A domain name is your online identity. For example my domain name is www.howtomakeawebsite.tv. Other examples are www.amazon.com, www.yahoo.com, www.youtube.com etc. You must purchase your domain name and to do that the domain name must be available. If the name you have chosen is taken you will have to change it until you find one that is available. There is much speculation on whether a domain name should be long or short, but it is really your choice. The domain name should be something people can remember.
Write down different ideas in case the domain name you want is taken. The other part of choosing a domain name is what the extension will be. There is many different domain name extensions with .com being the most popular. Some example are .org, .net, .info, .biz. The list will continue to grow as the Internet becomes more and more populated with websites. Many companies buy different variations of the same name to ensure no one will try to copy an idea and steal traffic. Example www.ebay.com,www.ebay.org, www.ebay.info and so on.
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