Guide On How To Choose Domain Name & Brand Naming Strategies

Have you ever been stuck trying to figure out a great domain name for your portfolio? Have you ever wondered whether you should use your personal name or a brand name for your domain name?

MrBenBurns attempts to answer these questions with a few tips, tricks and tests to put your domain name ideas through.

Choosing the right domain name is a vital step in creating your digital brand. Whether you're a freelancer, trying to get jobs with bigger agencies, or a small business owner ready to launch a brand online, following these steps to choose your domain name and test it will help you pick the right one... or two.

5 tips
01:29 Make it short
01:40 Make it easy to spell
01:49 Make it easy to say
01:52 Make it easy to remember
02:00 Make it yours
03:10 Should you use a business or brand name?
03:55 Should you use a personal name?
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[moongarita]

Lost it at the Chris Do clip. Too funny xD

[FlyingKiwiify]

"make it easy to spell" says the guy from 'The Futur'

[ArchEiivial]

Lucky that I came across this video. A lot of videos just explain and/or give tips on how to name your domain, but none even include explaining about choosing the domain extension. So, I'm really glad that I found what I really was searching for. Thank you for sharing! It makes me want to subscribe to you.

Thumbs up :)

[jdanielortega]

Pear and Pair are not homonyms, are homophones,
I know, I'm very fun at parties.

[alsodiri]

Ease of use :
Make it short
Easy to spell
Easy to say
Easy to remember

[Prof_Scar]

I love the way the topics of management are all the same all the over the world whereas some topics in other subject are different at different countries

[caraquedesenha]

🤣That take with Chris explaining the "the futur" without the "e" on the phone! Great contet, as always btw!

[jessicajessica]

Thankyou! Your video came in the right time just before im setting up website portfolio for my internship 🙆🏻‍♀️💖💖💖

[Discox]

Might be your best video, Ben! So much progress on your content. Thanks for the info. Reaffirmed my love for my .design domain.

[crepanna]

doitright.design is my vote~

Thank you guys for the lovely video. I missed seeing Ben's face and hearing his grand voice as well 😅

[andru.guillen]

Thank you Mr. Ben Burns! These are some really great tips for naming your domain. Thanks for sharing!

[CC-nn]

Love the clip of Chris explaining the name of his company.

[luckyloop]

9:49 thats how I explain it every time I talk about it hahaha
great tips. been inspired to start my own studio and currently this helps to figure out a fitting name.

[Bill]

I'm hooked on every word. I recently read a similar book, and I'm completely hooked on every word. "The Hidden Empire: Inside the Private Worlds of Elite CEOs" by Adam Skylight

[RaDa]

This video it's GOLD like always your make a great work guys.

[learnwithstorm]

Chris Do

C stands for confidence + D stands for design = Design of Confidence

DofC.com / DofC.desing

Not funny... hmm... Sorry... MrBenBurns...
But that who he is. And he gives something extremely valuable to the community of creative people. He gives us CONFIDENCE. The thing creative people is lacking for centuries.

Thank you, Chris.
Even the gratitude do not fit into these two small words. But... Then...

Million... Thank you...


Cheers,
Arashi

p.s. Great and extremely informative video. MrBenBurns, thanks ;)

[PuzzledKitten]

Thanks for sharing this process on choosing a domain name. Do you have a process on selecting a brand or business name? Will there be a video on that?

[devloowits]

This is a video that I didn't even know that I needed, thanks The Future!

[isyayuniardo]

such a good video!!! i was just preparing to build my online portfolio for jobs thanks dude

[Ilovetheskunk]

i love you guys so much just watch the rebuilding a brand series and almost cried at the end. thank you