If you’re creating a website for your movie, don’t let yourself fall into the trap of buying a crazy domain name that no one can spell, that is filled with hyphens, or isn’t a “real” domain name at all but is a sub-sub folder of another domain.

As a desperate attempt to get a movie website up and running, or for lack of better options, I’ve seen many movie marketers employ bad movie domain conventions such as:

• filmname-movie.com
• filmname-themovie.com
• filmnamethemovie.com

All of these are poor domains — they’re too long, they contain dashes, they’re awkward to say. Just try to say DASH in a tv advertisement and you’ll quickly realize the trouble you’ve gotten yourself into: the DASH part of your domain will be forgotten or misunderstood and you’ll have wasted your money promoting a domain people can’t remember or properly type into their web browser or mobile device.

If you’re serious about landing a great domain name for your movie and don’t have the time, resources or knowledge how to go about it, hire a professional domain name consultant, domain broker, or digital property agent. Don’t skimp on getting a high-quality domain name as it’s a key part of your movie’s online branding and social media buzz building efforts.

Here’s a fun list of what one writer is calling the 10 worst movie domain names ever. Try to avoid getting added to this list

Some great ones here:

wearemarshall-themovie.warnerbros.com

disney.go.com/disneypictures/nightmare/

What are some movie domain names you’ve come across that make you shudder or that are so bad you’ve not gone to the movie and/or visited the website because of them?