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Choosing the right domain name for a project, be it a business, an application or a website, is essential. Why? First of all because the domain is one of the few things that you will not be able to change afterwards (at least not without a lot of headaches!). Second because your domain will inevitably need to be your brand name. Having a brand that is different from your domain is very bad practice, because most of your visitors and customers will get confused regarding which is which.
You have pretty two options when it comes to choosing a domain/brand: you can pick a descriptive domain or a brandable one. Suppose you are creating a website about sports cars. An example of descriptive domain is SportsCarsBlog.com. A brandable domain, on the other hand, could be something like Vruum.com
Both descriptive and brandable domains have pros and cons. If you have hopes that your project will grow and become popular and successful, however, I recommend that you go with a brandable domain. That is because a descriptive domain limits the scope of things you can do. For instance, it would be difficult to transform SportsCarsBlog.com into anything else than a blog, for obvious reasons!
It’s not a coincidence the fact that most large companies have brandable names/domains. Just think about Google, Yahoo!, Uber, Apple and so on.
If you are convinced, you are probably wondering where you can find and purchase brandable domains.
The easiest way to do that is to use a marketplace of brandable and premium domains, like NamePerfection.com. There you will find dozens of brandable domains that were already registered and filtered. Most of those eve come with a logo that you can use for your new project. Here’s a sample of the domains you can find there:
Obax.com
Forgely.com
Teachsy.com
OfficeBreak.com
Eventably.com
Cardevo.com
Memorisa.com
Another advantage of getting a brandable domain from a marketplace is that you are sure to get what you are paying for. Buying a domain from private owners is risky if you don’t know what you are doing, as you need to make sure that after you send the payment the owner will actually transfer the domain for you.
Finally, even if you are getting a brandable domain, here are some tips you should keep in mind: a good domain should be easy to spell, easy to remember, and it shouldn’t be too long.
Good luck!
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