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Your a la mode site comes with your own new domain name or website address. In the manage domains step of the XSites Wizard, you're given the opportunity to choose a new address for people to use to access your site. As you mull over this critical decision, keep these pointers in mind:
- Try to pick a name that is easy to remember. The more complex the name, the harder it will be for people to type it in from memory. If possible, just choose the name of your business.
- Make it something you can easily say aloud and so that you do not have to spell it out for your clients. After all, you want it to be easy to remember with no room for error when your voice mail message refers people to your website.
- Likewise, avoid punctuation such as dashes and underlines if at all possible.
- Pick something that is pertinent to your business or location (or both). Even better, use a name that contains a "keyword" for your industry.
- 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 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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