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Opinions on Domain name for new sign making co
Hi there, comrades…(and comradesses)
I was hoping to get some of your views on our choice of a domain name for our new company… I’m sort of stuck in that it must begin with the word easy (our parent company name), such as http://www.easy???????.co.uk
We don’t intend to start trading in signs and printed graphics until mid September but being SEO oriented with a web design background, I wanted to do as much as possible now to ingratiate the site with Google…
Our goal is to focus more on graphics, including window graphics, signs and decals for cars, and mounted graphics.
So far we have checked the following domains and they are available:
http://www.easygraphics.net
http://www.easy-graphics.co.uk
http://www.easyreprographics.co.uk
http://www.easyartworks.co.uk
http://www.easysignmakers.co.uk
http://www.easyconcepts.co.uk
http://www.easysignlab.co.uk
http://www.easyprintworks.co.ukThe above might give you an idea of how we are thinking but it would be great to hear what others think… I always prefer .co.uk websites to anything else but open to ideas.
Gordon
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quick reply…
go for one that you can buy both .com and .co.uk
how many times have you typed in a web address and got the extension wrong? own both and point both to the one site.
or own both and point one to the site, but keep the other idle. that way your competition isnt going to snap it up. -
Very difficult to find domains that are available nowadays, Robert… finding ones you like where the .com and .co.uk are there is a nightmare.
Gordon
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Get in quick…incase someone else hijacks them!
easy signmakers sounds good…
id say use godaddy as they have good rates.
Cheryl -
I’d say try Voxdomains.com
They do good rates.
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if you currently use a web host, i would go with them. it saves things being disjointed, web domain, website, images etc all hosted under the one roof. changes to where domains point etc is normally sped up slightly when under the same roof. it also means you dont have to transfer domains over time which can cause some down time too.
some members will remember this is why i "lost" one of my own domains once. it was on with a very old web host and my card expired. and i over looked it as i have around 200 domain names. lesson learned the hard way. 😀 -
i suspect someone just registered them after seeing this post!
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I would go with something like easysignmakers, think it is important to give the potential customers an idea of what you do in the name.
Graphics & artwork are to general & could just be graphic design businesses.
reprographics & printworks to me are more for a litho print company
signlab sounds more like a trade company to signmakers & concepts could be just about anything :lol1: :lol1: -
Thanks for the advice… easysignmakers it is (assuming nobody blagged it 😮 )
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Sorry don`t like easysignmakers.
whats wrong with easysigns?
the domain will have gone, but a hyphen to seperate them or add your Town name
EASYSIGNS for the trading name. http://www.easysignsleeds for the web address
We too suffer from a poor name choice when we first started, ATM we are talking about a re brand. ( better go register all the easy names LOL)
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Denise, kindly pretend you think it’s not that bad and is growing on you… it’s already booked.
To be honest, I hate the word Easy so I’m not offended at all by any of this. We chose our name using a split testing experiment and for some reason using the word easy in the domain name beat all the others we tested for — you can use adwords for split testing and that’s how we did it.
Anyway, it’s done… it is what it is… so be it… now the grim task of somehow making it work begins.
Thanks for the feedback.
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I agree with Denise – definitely do not like "easysignmakers".
But at least you didn’t spell "easy" as eazy
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It could be worse…… eazygraphix
sorry if this is someones name…..
😳
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