Master of My Domain

As you might have guessed if you visited within the last several days, my domain has slightly changed. Instead of as charliecopley.com or charleycopley.com, it’s now charlescopley.com. (Don’t worry, my old domains just forwards to the new.)

I paid a lot for this name change. I wanted the domain, too, not just based on my nickname with my surname, but with my full proper name, to establish my “brand name”, my online identity (neither are endorsements). I couldn’t score just my name for mainstream social media accounts without using additional characters, but I’m fine with that; linking from this blog is good enough I also paid for a decade’s lease, so I could keep the domain and not risk losing it, having someone else register it. (Both domains I have registered for the next decade, the maximum allowed).

I have updated my blog title from Charlie|Blog to Charles|Blog to reflect that. I have nothing against being called “Charlie”, but to look more professional and mature socially and online, “Charles” looks better than “Charlie”.

I am finally master of my own domain.