Which Domain Name is right for me?
Before you search for a free Domain name, you should brainstorm. A few suggestions:
- Which Name fits the theme of the website? A Blog is something other than a Shop. The Name should be for the User to understand.
- Short and memorable! For too long, ambiguous, or complicated names are not suitable for the web.
- Take the Test: you Need to spell out the desired Domain name on the phone so that the other understands him, leave it alone.
- Make a list with different Domain-your choice. Probably some of them are connected already. So you have choices and don't have to start all over again.
The ending makes it national or international Domain
When searching for the right Domain, you should consider the target audience. So you look in the search for the appropriate Domain, whether all of the desired extensions are free.
- To appeal to your website readers or customers on an international level, you need more than just a Domain. Here it is recommended, in addition to the countries extension the .com-Domain or in the non-commercial areas .to connect with org Domain.
- Your Internet presence is limited to the national level is sufficient in the rule .de-Domain.
- They use only Top-Level extensions. Exotic Domains like .vu,.to or .cc. seem a little serious. You are limited to Domains with a good Image, such as country-specific Domains (.de, .at, .ch), .com, .org .info and .net.
Which Domain name is still free?
You have the Brainstorming behind, it goes to the active search for the right free Domain. Here, you will find it.
- For the search free .de Domains is the website denic.de. You can see immediately whether the request address is still free. The advantage of denic.de also, that you can determine if already connected Domains the owner. It must be a Domain Name, you can contact the holder in contact and of a possible Takeover to negotiate. You should have a "used" Domain, accept, check archive.orgwhich of the projects it ran.
- Your Provider can also verify whether the desired domain is free. In General, you can query the name, even with multiple extensions. Advantage: you Are able to find, you can connect the desired Domain with just a few clicks.

Free Domain on denic.de find
Legal aspects of Domain-choice
A great Name can be a driving force, however, you should not put in the choice of the Domain Name to it. Rights of third parties are infringed, can impact sensitive warnings. So the Domain must not contain a trademark or company name. Even then, if this is part of your own Name. In the case-law to be awarded generally to the company the privileges of the Domain name. Even word combinations in which a brand or company name, mountains of legal risks.
You Register A Domain Variants
Finally, you have found a suitable Domain name, and is also free not to register, you only one variant.
- Your future websites address, for example, "domainname.de", connect you to other variants. In our example, that would be about "domain-name.de", "domainnamen.de and domain-namen.de".
If you have a Domain registered and want to another Provider to move to, you will learn herehow to proceed.
