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grade
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A-B-C-D-F
Reasons to/not to buy
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Remarks
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F-
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Buy a sub-domain name
your-name.their-name.com
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Worthless, no one will ever find you. It's hard enough to remember one name, two.. not a chance. Can not take it with you. Register another name and use URL forwarding.
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F-
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Buy because of free 'under construction' page
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No one will ever see it except you-search engines don't go their-need multiple pages.
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D
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Use a free sub-domain name
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It's worth what you paid for it. Register another name and use URL forwarding.
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D
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Buy because of free hosting
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To many strings attached.
Register with ABCyourdomain.com they have webhosting available.
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A
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Register for long term
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Register for one
to ten years and lock in the savings.
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C
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Register with your web hosting company
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You need to be sure you have control, this could be risky. Register with a registration service
provider like ABCyourdomain.com that lets you use your name anywhere you choose.
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A
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Buy because of email
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With a new domain name you can use email forwarding to secure a email address that can follow you forever.
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A
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Register for 1 or 2 years /
lock in a 10 yr price
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Try it
for a year or two. Renew for more years after you have tried it or lock in the
savings now.
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A+
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Register with a domain registration service provider (primary business)
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They need you, you are their
main business. Check their transfer charge/policy if you want to leave or sell. Best for complete control. Make sure that you can use your name anywhere you choose.
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A
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Buy because of free parking
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You need to park your domain while you are getting your site ready.
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A+
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Buy because of management and control of your domain name
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A good domain management account insures control and makes life a lot easier.
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A-
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Buy because of low fee
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Prudent but not the governing factor.
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smart domain registration
You must be submitted to all the major search engines if you want people to find you.
You must have a web site, live/online before you submit to search engines, No under construction or coming soon.
To be blunt about it, 1st 'a' get the domain name, 2nd 'b' park it, 3rd 'c'
get your site ready. Nothing else matters. 
