Although you are not too likely to stumble across a domain name worth millions (The highest price paid for a domain name to date is, $7.5 million for business.com in 1999), there are still good domain names available. This article will help you to find the best domain name or multiple domain names (Yes, I am suggesting you get more than one) for your business.

Regardless of your business type or the scope of your market, there are benefits to having a website. Your domain name is the address that allows your potential customers to find your business website. So, you want to make sure it is easy for them to find you.

Before you start searching for your name, here are a few basics:
· Anyone can register one or many domain names
· You can register a domain name even if you don?t own a website
· You can register a domain up to 67 characters long
· Try to avoid hyphenated names unless that?s all that is available
· Registration prices are as little as $25 per year (go to SmallBiZDomains.com)
· And you can register up to 10 years in advance
· Get a ?.com? name: Avoid the ?.net? (unless you run an ISP) and ?.org? names (unless your business is a non-profit)
· Forget about a name that has less than four or five characters: It?s gone by now

To help you understand better how to find a good name, we?re going to pretend you are an accountant based in Tucson, named Bob. Here?s what you should do to find a good name:

1. Register your actual business name. If it is ?Bob?s Accounting & Tax Services, Inc.? Then start by searching to see if, "bobsaccounting.com? is available. If that?s not available, add letters, such as ?bobsaccountingandtax.com.?
2. Try not to use abbreviations (i.e. ?bobsaccntng.com?). Most are impossible to remember and if your customers can?t remember your domain name, they won?t find you!
3. After you get your company name, try getting one or more domains that are more generic and describe your business. For instance, ?Tucsontaxes.com? or ?tucsontaxman.com? would be good for Bob since he is based in Tucson.

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