By Naseem Javed, Founder, ABC Namebank International

It only takes a minute to establish if one is holding that magical key or just toying with a rusty screwdriver.

Today, in order to have a commanding presence with universal access on e-commerce, domain names must act like very special golden keys as without it, the entire exercise of Internet-centric commerce becomes almost useless. Super-success in cyber-branding lies in the sophisticated creation, development and ownership of these powerful and magical keys, so that they may open an undiscovered universe of billions of unknown customers around the world. Without this power and access, what's the point of being in the race for leadership and image positioning? It only takes a minute to establish if one is holding that magical key or just toying with a rusty screwdriver.

Domain management strategies have now, in fact become ultra-sophisticated and the most valuable components of building digital branding assets and the intellectual property of any ambitious corporation. Domain names are no longer small issues to be handled by the booming logo-centric-slogan-happy-agencies or web-tech-teams. They now demand powerful strategic, boardroom-level discussions with a commanding knowledge on global domain-registration laws and search-engine-visibility rules while capturing all other nomenclature objectives to create such golden keys.