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If someone has a difficult name to spell, should they use that domain name?

by James Liberty
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If someone wants to start a blog but their name is John Fartswaggiur, what should they do? Should they register JohnFartswaggiur.com?

Or, because the last name is so hard to spell, would they be better off with an alternate domain name... like JohnsCoolBlog.com... or something?
#difficult #domain #spell
  • Profile picture of the author ghost209
    It's really your call, chief. If you really want to own your full name YourName.com then just grab it and don't worry about it.

    But in all honesty.. if you have a last name that is harder to spell, then realize that it IS going to get mispelled.. alot.
    Heck, people have a hard enough time spelling some of the easiest/most common words out there.


    So unless you buy all similar mispelled domains and forward it to your main one.. you are probably going to lose alot of traffic.

    So for that reason, I *typically* would recommend just doing something easier and more memorable.

    Let's say you are in in the IM niche..


    I like doing stuff like:

    MakeMoneyWithMike.com
    IMMike.com
    MikeBlog.com

    or do some cool tag line / brand name

    theImNinja.com
    theIMguru.com
    cowboymarketer
    cowboymarketing.com
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  • Profile picture of the author The IM Institute
    I'd go the JohnsCoolBlog route myself.
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  • Profile picture of the author stoltingmediagroup
    You should be registering it at the least if you are intending to make a name for yourself online/offline.
    You don't necessarily have to use it right away as a product or service yet,
    but you could redirect it to Johnsblog for now.

    Reason 1: Today someone may not be looking to register it, but once you get some traction and your real name gains popularity, a person may decide to register it for whatever sinister reason. I mistakenly let my name.com expire a while back, and now someone picked it up and has it for sale at $3,315.57 US.

    Reason 2: Just because it's available today, doesn't mean it will be tomorrow.
    Somewhere in the world, another John Fartswaggiur may be planning his online domination.

    So if you can afford it, why not secure it anyways. Later on you can use it to put up your bio, and/or links to your products and services.
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  • Profile picture of the author Slade556
    I'd say no. Actually, I think it's a better idea not to try and brand your full name anyway, especially if it's very complicated. The thing about branding is that your fans should be able to easily remember your domain name. However, having the word "Farts" in a full name should be something you can explore?
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