Choosing a Domain Name for your Church
A domain name is simply the address of the website. For example to get to this site you can visit www.friendlychurchwebsites.com, as www.friendlychurchwebsites.com is our domain name. You may have noticed that domain names can have a number of different endings. Most websites end in .com,or .net. Your church might want to use .org, which simply shows that you are an organisation. However these endings are not strictly adhered to so to an extent the ending you chose is down to personal preference and .com, .net or .org are all acceptable.
Successful domain names are short and memorable.
Short: Your domain name will end up featuring on all your church publicity, so you won't want it to take up lots of space. Also, you don't want to put off people from typing it into their web browser.
Memorable: Having seen your website address on a notice board (or wherever) you want to help people remember it so they can visit the church website later.
Example:
Le us choose a domain name for, say, St. Daniel's Church, Littletown. One option, st-daniels-church-littletown.org , is simply too long, whereas an abbreviated version, stdachli.org, is both hard to remember and fails to make an obvious link with the church. Far better options would be stdaniels.org or stdanielslittletown.org. Please note a lot of domain names are already registered by churches, so you may have to think laterally. Use the domain checker, below, to confirm availability. If you find one that you like and is available, let us know, and we will obtain it for you as part of our service.
Incidentally, it is best not to use hyphens in your church domain name if you can help it. They make it harder for people to type the address, so shorten the-church-name.org to thechurchname.org. This can make the domain name harder to read, but this is not usually a problem if you restrict the domain name to contain only two or three words. When printing it on your literature, you can also show it as TheChurchName.org to simply it.
Not only do these tips provide a domain name which is short and memorable, it gives you a website address which is immediately attractive and interesting to the very people you are trying to reach.
If you already have a domain name, let us know, and we will be able to utilize that for your website.
USE THIS DOMAIN NAME CHECKER TO SEE IF THE NAME YOU LIKE IS AVAILABLE: