If you are serious about the business you have, you should have your own domain name. If you do not have your own domain name, that mean you have not decided if you are going to do your business for a long term or just as a hobby to see if you can make some money out of it. Free domain name is completely a turn off to people because people know that you are cheap and cannot afford your own domain.

I can give you an example of having a free domain name. This is what happened, I have a business with a free domain name and I told people to look at it. I gave it to them to take a look at my business opportunity. They turned down on it because it was a free domain name. That person said, you have a business operating on a free server, I do not think I can trust it. Well, that person is right, a free domain is not trustable because you can just cancel the free account or have no responsibility and leave it there.

Hosting your website and getting a domain name for your business is pretty cheap for one year, 2 years for me is only around $90 dollars. If you are serious about your business, go get a domain website package. Eventually, if you are planning to go long term on your business, get a 3 year package. 3 year package is cheaper, the longer terms, the cheaper it gets.

Having a business, you should create a name that you can keep forever. When that is decided, you should have your website named after that. This would make your website look more professional. When you create your domain you do not have to pick .com, you can pick something else. If you are in a tight budget .biz is cheaper or if they have something new, it be at a lower price that you can afford. Either way to go is okay because it depends on what your budget is and which way you want your business to go.

If your website domain is based on cats or dogs, you should base your domain URL on cats or dogs. By doing this, you would have a higher chance of ranking high on the search engines.