I spent the weekend moving some sites around (and which will be discussed in an upcoming ActiveBlogging Report) and I realized that occasionally a bad domain name comes in handy.

You know the ones I mean. You thought the name was cute at the time, but aren’t using it, and can’t let it go. Or a four letter domain name that seemed so obviously valuable when you bought it (and since all of them are currently taken, you’d be right). Or the .ORG or .NET or .BIZ for your main domain name, bought so no one else would cybersquat on it, but gathering digital dust…

For years, I’ve pointed these to my main sites, as appropriate (for example, I purchased the variations of Top10Tricks.com I felt were close, and sent them all there – perfect for anyone mistyping my domain). But the use I’m thinking of is for hosting. If you use any shared hosting at all, or actually any hosting, then you know you have to sign up with a domain. THIS is the right time to use one of those underused domains!

The reason? In order to transfer your sites over easily, you should keep your old hosting and new up together – and if you have one domain, or have decided to make the main domain the same in both hosts, that isn’t simple. You’ll have to transfer the domain name, set it up on a new host, and then try to troubleshoot.

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