Domain names are purchased through official online registrar services. There are countless of them available on the internet and easily found through a search engine query. They all perform effectively the same service but vary only in pricing. The Best For Agents System utilizes GoDaddy as the registrar for all domain names. You may register your own domain name through the registrar of your choice or opt to have Best For Agents purchase your domain name and link it to your website on your behalf by clicking on http://www.bestforagents.com/selectdomain.aspx.

  Some of the advantages of purchasing your domain name from Best For Agents include that if you set up your domain name from a third party registrar service, you will have to point your domain to the Best For Agents DNS server. This process can delay the functioning launch of your website by up to 48 hours. If you purchase directly from Best For Agents, your domain will be pointed to the proper server from the onset.


  You may also manage your domain's details directly from the Best For Agents control panel. If you have multiple domains, you may select to operate one as your main website, while the others can point to specific pages or sections of your primary site in order to enhance your segmented targeted marketing activities. This facility is best implemented by purchasing your domain name directly from the Best For Agents System.

  There are countless SEO considerations to be taken into account when selecting your domain name. There is a school of thought which holds that keywords should be prominently featured in your domain name, but that has a tendency to make the domain name unwieldy and overlong. Remember that you cannot exceed 67 characters and that URLs may not have spaces as they will automatically be changed to underscores which negatively affect your SEO ranking. If you must separate your words, we recommend you use dashes. Our further recommendation is that you use your full business name as your domain name, and ensure that you have at least the words "real estate" "condos" or "homes" in the URL. It is also advisable that you incorporate the name of your geographical region in the URL such as your city, town, or region. There are many extensions, but .com is the most popular.

  Simply inform Best For Agents System of your choice and we will search and confirm its availability for you. We strongly advise you to not use the domain name availability forms present on almost all registrars' websites. There have been many instances where the registrars instantly register attractive domain names between the couple of minutes between the time you search and the time you purchase them.

  All domain names have a set expiry date. At that time they are either renewed by their current owner or they lapse and become publicly available. GoDaddy is the registrar for the Best For Agents System websites and it offers a paid service which has proven very effective in securing domain names at the precise minute they expire. Contact your Best For Agents professional sales representative for further information.

  You may have as many domain names and extensions as you wish and they can be all pointed to the same Best For Agents website if that is the option you choose. Cybersquatters are a growing problem and if you register a successful site name under .com, you can bet that shortly all the .net, .org, .ca, etc. extensions for it will be registered by someone who is trying to leech your traffic from you. It is advisable that you register all the most common extensions, as well as various common misspellings of your business name. Again, your Best For Agents professional sales representative can provide further details on this issue.