I want to build a website, how do I choose a suitable domain name?

Building a website is easy and difficult. It involves many skills and cannot be covered in one or two articles. This article starts with choosing a domain name. After all, this is the first step to building your own website.

If you really want to build a website yourself, I personally recommend registering a domain name on a larger cloud service operator platform and purchasing a cloud server on the same platform to avoid problems with domain name resolution. For example, if you register a domain name from operator A but purchase a cloud server from operator B, when resolving the domain name, you need to change the DNS from operator A to operator B's DNS (whether this is allowed depends on the mood of operator A). If you want to migrate the domain name to operator B, you not only need to renew it first, but also need to wait for some time to complete the migration.

I want to build my own website, how should I choose a domain name?

This article is only for readers who buy domain names for their own use. People who try to build a website for the first time can register one or two to practice. In my opinion, there is no need to register too many domain names, after all, you still need to pay for renewal. Of course, friends who are professional in speculating on domain names are excluded.

How to choose a domain name? What kind of domain name is better?

First, look at the meaning.

To build a website, the domain name must have a certain meaning, either representing the main content of the website, or the brand name, or the creator's own name or a word that has special meaning to the creator. Typically, the domain name itself is the pinyin of a certain word, or a complete English word, or a combination of the first letters of the pinyin. This makes it easy to remember and also lets people know what the website based on this domain name is going to do.

Secondly, look at the length.

In terms of the price of the domain name, of course, the shorter the more expensive. But very short domain names have basically been registered, and ordinary people can't grab them, unless a new suffix appears, and they may still get a leak, but this chance is already very small. Now there are very powerful domain name detection and registration tools, and people can't grab them as well as machines. The author believes that under the premise of being able to register, the domain name should be as short as possible, which is good for future use and promotion. If it is the pinyin first letter combination mentioned below, it should not exceed 5 letters at most, and it will not be easy to remember if there are more.

Thirdly, look at the combination.

In addition to pure English, full spelling of words and pure numbers, there is another common form of domain name, that is, combination, such as the combination of the first letters of words, letters and numbers. When registering or using this kind of domain name, you should still take the meaning first, or artificially give it a meaning that is not too awkward. Although some double pinyin domain names are also priced high, they do not have meanings that people can easily remember, and websites built based on such domain names are also difficult to promote. And they may also be considered as copycat URLs that are riding on the popularity.

Then, look at the suffix.

There are more and more domain names with different suffixes, but more people still think that only top-level domain names such as .com/.net are the most valuable. Some of those various fancy suffixes contain specific meanings, some are used in specific industries, and some are limited to registration agencies. I personally recommend registering .com or .net domain names. If the .com domain name you like has been registered, you can also try other suffixes. However, if your website is intended to operate in China, since many suffixes cannot be registered in China, pay attention to the prompt information of the cloud service operator when registering. Also, don't register domain names with Chinese characters. Almost no one uses them, and the renewal price is expensive.

The last point is the price of the domain name. Some websites charge a very low price for the first year when registering a domain name, but the renewal fee will become more and more expensive. If you really want to use this domain name and think you can use it for a long time, it is best to choose a longer renewal period when renewing.

Well, these are basically what you should pay attention to when choosing a domain name. If you also want to have your own website, you might as well start from these points and choose a domain name that you like and has a certain value.