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Better band sites #1: The dreaded domain name

August 21, 2007 |

If you want your band to really have a presence on the web, you need a domain name. Preferably top level (i.e. WWW.YOURBAND.COM). When I was getting into playing in bands for the first time there was a great service at cjb.net that redirected your nickname with them to your site and masked the address. Instead of http://www.geocities.com/stuff/music/my-band-name/ I was able to have my-band-name.cjb.net … a little better. But cjb is saturated with advertising and pop-ups and stuff now. A .com is just nicer looking.

Its maybe five bucks for a domain name, depending on where you register. Either way it will not cost more than a mere hour’s pay at any job. A popular domain registry is GoDaddy. I haven’t had any problems with Yahoo or Namespro so far. Give them a shout.

If you absolutely cannot afford to register a domain name for your band, I can tell you a way to get one for free in this article. It may seem like a pain but with your whole band sharing a throw-away email adress, I’m sure you guys can manage to do enough of the offers.

Tagged : Freebies, Web Development

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