I want to open my portfolio site next month (hopefully) I cannot register with a .com domain cos apparently it's already registered which can't be right cos I searched google and it's not there I was thinking of shadydesigns.org ? Would like to know what you think?
the .org also occay. actually it depends on the sites content adn visitors. i have a .biz domain which have more than 50k unique monthly and generated more than 10k so far with this domain. try look for .or nicer name like design.in or design.cn or design.eu or design.nu design.cx
yeah .org does sound like an organisation but .net is taken and .com is too nah They don't sound professional they look like one of them free domain names lol
biz sounds like one of them free ones and .net is taken I can't think of another name for my portfolio...so dont know what to do lol
as indicated before .org gives the user the feeling that this is an origination , might be a nonprofit. Have you looked at other types of tlds, do you have a target region in mind? if so you might want to look at some other ccTLDs as there are many such as .us .in .cz etc.. if adding a letter such as e, i, my before your domain does not affect the sounding of the name I would go for it to, if it is available in .com or .net
design.nu in some European country design.nu will brings meaning of design.now i owned a 1997 domain of chat.nu you can see the appraisal value of it in this DP btw, as long as is one word, dictionary and keyword. the extension can be consider by the buyer himself
I just checked www.shadydesigns.co.uk is available. Should I stick to that? I'm from the uk after all
www.shadydesigns.co.uk This is good. How about the expected visitors will come from? If you target International client, .co.uk is not the best option for me as only the search engine for UK e.g : google.co.uk will be visible. Hard to get into the first 10 in Google.com for the keyword as the competition is high among other domain.. Just my 2.345 cents
true But I'll be advertising the site on forums etc I think I might go for www.shadydesigns.co.uk it's the only good domain name available for 'shady designs' I need to think it over
ShadyDesigns.co.uk or Shady-Designs.net is what I would choose. However, just an FYI, when I first see the word "shady" it sounds a bit scandalous or black marketish to me... Although I do agree it sounds cool too and it might fit your niche perfectly.
yeah another person said the same thing about "shady" But, it's my nickname and what I'm known as. So, I dont see a problem Thanks for the hyphen suggestion. I never though of that. Thanks I'm going to buy my domain & hosting next week.
For me the domain extension doesnt really matter. even how ugly the domain may look its how you handle and dedication to you website.
well, say if I had a leaflet promoting my graphic & web design services and it said on it www.shadydesigns.biz doesn't look good. Well to me anyway.
I have no problem with dot org domains, but you might want to pick up the co.uk one instead for your purposes. I'm in a similar situation where "Slick" is my last name, but the word could be regarded in a similar way to "Shady." So far I haven't had any problems! On a side note, have you contacted the dot com and dot net owners to see if they would be interested in selling the domain? You'll have to spend a little more, but it is really worth it if you are going to put a lot of time and effort into it.
Shadylady? The z in biz completely puts me off, I use .org for my hosting site & blog =] They look good.
yeah I don't wanna use.biz anyway It aint that important to have a .com domain If it's taken, it's taken. .co.uk IS good enough