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Hosting Site/domain Name

Posted by vivicubilla on 4/19/2014 at 8:07 PM ET 25 Points
Hi, I need to reserve a domain name, just wondering which are some of the best hosting sites out there? I am starting a small granola business. Also, should I buy other domains with my same url ending in .net, .us, etc? Thank you!
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  • Posted by mgoodman on 4/19/2014 at 9:27 PM Accepted
    I've been quite satisfied with 1and1.com for hosting. And I don't see any compelling need to buy a bunch of domains for defensive reasons. If you are so successful that someone tries to impersonate you online, that will be a great problem to have. And there are more ways to copycat than you can possibly defend against.

    Again, just my opinion. Focus on the big idea; don't get bogged down in the minutia.
  • Posted by Peter (henna gaijin) on 4/19/2014 at 10:23 PM Accepted
    I also use 1and1. And also don't buy the other domain endings as defensive.

    I do buy similar names. For example, I ran a sports magazine for a while. I had both the name with 'mag' and also the longer 'magazine'.
  • Posted by tcgren on 4/20/2014 at 6:09 AM Accepted
    The bigger focus on domain names is to make it short and easy, and to purchase those domains that consumers may mistype.

    Example: American Airlines owns aa.com, American.com and americanairlines.com.

    Don't use extra characters if you don't have to: American-airlines.com. The hyphen just adds more unnecessarily.

    Don't worry about .net or .org unless you are more aligned with non-profit/community service. If you are a business, then .com is automatically assumed.
  • Posted by vivicubilla on 4/20/2014 at 7:32 AM Author
    Thank you all!!
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