What are things to consider when naming and constructing my own email/website domain?

Question

I'd like to create my own personal domain for improving my professional image. Here are some things I'm a bit fuzzy on:
• Naming - Is simply using my first and last name typical for a personal domain (ex. johnsmitth.co)?
• Usage - Does paying for registration of the domain name equate to having my own personal email address to use and website to design?
• Email Local-Part - If my domain is johnsmith.co then would my email be [e-mail]?

Please and thank you humanity! :D

Answer 1

1. No, it is not typical. However, it is typical for an email address!

But ANY domain name will do. And if you fancy www.johnsmith.com, (and it is available), so be it!

2. Yes. Usually, you get multiple email addresses, all being [e-mail]. You set them up the way you want.

3. As above... Although [e-mail] would be a bit silly! Maybe "[e-mail]"?

Answer 2

It depends on the purpose of the website/email.

1) Naming - if your name is complicated or difficult to spell, don't do it. Also, sometimes having a catchy phrase helps people remember your domain name and email better - always do short, sweet, easy to spell and remember.

2) GoDaddy.com charges about $60./year for you to own the name and host your website and email addresses. Hosting is making your name work with webpage files. Create a catchall account - like [e-mail] Then you can put anything you want at any time before the @sign and it will go to your inbox. That is helpful also for online stuff like put [e-mail] when registering with them and if they sell your email address, you will know who sold it!.

3) You can put whatever you like before the @ sign. Generally, info@ is the professional way to go. Some do first name [e-mail] for only people you are directly emailing and general email is info@ for all else.

Answer 3

Yes, there are plenty of websites out there which are just names, but I wouldn't recommend doing that because anybody can go on your website and find out your information(identity theft).



Paying for registration of the domain name just means that that company is going to host your website on all of its servers and that your website is going to have its own name, it doesn't really equate to the email address part, but yes, it allows you to "make" your own website(if you want the email part, then you'll need to put in some fancy coding to do that).



Yes, if you did make an email account program for your website, you could make it [e-mail].

Answer 4

if the website is designed for personal purpose,you can have your name as your website name otherwise you should have your company name as your website name or name tat suits your business. Check the availablity of the domain name you have chosen, it should be easy to remember and not too long or with special characters, search for it in google search engine and check what it shows you.



You should design or recruit some one to design it , you just buy the name when you register for it.

Yes you can have an email account similiar to what you have said but only after purchase of your domain. You should host your site and then create your email account.

Answer 5

Yes using your full name for a domain is normal, and the other things you mentioned are dependent on the company you use to host your site. I use limedomains.com and they give you 10 free email accounts that you can name as you please with the purchase of a domain.