Choosing a website name?

Patrice Lemée

Patrice Lemée

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Not sure this is the right place to ask but it's where I hang out so feel free to move this if I made a booboo.

I'm looking for a website to show my knives. My question is, should I go with myname.com or knife.com? I know knife.com is already taken but you get the idea.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Pad
 
Hi Pad , is the L'Armurerie du Roi site going to stay or are you planning on doing something altogether different ?
 
Hi David

Yes my current website is going to stay. I get quite a few hits on there so I am assuming that it is helpful to some.

I thought that I'd also get a website dedicated to knives as I plan to sell some in the future (assuming people will buy them ;) ). Since it takes a long time to get name recognition I thought that a "description of what I do" based name would be better than one based on name.

Pad
 
do it as either you company/sale/posted name that people will associate with your knives.

for me if i were to use my name it would be like "mattathaydeknives.com" or "mattathaydeknife.com" if i were to use my company name it would be "captivemetaldesign.com" or variations there of

gota make it simple so people can remember it

-matt
 
Since the majority of the clients will surely be Americans would I be better off with an English sounding name. I am guess so but there are more choices in French. :?

Thanks for your help.

Pad
 
Padrig said:
Since the majority of the clients will surely be Americans would I be better off with an English sounding name. I am guess so but there are more choices in French. :?

Thanks for your help.

Pad
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as long as you dont use any of the french specific letters or accents i think youll be fine
-matt
 
Pad, there are many things to consider when choosing domain name. This is usually the hardest part for me, when creating a new website.

From SEO (Search Engine Optimization - how to make your page more find-able to search engines) perspective it is always a good idea to include your main keywords to domain name. So if your site is targeted to selling knives, it is good idea to include 'knife' or 'knives' or something related to your domain name.

Search engines use very sophisticated techniques to rank your page against other similar sites, but if your main keywords are in the URL, then this is definitely a bonus. You could do a little research of what people are looking for in the web and then use those findings to figure out your site name.

As of using domain name that's easily remembered, then I don't think that's that very necessary. How many websites do you know by heart and use weekly or monthly, which you don't have in your bookmarks or don't search from google? For example if I want to find Tim Herman's web, even if I have it bookmarked somewhere, I still go to Google and find it there. Finding that site from my hundreds of bookmarks takes longer that to type 'tim herman' in google search. IMO relying on people to remember your website address is overrated.

Let us know when the new site is up!
Viljo
 
When I registered a domain name, I thought to myself, "If I met somebody and told them I made knives, but didn't tell them my website's address... what's the first URL they would try?"
 
^^ thats aprtialy why i suggest easy to remember name/simple name that relates to you.

you want it so if they see your card or add or what ever some where and they go "hey i want to check out that guys stuff, now what was the web site" they can remember it more easily. like for example my brother does design work and does websites and what not but his company name is meticulous design group, refereed to as meticulous normally and his web address is meticulous.com about as simple as you can get it.

-matt
 
Matt, good idea.

Viljo, very good points to consider. I'll try and find a few ideas at work tonight.

Pad
 
Well after much consideration I think I'll go with lastnameknives.com.

My last name has 5 letters so it keeps the name short and has knives in it. SO I am covering all bases. It also has French accent which I'll loose, no big deal.

What do you think.

Sorry, seems like I asked your advice but ended up doing the same as many out there. (which I had not even thought about) :(

Pad
 
i think that should be fine.

i had a teacher that has a french last name (i think french canadian but same difference) that has an accent on the last letter and it was so annoying because half of the stuff around campus with his name has the accent and the other doesnt (he was a bad teacher so i really dont care but it was just annoying that it wasnt consistent). but for a web page it is fine. just make sure your logo/name what not is up top of the page with your name big and clear

-matt
 
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