Buying Up Your Personal Identity Domains. They Are Assets.
Published on February 11, 2016
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When people think of “domains”, they think of their brand for the business or we think of "keyword rich" domain names. We try to snatch up the best domains possible, ideally attempting to get a .com domain.
So regardless of the niche you enter into, you should always have your own domain name (at some point). But when it comes to investing into more of a long term portfolio of domains or treating domains for what it is, virtual real estate, very few of us ever think to seek out and purchase personally branded domain names.
The “John Doe’ and the “Jane Doe” Domain Names
The thing we need to all remember about domain names is that, if you own a domain, you are in control of that entity. Nobody else can buy it, you can sell it for a profit, and you can choose to build out a website on that domain if you wish, or you can sit on it and hold it as an asset/holding.
People rarely think of their own personal name though and often times if you are lucky, you can pick up your own personally branded .com domain name.
Ex. JohnDoe.com
It is quite valuable to own your own personal domain name and if you have small children, many folks are buying up the domain names of their children as these are assets that may come in very handy down the road.
You never know when you are going to be able to utilize it, and at the very least, you OWN your very own .com. Something that nobody will ever be able to take away from you (assuming you pay your domain dues every year).
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What If Your Personally Branded Domain Isn’t Available?
Many people may have the exact same name as you, that is life and with 7 BILLION people in the world, it is likely. In fact, there are many people here at WA with the exact same name! Chances are that with some of the more common names, you will find that someone has already purchased YOUR branded domain name.
Because of this you want to seek out very close alternatives, either your full first middle last name, first middle initial last name, first two initials last name, or another variation of it.
If my name were John Adams Doe, here are some potential domains that I could purchase relating to my personal identity.
These are some common examples of domains that you could buy up and solidify some aspect of your personal identity. You don't have to buy up every imaginable domain, but it can be a good acquisition to have one or two of your personal identity style domains to your domain portfolio (your online real estate).
Regardless of whether or not you use your personal domains, they are personal "assets" that you are buying and for the price of a domain ($13.99 per year), a good asset to have.
Head over to the SiteDomains platform here at WA to see if your personal identity domains are available and you can purchase them directly within our state of the art domain registration platform.
==> Check the Availability of Your John/Jane Doe Domains Here
Also, if you have any questions or feedback about this (I would love to hear if you were able to pick up your own personally branded domain), please leave your comments below.
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