Choosing a Domain Name for Your Disco
Email and Domain Name Addresses
If you don’t have an internet presence, or the ability to send and receive emails, you will be missing out on enquiries and possible bookings.
Emails
You're now making a lot of money from your discos and
want to treat yourself to a new car. You make some enquiries and receive
email replies from luxury-cars@hotmail.co.uk and
enquiries@luxury-cars.co.uk. Which one would you be more likely to
trust with your hard earned cash?
So why would
hanksdiscos@hotmail.co.uk be any different for your clients?
For
the sake of a few pounds to buy a domain name for a year (see below for
further advice before you rush on-line to buy one), coupled with free web
hosting for AMPdj members which includes five free email addresses, there's
no reason to use a free email provider which, after all, was only ever
designed for personal use, not for business.
So if you are serious
about your business, make sure clients see you in the right light.
Domain Names
Choosing a Domain Name (website address)
for your business is an important decision. There are many factors to take
into consideration.
Including a key word such as 'disco' or 'mobile
disco' could help you to be found in search engines. If you search for
'mobile disco in Kent', most of the websites that appear on page 1 have the
word 'mobile' 'disco' or 'Kent' in the URL.
On many occasions, you
will need to give your website domain name verbally. How easy is it for
someone to remember?
Something like;
www.hankiesamazingtechnicaldreamzdiscotheque.co.uk is a lot harder to
remember (and spell) than say www.ampdj.co.uk!
Any tricky or
unusual spellings could mean that you have to spell it out each time and
then there is a chance the listener could interpret it wrong.
For
example: www.lizen2songz.co.uk.
Double letters in the
middle of the domain name can also cause confusion such as
www.choiceentertainment.co.uk.
Many people will probably type this
as www.choicentertainment.co.uk so either purchase this domain name
as well and point it to your site or go for
www.choice-entertainment.co.uk. You will also need to make a decision
as to which ending to choose (Top Level Domain or TLD). Ideally, mobile
discos in the UK should make their first choice .co.uk. Generally, people
searching on the internet will favour these before others.
Finally,
is it available? You can check availability of your chosen domain name at
www.ampukhosting.co.uk.