Before you decide on getting your business online you have to first make sure that the name of your company is available for domain name registration. If you are a business solely based in South Africa then it would be a good idea to register a .co.za domain name as that will immediately identify and portray you as a South African business. If you want a more international exposure it would be advisable to get a .com or .net domain name.

The best place to see if your .co.za domain name is available is to visit co.za/whois.shtml . Once there, you are able to type in your desired name and search to see if it is available or not. If it is not available it will show you the details of who owns that domain. If the domain is available it will let you know that you can go ahead and register that domain name. Read the rest of this entry »