Comments on: Getting the Upper Hand with Domain Names http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/29/getting-the-upper-hand-with-domain-names/ A Church Web Diva's Musings on Excellence in Religious Websites Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:11:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anna Belle http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/29/getting-the-upper-hand-with-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Anna Belle Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:52:19 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/29/getting-the-upper-hand-with-domain-names/#comment-428 Lizard Eater -- I like it! Now I aspire to be a domain name diva too. Lizard Eater — I like it! Now I aspire to be a domain name diva too.

]]> By: Lizard Eater http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/29/getting-the-upper-hand-with-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Lizard Eater Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:24:28 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/29/getting-the-upper-hand-with-domain-names/#comment-414 I am a domain name junkie. They're cheap and easy, just like I like my ... um ... web stuff. Another cool thing you can do: buy a domain name to point to something *inside* your website. e.g. If you host an annual Books and Plants festival, buy "booksandplantsfestival.com" and point it to your page www.mychurch.org/bplantfestival.html. (Not an actual scenario or link, but you get the idea.) In other words ... you don't have to have a completely different website to have what appears to be a completely different website. I am a domain name junkie. They’re cheap and easy, just like I like my … um … web stuff.

Another cool thing you can do: buy a domain name to point to something *inside* your website.

e.g. If you host an annual Books and Plants festival, buy “booksandplantsfestival.com” and point it to your page http://www.mychurch.org/bplantfestival.html. (Not an actual scenario or link, but you get the idea.)

In other words … you don’t have to have a completely different website to have what appears to be a completely different website.

]]> By: Anna Belle http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/29/getting-the-upper-hand-with-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Anna Belle Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:13:05 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/29/getting-the-upper-hand-with-domain-names/#comment-410 Mark -- You are so right about that up-sell thing. That drives me nuts, though to be fair it's not as bad as some other companies I've dealt with. We just used GoDaddy's tool. Do you have some recommendations for other tools? Mark — You are so right about that up-sell thing. That drives me nuts, though to be fair it’s not as bad as some other companies I’ve dealt with.

We just used GoDaddy’s tool. Do you have some recommendations for other tools?

]]> By: Mark Alves http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/29/getting-the-upper-hand-with-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Mark Alves Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:23:21 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/29/getting-the-upper-hand-with-domain-names/#comment-405 I use and recommend GoDaddy, although the company hits you pretty hard with the up-sell offers. Just curious - which tools did you use to look for available domains? I use and recommend GoDaddy, although the company hits you pretty hard with the up-sell offers. Just curious – which tools did you use to look for available domains?

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