summary	time	deliverables
Choose a domain name for you and your portfolio website—DO NOT purchase it yet.	30 minutes	One domain name

Choosing a domain

Overview

• Research the best domain for you—but don’t buy it.
• DO NOT make yourself into a company! This is your personal portfolio website—so include your name.
• .ca is highly suggested because it will give you better “Google Juice” for Canadian searches. (Though it does require you to be a Canadian citizen.)
• Try to avoid .com if you can for the a similar reason as above: it says “United States”. (Even though technically it doesn’t mean that.)
• Maybe try some of the fancy new domains like .design or .sexy. (Maybe not .sexy)
• Make sure the domain is available for purchase—use Hover for your domain research (good prices, Canadian, no shady business practices).
• Be aware of the price of the TLD you’re leasing—there’s a yearly cost.

You can delay doing this assignment until you get further along in determining your brand—which you’ll be doing in another class.

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Hand in

Submit your chosen domain name to the assignment online.