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Last updated: 2026-11-13
Version: 2.34

# Name your company

This course is for a founder picking one name. You leave with a name on the right ending, checked, registered and held at a cost you know.

11 of 12 chapters written, 157 min. $0: no account to read.

## Chapters

- Start here: What is domaining? (13 min): https://unique.domains/courses/what-is-domaining.md
- 1. Why the .com you want is already taken (13 min): https://unique.domains/courses/name-your-company/why-every-com-you-type-is-taken.md
- 2. Know which of three prices you are quoted (13 min): https://unique.domains/courses/name-your-company/three-prices-for-one-name.md
- 3. Start on a short word, buy the .com later (13 min): https://unique.domains/courses/name-your-company/short-word-now-com-later.md
- 4. Read the renewal price before the first-year price (13 min): https://unique.domains/courses/name-your-company/check-the-renewal-before-the-first-year.md
- 5. How to read the trademark matches on your word (coming soon)
- 6. Check social handles before the name is final (14 min): https://unique.domains/courses/name-your-company/check-the-handles-before-the-name.md
- 7. Register and secure your name in ten minutes (13 min): https://unique.domains/courses/name-your-company/registering-takes-ten-minutes.md
- 8. Choose a registrar you can leave without trouble (13 min): https://unique.domains/courses/name-your-company/pick-a-registrar-you-can-leave.md
- 9. How to buy a name someone already owns (13 min): https://unique.domains/courses/name-your-company/buying-the-name-someone-already-owns.md
- 10. How to pay for a name in instalments (13 min): https://unique.domains/courses/name-your-company/pay-for-the-name-over-time.md
- 11. Which three endings to register for your name (13 min): https://unique.domains/courses/name-your-company/one-name-three-endings.md
- 12. Which spelling variants to register, and which to skip (13 min): https://unique.domains/courses/name-your-company/plural-hyphen-typo.md

## Related pages

- See how founders go from a search to a shortlist: https://unique.domains/solutions/founders
- Explore the public one-word Domains Database: https://unique.domains/domains
- Read every domain word in plain English: https://unique.domains/glossary