{"id":1026,"date":"2019-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-31T11:29:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T09:29:23","slug":"registering-the-right-domain-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/registering-the-right-domain-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn Your Business Dreams Into Reality By Registering The Right Domain Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>It is not unusual to notice a spike in new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/domain-registration\" alt=\"Link to Domains.co.za - Register Domains\" title=\"Domains.co.za - Register Domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domain name registrations<\/a> during the first quarter of every year. Generally, the holidays offer entrepreneurs and startups clarity surrounding great business ideas. In contrast, the hype of the New Year, in turn, offers enough motivation to turn these ideas into viable businesses. And as we like to say: \u201cIt all starts with a domain name.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h4>TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/h4><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#registering-the-right-domain-name\">Registering the Right Domain Name<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#domain-name-tips\">Domain Name Tips<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#register-the-right-domain-name\">Register Your Domain Name<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"registering-the-right-domain-name\">Registering the Right Domain Name<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Registering the right domain name is an incredibly important part of creating and setting up a business. The physical location of your business is something no company will take up lightly. It should be the same when you choose a domain name. Your domain name is where your business will live on the World Wide Web. A domain name contributes to your online visibility, and that\u2019s why the domain name itself and its extension should be chosen with extra care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Domain name registrations for second level domains ending in .za surpassed the 1.2 million mark according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itweb.co.za\/article\/sa-exceeds-12m-internet-domain-name-registrations\/j5alr7QlLOxvpYQk\" alt=\"Link to ITWeb - SA exceeds 1.2m Internet domain name registrations\" title=\"ITWeb - SA exceeds 1.2m Internet domain name registrations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent statistics<\/a>. Africa\u2019s time is now and the popularity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/register-a-joburg-durban-africa\/\" alt=\"Link to Domains.co.za Blog - 7 Reasons to Register a .joburg, .durban, .capetown or .africa alongside your .co.za\" title=\"Domains.co.za - 7 Reasons to Register a .joburg, .durban, .capetown or .africa alongside your .co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">geographic Top Level Domains (gTLDs)<\/a> is a clear indication of this. Over the past year, .africa has taken the continent by storm with large companies like Absa and Adams &amp; Adams adopting the gTLD. Similarly, .joburg, .capetown and .durban are becoming increasingly popular with businesses wanting to gain more traffic from locals.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/images\/kb\/header-domain-registration.png\" alt=\"Header Text - Registering the Right Domain For Your Business\" title=\"Domains.co.za Blog - Turn your Business Dreams into Reality by Registering the Right Domain Name\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"domain-name-tips\">Domain Name Tips<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Before making your decision, consider the following to make sure you are registering the right domain name:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your business name and domain name do not have to be the same<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If appropriate, a unique domain name extension such as .joburg or .online can help your business stand out online.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Memorability is key, so choose something that isn\u2019t difficult to spell or confusing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a alt=\"Link to Domains.co.za Blog - Keywords in Domain Names \u2014 How important are they?\" title=\"Domains.co.za - Keywords in Domain Names \u2014 How important are they?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/keywords-in-domain-names\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keywords in domains are great<\/a> but do not affect your Google rankings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research if your name isn\u2019t already being used, as trademark issues can create a nightmare for your business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/domain-registration\" alt=\"Link to Domains.co.za - Register Domains\" title=\"Domains.co.za - Register Domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Search for your ideal domain name here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/images\/kb\/header-ai-domain-name-generator.png\" alt=\"Strip Banner Text \u2013 Let our AI help you with finding and registering the right domain for your website\" title=\"Let our AI help you with finding and registering the right domain for your website\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"register-the-right-domain-name\">Register Your Domain Name<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VIDEO:<\/strong>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RHCJNdsqf9E\" alt=\"Link to Domains.co.za - How to Choose &amp; Register the PERFECT Domain Name\" title=\"Domains.co.za - How to Choose &amp; Register the PERFECT Domain Name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Choose &amp; Register the PERFECT Domain Name<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RHCJNdsqf9E\" alt=\"Domains.co.za YouTube - How to Register Your Domain Name\" title=\"Domains.co.za YouTube - How to Register Your Domain Name\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not unusual to notice a spike in new domain name registrations during the first quarter of every year. Generally, the holidays offer entrepreneurs and startups clarity surrounding great business ideas. In contrast, the hype of the New Year, in turn, offers enough motivation to turn these ideas into viable businesses. And as we like to say: \u201cIt all starts with a domain name.\u201d Registering the Right Domain NameDomain Name TipsRegister Your Domain Name Registering the Right Domain Name Registering the right domain name is an incredibly important part of creating and setting up a business. The physical location of your business is something no company will take up lightly. It should be the same when you choose a domain  <a alt='Turn Your Business Dreams Into Reality By Registering The Right Domain Name' title='Turn Your Business Dreams Into Reality By Registering The Right Domain Name' href='https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/registering-the-right-domain-name\/' class='moreElipsis'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1004],"tags":[1099,1098],"class_list":["post-1026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-information","tag-new-domain-name-registrations","tag-register-the-right-domain-name"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1026"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3026,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions\/3026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domains.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}