Take Your Business to the Next Level

We work hard to help small businesses make a name for themselves on the Internet with reliable domain name services.

You have become the master of your own professional destiny, but now what?

Local consumers in your city or town are searching the Internet right now for your product or service. Do you have a website to showcase your business? You cannot afford NOT to be findable in today’s market. Your customers expect you to be online.

HOW IMPORTANT ARE SMALL BUSINESSES TO THE US ECONOMY?

Small businesses represent 99.7% of all employer firms
Small businesses employ half of all private sector employees
Small businesses pay more than 45% of total US private payroll
Small businesses have generated 60–80% of new jobs annually over the last decade
Small businesses are employers of 41% of high-tech workers (such as scientists, engineers and computer workers)
Small businesses are 53% home-based and 3% franchises
Small businesses made up 97% of all identified exporters and produced 28.6% of the known export value in the 2004 financial year.

GIVING YOU THE TOOLS FOR BETTER BUSINESS

Find Your Domain Name	Find a Registrar
So you have a name for your business or product/service. Now you can find the perfect domain name to attract customers. Use Verisign’s Whois tool to find a domain name that is right for your business and start marketing to online customers. Verisign's Whois provides domain results for databases for all domain names registered in the .com, .net, .edu, .cc, .tv, .name and .jobs top-level domains (TLDs). What is Whois? What is a domain name? What is a TLD? How are domain names registered?	Now that you have a domain name (or URL) selected, and you know it is available by using Verisign® Registry's Whois tool, it is time to find a registrar. Verisign operates the authoritative registries for .com, .net, .name, .tv and .cc, and provides registry services for .jobs. Verisign does NOT register or renew domain names – we certify registrars who register domain names for people who need them. To register or renew a domain name, use our Find a Registrar tool to find a domain name registrar and follow the link to their website. What is a registrar? Who needs to register a domain name? How many domain names should I register? How long should I register my domain name?

Sources: US SBA Advocacy-funded research by Joel Popkin and Company, Jan. 2002, Federal Procurement Data System; Advocacy-funded research by CHI Research, Inc., Feb. 2003, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, US Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, SBA.gov