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Your a la mode XSite comes with your own new domain name or website address. In the manage domains step of the XSites Wizard, you can choose your new address that people will use to access your XSite. As you mull over this critical decision, keep these pointers in mind:
- It needs to be easy to remember. If it's hard to remember, it's unlikely that a visitor will come back to your site again.
- It should be easy to spell. When it's easy to spell, you can advertise it over your voicemail in addition to your business cards, marketing materials, and any online marketing you do.
- Likewise, avoid punctuation such as dashes and underlines if at all possible.
- Pick something that is pertinent to your business, brand, or location.
- Keep it short. The longer your domain name is, the harder it is to spell/remember and the more frustrating it is to type it into an address bar to get back to your site.
- Make sure it does not create unintended phrases. Since most domains are written in lower-case and without punctuation (like spaces), it's easy to inadvertently create unintended phrases out of your full domain.
- When entering a web address, most people use the default ".COM" by habit. While there are other extensions available (.NET, .ORG, .BIZ for example) be careful picking a domain name for one of these if your competitor has the .COM version of that address.
- When you use a different method of spelling your domain name, such as the number 4 in place of the word 'for', you'll need to be more careful when giving your domain name.
When the registration is complete, your new domain name will function as the "primary" domain for your website unless you decide to switch to another website address for use with your a la mode site. From here, you have several options:
- Register another new domain name
- Attach a domain you already own to your site
- Switch the primary domain to another one you've attached to your site
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