Well after hunting around a few different registration providers, it looked like 123-reg were the cheapest (and hopefully the best).
Then I had to check if my domain name existed.. Hmm, of course it didn’t. Most of the main addresses were all taken (which was half expected as it is a short name). Quite funny seeing what some of the other links went to.. a couple of them were to actual real sites, one of them was even for a tribute band. 🙂
Eventually though found that the .org.uk was available so went for that one (I’ll let you know the name once I’ve got the trademark approved)
Step 2 – Register a domain name
Update: August 2008 – Well in the end the domain name that I originally chose was ok, but I decided to change the name of the product. It was going to be The Big O. But after looking into trademark details there was already another company with a trademark which was in the same “class” of goods that I wanted to be. They are an Olive company, and even had an appearance on the Dragon’s Den. So a bit too much of a similar name clash there, and potential for problem. Also after doing more market research I found that one of my backup names was more popular.