The short answer: use your business name as a .com. If it is taken, add what you do ("landscaping," "lawncare," "yards") or your state. Keep it short, with no hyphens, and easy to read painted on your truck door.
Name patterns that work for landscapers
The examples use a made-up business, "Green Ridge." Swap in your own name and search to see which ones are free.
| Pattern | Example | Why it works |
|---|---|---|
| Name + service | greenridgelandscaping.com | Says who you are and what you do. The best option if it is free. |
| Name + short word | greenridgelawn.com, greenridgeyards.com | Shorter, so it fits better on a truck, a yard sign and a cap. |
| Name + state | greenridgeaz.com | Useful when the plain name belongs to a business in another state. |
| Name + city | greenridgemesa.com | Fine for one area, but it limits you if you later grow into other cities. |
| Avoid | green-ridge-landscaping-services.com | Hyphens and four words: nobody remembers it from a passing truck. |
The truck-door test
Your truck is your most-seen ad. Someone sees it at a red light for a few seconds and has to remember the domain until they get home. Before you buy, write it large on a sheet of paper, step back a few paces and ask whether you would catch it driving by. If you hesitate, drop a word.
Pick a broad word like "landscaping" or "outdoor" over a narrow one like "mowing." The domain keeps working when you add irrigation, lighting or design.
If your customers speak Spanish
Spanish words work too, but drop the accents and use "n" for "ñ": "jardineria," not "jardinería." If you serve both languages, a good option is to register the English and Spanish names and forward one to the other, with one website in both languages.
Your email, on every estimate and invoice
An estimate from you@greenridgelandscaping.com earns more trust than one from a free account, especially on bigger jobs. Business email starts at $4.99 a month per inbox.
The first pages your site needs
A home page with an estimate button
What you do, where you work and how to request an estimate, on the first screen.
One page per service
Maintenance, design, irrigation, tree work: each on its own page, with photos of real jobs.
Your service area
The cities and neighborhoods you cover, so customers know you come to them.
Before-and-after photos
Your own work sells better than any stock photo.
For everything your website needs and what the first year costs, read what you need for a business website. If the name you want is taken, try these 9 ways to find one that works.