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Domain name organizations abound. Most are reputable, but some charge large fees.

Yesterday, I received a letter in the mail counseling me that one of my domain names was about to expire and their service would renew it for me for the low price of $50.00!

Since I only pay $9.95 ? for two domain names ? I found this to be a scam and threw the letter away.

When you purchase your first domain name for your work from home internet business opportunity, you should also buy other domain name variations. For example, suppose I got the domain name, www.startanewbusiness.com, I also would procure:

www.startanewbusiness.net
www.startanewbusiness.org
www.startanewbusiness.ws

Why spend this extra money?

Wisdom dictates that you buy them because greedy individuals will find your new business opportunity?s website. If they can steal your goods, they will.

One common approach is to get similar domain names in an attempt to redirect people looking for your website to theirs.

Purchasing the similar domain names first heads them off.

As you now know, our new fictional url is www.startanewbusiness.com. However, if you type in www.startanewbusiness.net, you will end up at the www.startanewbusiness.com web page. Since I own both, I simply had the .net page redirected to the .com page. You can do the same thing with yours.

If you find that the other extensions are taken, you may want to choose another domain name for your low cost business opportunities to make sure that you don’t risk losing any customers.

What extension should you buy for your free home business opportunities?

Are you are wondering if you should choose a .com, .org, .net, etc. for your work from home internet business opportunity domain name? If you are planning a commercial business (selling goods of services), then “.com” would be appropriate. Churches, ministries and non-profit agencies use the “.org” extension.

Should you be building a network of business people, choose “.net”. For example, you may be considering an internet referral group.

If the referral group does not file for a non-profit corporation status with the IRS [501 (C) 3], than the .net extension would be suitable.
There are other extensions available, but only used for definite reasons.

For example, a school would use “.edu”. A government agency would use “.gov”, etc.
It is important to get the correct domain name extension, so you do not inadvertently mislead people about your online internet business opportunity.

Research shows that people tend to trust web sites that use the “.org” extension more than the “.com” extension.

However, it would be inappropriate to use a “.org” extension if you are selling something. People would think that you are a non-profit corporation. It is best to stay true to the extension which your dream calls for.

In summary, buying a variety of domain name extensions not only protects you from losing customers, it also helps your potential customers find your web site. It is an inexpensive, safe and reasonable tactic to protecting your new small home business opportunity.

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