Perhaps try incorporating an adjective into the title? Personally, I don't love .net pages. For some reason, they seem kinda cheesy and cheap to me...

 

What about .org? Google likes them plus you could make a community around this. Anyway, I think that if the site is useful/friendly and SE Optimized, it shouldn't make big difference.

 

bio-

I PM'd you.

-Russ H.

 

PM Sent with some suggestions. I have a strong preference for .coms over .nets, much higher resell value. Probably a 3 word .com would be better unless you can get proteinskimmers.com for a good price.

If you are going to make an offer on the domain, look up the owner and call by phone, it is easier to get a deal by using the phone rather than email (more immediate).

 

If you can't get proteinskimmers.com try a different angle.

Try something like cheapproteinskimmers.com AVAILIBLE

or discountproteinskimmers.com AVAILIBLE

wholesaleproteinskimmers.com AVAILIBLE

proteinskimmerstore.com AVAILIBLE


I myself don't like .net domains at all for anything business related. Especially e-commerce related. For SEO I would worry more abou the content than the domain name. As long as the domain name is related, I don't think it really matters. I'm sure the .net would be fine, I persoanlly just don't like them. I stick with .com only.

 

yup like z5 said i was going to suggest buyproteinskimmers.com or something similar. you can always keep these other sites for redirects as well

 

:coffee: What about .org MJ?

 

You want a dot com. They are king on the net still. If you could of got proteinskimmers.net, that would of been good. If you can't get your ideal domain name....then trying iname.com or thename.com. Things of that nature. What I always try to do is make sure the domain name is easy to remember....has my keyword in it and makes sense to what your website is offering. I think your domain name will work great. As far as .org's. I have never tried them myself but I always connect them with organizations.

 

It's a pity I didn't see this sooner.

I would personally create my own brand. I don't know what a protein skimmer is (although something tells me it skims protein...), but if you invented a word (maybe something like "Protexa") you might have a better chance. You might also be able to make the brand into something very valuable, and even get an OEM manufacturer to make skimmers for you with your brand name on them. You'd make "proteinskimmer.com" look generic. You could be the "Coke" of Protein Skimmers

Anyway, my thoughts are running away with me... again. Sugar-free Red Bull ;-)

Daniel

 

I also like MJs suggestion of a "MrProteinSkimmer.com". I think you could brand that pretty good.

protienskimmersonline.com is good. I just think "Mr" would be a little easier to brand.

 

All I can say is "ditto." I was reading this through thinking, "What the heck is a protein skimmer?" and for all the people like me - come up with a new name. I'm guessing it's something dietary..but I keep thinking of those little organisms that eat up oil when there are oil spills. So, maybe it eats up protein from protein spills???

At any rate, if it's dietary and helps you lose weight, brand it as such - I still haven't looked up what it is, on purpose because I'm having too much fun guessing.

 

interesting thread.

when i first read this i thought you were another fellow "reefer" biophase. a protein skimmer is a device used for salt water aquariums which remove waste. this is one of my latest full time jobs (i mean hobbies). so to me this made alot of sense, however from the site itself it seems it has little to do with these devices.

moving forward. i usually prefer shorter domain names. to me i'd rather have something easier to remember and less likely to have typos when the user types it it. this is open for debate considering how many domains have been created over the past years etc.

ryan

 

It's good you know that about your market. There's still the chance to brand your online shop while stocking other brands. Just like bricks-n-mortar stores do. Reefkeepers will know you are the "Coke" of protein skimmer online stores ;-)

I saw your logo too, and I think the start of the word "Protein" is a little too hard to read from the background. If you are so inclined, go to a few IT services websites like rentacoder, you can get one designed for you for a few bucks and they look a million bucks

Daniel.

 

I just wanted to say this may be my all-time favorite thread, simply because i had absolutely no idea what you were talking about.

But, that didn't stop me from giving advice anyway. I'm laughing at myself right now. :smx4:

 

Welcome to the world of ecommerce, What shopping cart and merchant provider are you going with?

 

biophase,

not to jump off topic but nice to have another fellow member in that hobby as well (you have a tank yes?). i'm new to the hobby but have spent countless hours...and probably too much money ;] it's a new addiction...at any rate good luck with the site once its up.

just to add food for thought what about:
skimmers4less.com

i'll add some others as they come to mind...it's a bit late and i need sleep

ryan