Did you reserve your family name domain already?

This blog runs on my family name domain Prelovac.com and me and members of my family can use it for any need. For example we can create subdomains name.prelovac.com to make new sites, blogs and what not else for everyone. This is ours for generations to come.

In today's world there is another type of property emerging and it is called internet property. Domain names are a typical example and already a multi-million market for every day traders. They trade valuable domain names like business.com or water.com and earn amazing amounts of money. But this story is not about domain trading it is about the right of everyone to have their family name domain.

Everyone can register a domain. It is simple and it costs only $10 per year. Yet not many people are aware that thousands of domains are registered every day and that the list of available domains is getting thinner and thinner. You'd want a quality domain (one's ending with .com) but the problem is everyone else does too!

As I said I do not want to get into domain trading business, but I think that everyone should register their surname (family name) domain now before someone else does. Even if your distant relative does so before you, it's not too bad as you will probably be able to make some kind of arrangement to use the site or a portion of site. Problem is if one of the domain speculators grabs it, not only you may have to pay thousands of dollars to get it from them instead of just $10, you might lose the domain forever.

US Census Bureau published genealogy data for all surnames in US. The list has more then 90,000 surnames that come from all nations of the world. Needless to say 90% are already taken. Chances are your surname is too. For first names do not even bother looking, they are all gone.

I have been working on a compiling a comprehensive list, information about all surnames that are left free to register and I present it here. I was afraid that presenting the list in public may only help domain speculators grab what is left, but they would do it anyway in a matter of time. However ordinary people would be deprived of this information forever so here it goes.

Once you register the domain, you choose what to do with it - build up a site on it or keep it for you kids to use one day. Anyhow, the domain is safe and now your property. Imagine like your grand-grand father putting a step on a piece of a land and marking it his own. What else to say? If you recognize family names of your friends let them know about it before the domain catchers register the domain first. Spread this information to everyone you know, and help them secure their piece of internet property.

List of free .COM domain names based on surnames from US Census Bureau genealogy database

What to do if your name is on the list?

Well thats great news. Next step would be to register it using one of the many domain register services. I personally use GoDaddy which is probably the largest domain registrant company in the world. I had only good experiences in using them and can recommend them. You may choose any service just look that is it a credible one as you are putting them in charge of your new property. On GoDaddy you can use currently active promotion with code gdp0210n to get 20% off and it is valid until 29th February.

Hope you are still among the lucky ones out there to be able to reserve their rightful domain.

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