[header] How to protect your online business [title] Register your domain name. [step] Check the major internet registries such as bluehost, godaddy, netregistry to ensure your chosen name is not yet taken. If you find that your preferred name is available, register the.com and all other surrounding domain names, such as. Net ,. Org ,. Info, etc. 
To ensure that competitors do not try to buy it. They also might ask you to pay an exorbitant price if you want to buy it in the future.