Guide On How To Choose Domain Name & Brand Naming Strategies
Guide On How To Choose Domain Name & Brand Naming Strategies
Have you ever been stuck trying to figure out a great domain name for your portfolio? Have you ever wondered whether you should use your personal name or a brand name for your domain name?
MrBenBurns attempts to answer these questions with a few tips, tricks and tests to put your domain name ideas through.
Choosing the right domain name is a vital step in creating your digital brand. Whether you’re a freelancer, trying to get jobs with bigger agencies, or a small business owner ready to launch a brand online, following these steps to choose your domain name and test it will help you pick the right one… or two.
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5 tips
01:29 Make it short
01:40 Make it easy to spell
01:49 Make it easy to say
01:52 Make it easy to remember
02:00 Make it yours
03:10 Should you use a business or brand name?
03:55 Should you use a personal name?
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How about cockybastard.design ;-).
chrisdoit.design
i love you guys so much just watch the rebuilding a brand series and almost cried at the end. thank you
dofutur.design
But I went there and rather saw a "www.mrbenburns.com" and not "www.mrbenburns.design" — Why did you eventually use the dotcom ?
DoDaddy.com 😆
Very interesting!!! Fantastic video 🙂 !!! Hey, just a note. Sir, are you aware, the sequence of your verbal-words do not match the sequence of your written words at the "25 Second" point in this video? In particular: written at the top is > WHAT THIS IS? However, your verbal-words transpose to say: > What is this? Keep up the fantastic informative videos. Thank you, Howard
What is the difference between using different domain registrars from different countries such as Godaddy, Crazydomains vs. Porkbun? Porkbun offered me 311.89 for 10 years while Godaddy for $1000+ and Crazydomains for $ 676 for using .design extension? Should I stick with an Australian domain registrar if I am located in Australia? Thanks.
doodleart.design
Hi, Ben!
I have a question for you. What if the domain name I chose is being used (in a slight different way, because of the language) by a design agency of another country?
Should I choose it anyway or is this problematic?
Thank you!
Good vid and good advice.
itscrap😂
Watch this in 2x speed. good information but takes a while to get there.
Chrisdo.design
My name is Kyle Li, and someone took kyle.li and just parked it on hover… been watching it for months now.
do4bestdezines.net :p
chrisdo.org for $10.72 / year
This video popped up when I need it the most. I was wandering if one could use use a .xyz domain name if the intended .com domain name is already taken.
you thank you
chris.do
If someone is starting a brand or business, maybe buying 10 domains isn’t the best in case they change names or pivot products/services. But I know Ben is saying to cover your bases to be safe in case the business takes off/does well. An risky initial cost.
juzdo.it 😉 #seriously
Very detailed content. Thank you
ThanQ for the porkbun 5$ domain,
I bought my one 🙂
vinde.design
I think he should future his bold head coz those guys have bold head are a genus in their field.
I had watched this video in the past; I watched it again as I’m trying to come up with a name for my design firm. The Futur, I need some help as I’m quite confused.
I’m thinking ‘Wecare’ as the name for the design firm. But I think it might look (to the potential customers) like a health-care or medicine company/organization. On the other hand, I also think it doesn’t matter how potential customers look at the name (of your brand); what matters is how your (regular) customers look and feel about your brand.
I’m quite confused about this. I’d really appreciate your feedback. Thanks in advance. And thank you for the value you’re providing to the design community!!
doing.design
Fromthefutur.com
Registering a ".design" or ".art" or whatever… VERY bad idea. You will CONSTANTLY be under the shadow of the ".com" and it is long, as he acknowledges. This guy and his company are also admitting that they have a deal where they are getting a percentage of the profit if you register this type of terrible domain. But they are not giving good advice. If you have a geographically focused site, you can register a "country code TLD" such as ".mx" for Mexico or ".ca" for Canada, etc., or if you’re a non-profit, ".org" is respected. But in other cases, stick with the ".com".
Should I put a comma and LLC after my business name? Or leave the LLC out of it?
‘Make it easy to spell’. ‘The futur’.
Why do you think its becoming a trend to have long domain names? It’s because everything is taken! Mostly by shitty company’s who want you to buy their domain for stupid prices.
chrisdo.com
chrisdodesign.com
chrisdofutur.com
"make it easy to spell" says the guy from ‘The Futur’
Ease of use :
Make it short
Easy to spell
Easy to say
Easy to remember
Hi, I have taken a new Domain name Eagle Softech (http://eaglesoftech.com) for starting my business in web design and development. Can you please give me an idea that is ok for making a BRAND or not. Please reply with your opinion.
Thank you,
Anil
I have domain with my own name for one year, I am not sure should i continue using it or get new one.Because in future I will not be able to sell it
dofuture.design
Porkbun
No offence but how a bunch of talented designers agreed on the name "Blind" for visual media? Like no one made fun or was turned off by that name in your beginnings? Like: are those designers blind, only blind people would want those designs etc. Right now you are established, great portfolio etc. so it can be seen as tongue in cheek but how is before that?
dothechris.design
maybe??
DoKnows.design
DosKnows.design
—— Chris Do ——
C stands for confidence + D stands for design = Design of Confidence
DofC.com / DofC.desing
Not funny… hmm… Sorry… MrBenBurns…
But that who he is. And he gives something extremely valuable to the community of creative people. He gives us CONFIDENCE. The thing creative people is lacking for centuries.
Thank you, Chris.
Even the gratitude do not fit into these two small words. But… Then…
Million… Thank you…
Cheers,
Arashi
p.s. Great and extremely informative video. MrBenBurns, thanks 😉
I was lazy to search if anyone said it first but just in case. What do you think about:
xdo.design
x = like merry x mas
Is that lame o cool ?
lol
Thanks for sharing this process on choosing a domain name. Do you have a process on selecting a brand or business name? Will there be a video on that?
This video it’s GOLD like always your make a great work guys.
Hey, What do you think about .studio domain?
"HUMANLOVEFAILS" can i use this name for may business
great video. Loved it. checkout my site here:
You don’t realize that the omission of the "e" at the end of thefutur breaks at least one of your rules.