Buying the domain early

[GodsGal]

I am thinking of buying my domain name fairly early on and having a 'teaser' page. (like several new petsites do already) The only thing is I don't have any money right now (although I'm going to be doing art commissions soon) and my dad is pretty apprehensive about the whole deal. Do you think it would be a big benefit to buy the domain name now? I'm hoping to have the site working some time this year, although there's no date set yet. I want to make sure that nobody has a chance to steal the name, and that everyone will know about the site ahead of time so I can max the amount of people who join initially.

[Ole]

Buy it the domain name. They cost like $5 and probably cheaper some other places.

[GodsGal]

I would probably buy it from 1and1.com since they are pretty cheap and seem to have good service. My mom has a domain name there.

[juddster]

I persoanlly don't see the point of buying it early, you are just spending more of your own money...I say go free sites then going live you go domain

[GodsGal]

Hmm, maybe. I never thought of that very much really. Well, I sortof thought about it, but didn't consider it.

[cpvr]

I'd say go for it. A teaser could help somewhat, and start up hype for your website, but be prepared for the hype to go away if updates aren't posted and such.

[GodsGal]

My dad doesn't want to have to buy the domain until the site's working. So, I'd say I'll go in between the two ideas. Buy the domain a little bit before I open but not too soon.