If you’ve already dreamed up a name for your home staging business but are nowhere close to building a website for it, you should still purchase your company name and your given name as domain names if they’re available.
In fact, whether or not the domain name is available is often a deciding factor in what someone decides to name their company today.
Having the right home staging domain name for your home staging business is very important.
Consider these tips:
- Choose a name that is easy to remember
- Find a name that is tightly associated with your home staging business, by including your company name or slogan.
- Ensure your name is easy to spell
- Try saying your name out loud, is it easy to hear or recognized? For example, if there’s a silent letter some people hearing your name might not realize what it is. This is a problem over the phone and in media interviews where you risk having the name spelled wrong which makes you difficult to find.
A domain isn’t very expensive, it can cost as low as $10 to secure a domain name for your home staging business that hasn’t been claimed yet, but if someone else ends up buying the name you’re thinking of before you do, they could charge a handsome fee to transfer the domain name to you.
One popular place to purchase domain names is www.GoDaddy.com although there are countless others. Go find one (or more if you haven’t finalized your desired name) now for your business, haul out your credit card and make a sound $10 investment in getting your home staging business started.
You’ll find more ideas for the first steps to take in getting your home staging business started in the $20 Staging Diva Home Staging Business Quick Start Checklist: 20 steps to start your home staging business. Or you can get this report FREE as part of the Staging Diva Training Program.
Debra Gould, The Staging Diva®
President, Six Elements Inc. Home Staging
Intrepid entrepreneur, Debra Gould, developed the Staging Diva Training Program to create opportunities for others to grow their own profitable home staging businesses. There are currently over 1000 Staging Diva Graduates around the world.
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peggy wilcox says
Debra,
Thank you for the information about godaddy.com. I purchased my name domain and the name of my staging business that I hope to start in the near future.
Thank you for all the tips and encouragement in your blogs and newsletters.
( I have chosen Simply Swanky Home Staging)
Debra Gould, The Staging Diva says
Peggy, congratulations and great name!