Well, after a lot of debate and twiddling my thumbs (and reading RCB every
15 minutes for replies LOL) this is what I've done:I got my domain through Godaddy. (And man o man, what a lot of stuff they try to sell you!) Thank you everyone for all the excellent information and advice.
My domain is Desertdreameraz.com. That's the same as my Ebay ID so it made sense to me. I really appreciated the remarks about .biz domains being less well-received. That never dawned on me.
I also paid for privatizing my hosting info. Cool service. Basically, it reroutes all /whois info to a proxy, so my actual address and phone number aren't out there for the world to spam me with. AND it's cheaper than an unlisted phone number.
And, just to keep things simple, I took 1 month of webhosting through Godaddy, so I have a real presence (after tomorrow anyway) to USE my domain while I shop around and do better research for the long haul. I'm considering a LOT of options.
So, hopefully tomorrow I'll have a working website, for all the world to see. It'll be the same old thing for now, but I'm working on shooting all my Estore beads with my camera and completely redoing my gallery. Gotta do something when I'm out of oxygen!
Thank you again, everyone!!!! You guys are great.
-- KarenK Desert Dreamer Designs