Your Domain Name.
First, register your domain name. Select a name that best represents your company and is not already appropriated by another business. To assist you with domain registration and Web hosting, we recommend www.godaddy.com.

It's smart to also register variations or misspellings of your primary domain. For little additional cost, you can, for example, register ToolandDye.com as well as ToolandDie.com (.net or .biz, too), so customers who don't have the name quite right can still find you. If your business is associated with a high-profile personality, say, an industry authority or a popular speaker, register variations of that name as well, for instance PatriciaSmith.com and PatSmith.com. That traffic can be directed to the home page or to an internal page about the person, whichever you prefer.

Web Hosting.
Next, you need a Web hosting service for small businesses. These solutions provide a range of choices for features, disk space and bandwidth, and they will grow with your business. To assist you with domain registration and Web hosting, we recommend www.godaddy.com.

When you're ready, you'll want to optimize the site (a service we provide) so search engines quickly find you. This ongoing process can be automated with affordable software, such as WebPosition.

Your Web-site Design.
Spend time reviewing the Web sites of your competitors, big and small. Jot down what you like and missteps you discover. Bookmark other sites that appeal to you and talk to Blue Troop about elements and graphics that you want. We work with you toward a custom solution.

*Blue Troop has focused it's service offerings as a Web design and development company and DOES NOT provide internet services such as: Web hosting, domain name registration/renewal, e-mail account set-up, etc. We DO upload and test your site to your chosen Web host upon project completion and also offer affordable maintenance plans to keep your site fresh.