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Originally Posted by GearUpGetOff
Thanks SoulTaker.
There is reason behind the domain oddness. But your point is a new perspective for me. If the domain turns out to be a real limiting factor I could move to gearup-gettoff.net within an hour +dns propagation time with proper redirects from the current URL.
I'm curious if others think the domain is a factor in converting visitors to paid members. When content is king, traffic is god and users are ignorant who cares?
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Well, the consumer cares about all of those things. The consumer is very impressionable, either for the good or for the bad. Do you think Amazon.com would have seen the success they saw if their site URL was tribal.net/~amazonwebstore435 ?
Could you imagine this conversation taking place?
"Dude, that is an amazing television! Where'd you get that at?"
"Well I have a tribal.net/~amazonwebstore435 Prime membership so I ended up getting free shipping AND no taxes... sweet deal..."
From a branding perspective... the brand language means a lot in terms of conveying the over-all quality of the product to the consumer. You need to create a brand that not only conveys what you're selling, but is also short, memorable... and catchy. And it needs to look good when it's typed out.
Look at some of the domains I own... this is the type of naming convention you should go for:
TwinksNextDoor.com
GhettoThugs.com
TwinkCasting.com
ThugCasting.com
HairyCasting.com
PissPeep.com
You need preferrably a 2 word name without a hyphen, and it needs to be a .com to be most memorable. You gotta get creative with it... but this will have a big impact on the bottom line.