How Do I Find Out Which Domain Names Are Taken?

Using FREE web page creators like www.weebly.com or www.pages.google.com will NOT provide distinct “www.mycommunity.com” names.

Instead, your page will be located at www.weebly.com/mycommunity or www.pages.google.com/mycommunity which is not quite as nice an option for your users.

To get a www.mycommunity.com name, you will have to buy a domain name (ongoing annual expense of around $10).

Some of the free sites DO give you the option of buying a domain name.
You use their templates to create a site that is linked to the domain name you bought.

You can also select an extension of .net, .org, .biz, or .us or perhaps .gov.

.org is particularly popular among community sites – it is intended for non-commercial sites.