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Naming Your Site
4. Look for a domain search tool.
Often, you have a tool, like the one shown in Figure 1-15, that allows you
to search for a domain.
5. Search for the domain name you want.
You can type a domain name to see whether it’s available.
Figure 1-15:
I’m
searching
for aharris
books.net —
it seems
like a good
domain
name!
6. If the domain name is available to register and you want to own it,
purchase it immediately.
If a domain is available to transfer, it means that somebody else prob-
ably owns it.
Don’t search for domains until you’re ready to buy them. Unscrupulous
people on the Web look for domains that have been searched and then
buy them immediately, hoping to sell them back to you at a higher price.
If you search for a domain name and then go back the next day to buy it,
you often find that it’s no longer available and must be transferred. I’ve
also seen people offer to sell you a domain they do not own, buy it up,
and sell it at a huge markup.
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