{"id":835,"date":"2010-12-29T20:56:33","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T20:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morephotos.net\/photoblog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2010-12-29T20:56:33","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T20:56:33","slug":"how-to-pick-a-photography-domain-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morephotos.com\/how-to-pick-a-photography-domain-name\/","title":{"rendered":"How to pick a photography domain name&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This can be a tricky, yet important decision.\u00a0 This is how we advise our photographers.<\/p>\n<p>If you are an established photographer, first try your business name as it is on your card with a .com, .net, or .biz.\u00a0 .com being the best option.\u00a0 If you have a popular name, you might have to get creative by using hyphens such as photo-focus.biz, instead of the standard photofocus.com<\/p>\n<p>If you are picking out your business name and domain name at the same time, it often boils down to 3 good options:<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Use YOUR name<\/strong>, such as johnsmithphoto.com, smithphotographer.com, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Using your name is the most popular, because most likely, you will be be  the face behind the company.\u00a0 I would steer clear from this option  if you have a very common name or if your name is very hard to spell.\u00a0 I would gravitate towards this if you are shooting formal parties such as weddings.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Use your location<\/strong> for SEO purposes: traversecityphotographer.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This method is becoming more popular as people are learning more about how to be found online.\u00a0 Think about what people will put into their search engine as they look for a photographer in your area.\u00a0 If it makes sense to use as a business name, it could be a great option<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Come up with a fun, short, easy to remember name<\/strong>. www.iowafunphotos.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This makes the most sense if you are focusing on sports photography or if you would like to sell the company some day.\u00a0 www.iowafunphotos.com will be worth more than www.johnsmithphotography.com for resale.<\/p>\n<p>Good Luck!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MorePhotos.com\">MorePhotos.com<\/a> is always happy to help you with your domain name purchase.\u00a0 Just give Zack a call at 231.932.0855 x25<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picking a domain name for your photography business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morephotos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morephotos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morephotos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morephotos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morephotos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/morephotos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morephotos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morephotos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morephotos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}