Tarheel Web Design Basic Brochure Package: Step 1

First we'll start with the domain name.

A domain name is a unique address on the Internet. Domain names increase your name recognition and adds a level of trust and integrity to your site. Domain names makes it easy for your customers to remember your Internet address. A domain name may have a maximum of 253 characters.

Registering a domain name allows you to use your domain address (www.yourname.com) and virtual email addresse (you@yourname.com) on your business cards and letterhead.

Tips on selecting a domain name:

  • Make it as short as possible
  • Make it memorable
  • Make it easy to spell
  • Make it pronounceable
  • Make it a name you can brand
  • Make it non-confusable with another domain name
  • Make sure it does not conflict with an existing trademark
  • Make it easy to say
  • Make it directly related to either your business name or related to keywords from your industry or
  • Make it descriptive of your site's content

Click the button below and check availability in the popup window (you must allow popups). If your company name is available, we will register it in your name with your contact information. Enter your desired domain name in the appropriate field below.

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Now we'll work on the free email address associated with your domain.

An email address identifies an email box to which email messages are delivered. An email address is made up of two parts, a "local-part" and a domain seperated by an "@" symbol, that is, local-part@domain. An example format of an email address is lewis@yourname.com which is read as lewis at yourname dot com.

The local-part of the email address may use any of these ASCII characters:

  • Uppercase and lowercase English letters (a–z, A–Z), the local-part is case sensitive, therefore lewis@yourname.com and Lewis@yourname.com specify different mailboxes.
  • Digits 0 to 9
  • Characters ! # $ % & * + - / = ? ^ _ ` { | } ~
  • Character . (dot, period, full stop) provided that it is not the first or last character, and provided also that it does not appear two or more times consecutively (e.g. Lewis..Smith@yourname.com).

Enter your desired emails "local-part" in the appropriate field below.

 

* Fields Are Required.

   
  Domain Name
  
     
  * Available Domain Name :
(www.yourname.com)		 www.
     
  * Email "Local-Part" : @yourname.com
     
     
  Contact Information
  
     
  * Contact Name :
  * Email :
  Phone:
  Company: