1. The Interested Bystander
You are thinking of buying a domain name so that you can have your own personalised site, and e-mail address. Or maybe you want to impress your friends: "You watched the game on TV last night? Well, that's nothing -- I set myself up with my very own domain on the Internet..." Alternatively, you could even be one of those people who just has to have a domain name because everyone else is getting one: "Never mind that we only slice eggs four times a year. This patented egg slice with built-in horseshoe remover is the latest thing."
If you fit into the Interested Bystander category, your choice of domain name will probably be dictated by one of the following:-
A) Your name
This could be in the form first name + last name (joe-bloggs.com), initial + last name (j-bloggs.com), last name (bloggs.com) and so on. Let your imagination be your guide, and don't forget to make abundant use of the "-" symbol if the combination you want has already been taken.
NOTE: You can forget this option if your last name is "McDonald" or a similar highly familiar trademark: you have lost the battle to retain your name even before it started. For more information on this issue, have a look at the trademark issues on my links page.
B) Your hobbies, inclinations or habits
Whether you are a sports fanatic (sports-mad-guy.com), an ardent role-player with a favourite character (darkwyrm.com) or a heavy sleeper (in-a-daze.com), once again nobody is standing between you and your ten seconds of fame. If you are a hacker or similar, you may find the territory has been pretty well cornered already, especially if William Gibson or Neal Stephenson are on your list of required bed-time reading.
C) Your taste, or lack of it
Although I am not able to prove this theory absolutely, preliminary research would indicate that InterNIC may refuse to register any name that is patently obscene. That is why the sex sites are rather tamely named, compared to their 1-900 counterparts. Still, if you want to make a religious statement (god-must-die.com), a personal observation (lovelysnot.com) or the like, more power to your flame-retardant e-mail address.
You are thinking of buying a domain name so that you can have your own personalised site, and e-mail address. Or maybe you want to impress your friends: "You watched the game on TV last night? Well, that's nothing -- I set myself up with my very own domain on the Internet..." Alternatively, you could even be one of those people who just has to have a domain name because everyone else is getting one: "Never mind that we only slice eggs four times a year. This patented egg slice with built-in horseshoe remover is the latest thing."
If you fit into the Interested Bystander category, your choice of domain name will probably be dictated by one of the following:-
A) Your name
This could be in the form first name + last name (joe-bloggs.com), initial + last name (j-bloggs.com), last name (bloggs.com) and so on. Let your imagination be your guide, and don't forget to make abundant use of the "-" symbol if the combination you want has already been taken.
NOTE: You can forget this option if your last name is "McDonald" or a similar highly familiar trademark: you have lost the battle to retain your name even before it started. For more information on this issue, have a look at the trademark issues on my links page.
B) Your hobbies, inclinations or habits
Whether you are a sports fanatic (sports-mad-guy.com), an ardent role-player with a favourite character (darkwyrm.com) or a heavy sleeper (in-a-daze.com), once again nobody is standing between you and your ten seconds of fame. If you are a hacker or similar, you may find the territory has been pretty well cornered already, especially if William Gibson or Neal Stephenson are on your list of required bed-time reading.
C) Your taste, or lack of it
Although I am not able to prove this theory absolutely, preliminary research would indicate that InterNIC may refuse to register any name that is patently obscene. That is why the sex sites are rather tamely named, compared to their 1-900 counterparts. Still, if you want to make a religious statement (god-must-die.com), a personal observation (lovelysnot.com) or the like, more power to your flame-retardant e-mail address.
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