Buying a Domain Name for a Portfolio Website

2 min readDec 18, 2015

Having your own domain name is a great way to make your portfolio website look more professional.

You can purchase a domain name from Google Domains, Hover, GoDaddy, or many others for as little as $10/year.

Common domains such as .com, .net, .me are generally ~$10/year from most registrars. More unique domains such as .tech, .design, .email are often more expensive

I personally use Google Domains because they make it simple and have great customer service.

Search For a Domain Name — Google Domains

If possible try to get a .com domain with your name (e.g. stevejones.com, steve-jones.com, etc.)

If you have a common name this will likely not be an option. Check out other TLDs such as .me or .io (.io is a popular TLD in the tech industry as an abbreviation for input/output).

There are about 1000 TLDs, so if you cannot find a common TLD check out some more unique ones. For example, because Steve Jones is such a common name I used the domain stevenjon.es as a domain hack for years because including the .es it spells my full name. The .es TLD is the Country code TLD for Spain (España).

If you must use a third party domain such as steve-jones.github.io or steve-jones.wordpress.com that’s okay, the important part is getting a website up.

Portfolio Website Guide Directory

This article is part of a guide to building a portfolio website to help land a software engineering position. It includes a link to my portfolio website’s public GitHub repository that I welcome you to clone and use as a template.

Check out other resources in the guide below:

GitHub Repository — Portfolio Website

My Portfolio Website: http://stevejones.io

Questions?

Shoot me an email, I’m happy to help: steve@stevejones.io

Buying a Domain Name for a Portfolio Website

Portfolio Website Guide Directory

Questions?

Written by Steve Jones