Professionalism that website domain name brings

Not all companies have a ‘proper’ website especially here in the Philippines where technology is just starting to open up for everyone. Some companies use multiply or geocities etc., but that’s not professional or could it be considered as proper. The best way to show professionalism online is by having a proper website domain name…

… Domain names play a big role in showing your credibility online. Everyone knows that multiply or geocities are free and anyone can just open one in a few minutes. While it was a domain name, then there would be costs and effort involved with registration as well as the development of the website. Why is this important?

If you were to tell someone else about your website domain name, they’ll usually forget and they have to stop by good old Google to query about your company or Find more information about you and your company. They might remember your company name which they’ll use to search Google. Using ‘free’ accounts won’t usually come out in the first page of the results which they become lost, that’s lost sales / customer. It is also being used by many to background check the company, so without a background online, how credible are you looking?

– Domain names make you look more credible –

Email address also comes from your domain name, which free accounts can’t provide. Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo mail are third party email providers, it’s also free and anyone can open one or many accounts. While email addresses that are ‘EMAIL@DOMAIN.COM’ can only be setup by the domain name owner. Companies that give third party email providers look really bad and is either stingy (some) or fake, to which other companies refuse to deal with them.

A domain name costs around $7+ / year for a .COM or .NET, webhosting around $5 – 10 / month and a website development can be as low as $200 for a company website with a few pages. Don’t think that you’re saving money by not doing this as you might actually be losing a lot of sales because of it. Secure your credibility and reputation and buy yourself a proper website domain name.