A Rose by Any Other Name…
Creating a Domain Name
If you’ve decided to start a real estate blog, where do you begin?
You’ll need to get a domain name if you don’t already have one. And unless you are a well known real estate brand like Keller Williams or Realty Executives, you need to have at least one of your keywords in your domain name.
This is not necessarily as easy as it sounds, since it seems like all the good ones are taken (I complain about that in my dating adventures too).
Real estate agents are usually S.O.L. when it comes to using the keywords real estate, homes for sale, realtor, real estate agency, and so on in domain names.
There are a couple of sites that will help you formulate a name. I like using Bust a Name because they make it easy for you to combine different words and then find out if they’re actually available. If you find one you like, you’ll get a discount by going through their service, too.
The other site I like for domain names is nameboy. You type in 2 words you want to use, and they will show you a large selection of available names.
I avoid going to the registrar sites to check to see if a domain name is available. Rumor has it they sometimes grab the name if you don’t register it right away.
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