A domain name? Why? And what for? Is it cheap?
by JF on Feb.05, 2009, under FAQ
A domain name is the typed address for your website. E.g. www.dodeca12.com or dodeca12.com is where you can visualize what our church related web business division is all about. A domain name typically sells for $5-$100 and above per year, and we usually recommend one or a couple more domain name sellers (notably godaddy.com) to our customers and in general conversation. They tend to be in the market-driven 9-10$/year range. Price these days, and it’s been that way for a couple of years already, has little to do with quality as far as domain names go. You’ll find many sellers that overprice them, so be careful to freely switch to another one if you’re in that situation. A new domain name to be registered (bought online) must be ‘free’. This means noone else has yet registered this domain name before, or maybe someone did and later dropped it back into the open market. Whichever the case, you’ll be able to buy that domain name. Many good names are still available, you’d be surprised. We generally prefer the domain name owner having actual ownership (record of sale) of the domain, and at WES we specialise in domain name searching, where we combine words that will help people find you thru search engines and general brand recognition, on- and offline.
