of hosting. Crunch42 Web Design offers hosting but not domain name registration. Why not? Because if you register your domain name yourself, it assures that you, not Crunch42, will own the name.

I recommend registerfly.com (popup window) for domain name registration. It costs $10 a year. Just be sure not to get suckered into buying any of the multitude of services they offer in addition to domain name registration.

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