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I have become a weekly blogger in 2009 - 27 consecutive weekly posts. Having turned serious, I bought the domain salarymantale from blogger (www.salarymantale.com).
It not only allows you to create your own personal brand but also gives you the flexibility of using blogger tools.
I am sure Typepad, Wordpress and other blogging service providers have similar service.
Keep blogging :-)
Jai
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In my opinion, today, its not as important to have a custom domain. There are many blog out there that are very popular but still work without custom domains.
It is always a good feeling to own your own url though. I have 5 
Also, I dont think you would have bought the domain from blogger. Blogger as a service does not sell domains. They would have simply facilitated the purchase by directing you to a seller.
Your domain registrar would either be eNom or GoDaddy
Hi Hit(e)ched Hiker,
You are correct. I had purchased it through eNOM but through Google. Only thing is that if you buy it from google, it allows you to use Blogger amenities with it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Google shares. However if S Brin or L Page is reading this conversation, I do not mind getting some free shares or money. 
Regards,
Showa
lolzzzz..... same here!!!
Well, blogging can be a brand and that can be anything. I use my name as the brand and its some times easier to remember. Also what i have done is to add a title for along with my name. I have one domain but to blogs hosted on it. One is Hemal Shah's Indianomics and other is the XHTML Blog. Naming a blog with difficult name sometimes go against building a brand. But at the same time its does not necessarily happen.
johnchow.com and shoemoney.com they are parallel ^^