Domain name - how to choose and get one for your business?
What is a domain name and how does it affect your business? Simply put, a domain name is an address on the Internet or World Wide Web that surfers use to access your web site. Excellent examples of domain names are Yahoo.com, Google.com, Pilipiinas.PH and yes, MagNegosyo.com, too! Anyway, here is a definition of domain names from Wikipedia.
The term domain name has multiple related meanings:
- A name that identifies a computer or computers on the internet. These names appear as a component of a Web site’s URL, e.g. wikipedia.org. This type of domain name is also called a hostname.
- The product that domain name registrars provide to their customers. These names are often called registered domain names.
- Names used for other purposes in the Domain Name System (DNS), for example the special name which follows the @ sign in an email address, or the Top-level domains like .com, or the names used by the Session Initiation Protocol (VoIP), or DomainKeys.
They are sometimes colloquially (and incorrectly) referred to by marketers as “web addresses”.
Ok, so now you know what a domain name is. And you want ONE! Whether for yourself, your hobby or your business - how and where can you get your own domain name? And for business minded people - how do you choose a domain name for your business. And for opportunistic investors - what’s all these talk about domain names selling for millions? Inside are tips where to register domain names for cheap and how to choose domain names for your business and products.
The Advantages of Franchising
By Valerie Tort
Franchising is a way to maximize profits in less time. Franchising is the growing trend in the Philippine business industry. Fast food chains, bakeshops, and even clothing lines are part of the rising franchise business popularity in the country.
Franchise business is another option for those who would like to convert and expand their small-scale business into a large-scale industry. Franchise system may be hard on the budget at first due to the franchise fee and the percentage of royalties the company gets but as the business continues, the entrepreneur would understand why franchising is more profitable and successful than establishing his own business. Here are some reasons why.
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