Contact Us

If you still have questions or prefer to get help directly from an agent, please submit a request.
We’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Please fill out the contact form below and we will reply as soon as possible.

  • Courses
  • Home
  • Marketing, Advertising, Sales & PR
  • SEO, Social Media, Direct Marketing

Business URLs and Social Media Handles - Explained

How to Secure your Website URL and Social Media Handles.

Written by Jason Gordon

Updated at April 14th, 2022

Contact Us

If you still have questions or prefer to get help directly from an agent, please submit a request.
We’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Please fill out the contact form below and we will reply as soon as possible.

  • Marketing, Advertising, Sales & PR
    Principles of Marketing Sales Advertising Public Relations SEO, Social Media, Direct Marketing
  • Accounting, Taxation, and Reporting
    Managerial & Financial Accounting & Reporting Business Taxation
  • Professionalism & Career Development
  • Law, Transactions, & Risk Management
    Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law Legal Disputes - Civil & Criminal Law Agency Law HR, Employment, Labor, & Discrimination Business Entities, Corporate Governance & Ownership Business Transactions, Antitrust, & Securities Law Real Estate, Personal, & Intellectual Property Commercial Law: Contract, Payments, Security Interests, & Bankruptcy Consumer Protection Insurance & Risk Management Immigration Law Environmental Protection Law Inheritance, Estates, and Trusts
  • Business Management & Operations
    Operations, Project, & Supply Chain Management Strategy, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation Business Ethics & Social Responsibility Global Business, International Law & Relations Business Communications & Negotiation Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
  • Economics, Finance, & Analytics
    Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy Research, Quantitative Analysis, & Decision Science Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets Banking, Lending, and Credit Industry Business Finance, Personal Finance, and Valuation Principles
  • Courses
+ More

Table of Contents

Why Secure Website URLs?What Type of URL Should You Get? How Do You Buy a Website URL?Why Secure Business Social Media Handles?

Why Secure Website URLs?

When starting a business, many people often forget to determine if the name of your business is available for a custom URL (E.g., http://TheBusinessProfessor.com) 

Your website is a calling card for your business. People need to be able to easily remember and find your website when looking for a business like yours. 

Back to: Entrepreneurship

What Type of URL Should You Get? 

A ".com" suffix is the most popular type of URL. ".net" and ".org" are also extremely popular. Though many other types of suffix are becoming popular (e.g., ".io", ".co", ".me", ".biz", etc.). Government and educational organizations often use ".gov" or ".edu". 

How Do You Buy a Website URL?

You can go to any hosting provider (such as GoDaddy) and check the availability of the website address. If the URL name is already registered, your options may be to use a different domain name or seek to purchase the domain name from the owner. May people purchase domain names in bulk in hopes of later selling the name for a profit. 

Why Secure Business Social Media Handles?

As indicated for website URLs, it is important to go ahead and register your social media names before they are taken. For example, you will want to obtain www.facebook.com/(YourBusinessName). Twitter is becoming an increasingly popular outlet, so you may want to go ahead and establish your custom twitter handle (e.g., @a_business_site). 

website url url social media handles

Was this article helpful?

Yes
No

Related Articles

  • Domain Authority - Explained
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - Explained
  • Telemarketing - Explained
  • Mobile Marketing - Explained



©2011-2021. The Business Professor, LLC.
  • Privacy

  • Questions

Definition by Author

0
0
Expand