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Help me to select a domain name

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by aap, Aug 10, 2016.

  1. #1
    Hello friends,
    I want to start an online shop in my city (India).

    I have two option for domain name.
    1. mycity.in
    2. shopcity.com

    where city stands for name of my city.
    Which of the two would be better.

    Thank you :)
     
    aap, Aug 10, 2016 IP
  2. mrforum

    mrforum Well-Known Member

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    #2
    Let's say your city name is "mumbai"

    mymumbai.in - Doesn't make much sense for me
    shopmumbai.com - My concerns would be:
    Is the domain available for register ?
    Doesn't it sound hard to remember?
    It doesn't contain the county extension (in)

    My suggestion would be shopmumbai.in
     
    mrforum, Aug 10, 2016 IP
  3. aap

    aap Well-Known Member

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    #3
    Thank you for your suggestion. What if shopmumbai.com and shopmumbai.in both are available.
     
    aap, Aug 10, 2016 IP
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    mrforum Well-Known Member

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    #4
    of course, if it was me, i will register both, because once you become popular enough some bad guys out there will register the other domain name and try to steal some traffic from you. Or he may open a same site like yours with the other domain name and terrify you :)
     
    mrforum, Aug 10, 2016 IP
  5. Navea

    Navea Greenhorn

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    #5
    It would be better if you will use your company name. Using a city will just confuse your readers. try to build your brand as early as possible.
     
    Navea, Aug 11, 2016 IP
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    seoaceindia Banned

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    #6
    go with shopcity.in it is give you better performance for your store.
     
    seoaceindia, Aug 11, 2016 IP
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    amyev Well-Known Member

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    #7
    preferably if you go with your local parameters like your local ppl search than that will give you more boost up than any other. In my view shopcity.in will value much more for you.
     
    amyev, Aug 12, 2016 IP
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    VerdinaNET Greenhorn

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    #8
    shopcity.in would be better choice from my point of view.
     
    VerdinaNET, Aug 12, 2016 IP
  9. Bahamut

    Bahamut Member

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    #9
    Shopcity.com >>>>> I think it will attract attention more!
     
    Bahamut, Aug 12, 2016 IP
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    daica85 Well-Known Member

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    #10
    I think you should buy all if both are still available. However if you focus on your city locally then choose the .in for the main and .com for worldwide version. I think so.
     
    daica85, Aug 21, 2016 IP
  11. CheapWebhosting.lk

    CheapWebhosting.lk Member

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    #11
    .com is good if your targeting audience from world wide.
    country code extension would be good if your targeting local audience.

    if you want to target Mumbai are perticuallary go for the mycity.in, i remember in google webmaster tool, there are some options to further tweak/setup your geo target.
     
    CheapWebhosting.lk, Aug 21, 2016 IP
  12. Karim Nasser

    Karim Nasser Greenhorn

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    #12
    shopCity.tld would be better in my opinion. It is grammatically correct, and is a common domain name phrase.
     
    Karim Nasser, Sep 1, 2016 IP
  13. MdIsmailHossain

    MdIsmailHossain Member

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    #13
    I would suggest shopcity.com.
     
    MdIsmailHossain, Sep 3, 2016 IP
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    dave2013 Well-Known Member

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    #14
    I would develop on .com and also buy the .in for brand protection and simply forward to your website, may receive some type in traffic that way too
     
    dave2013, Sep 4, 2016 IP
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    #15
    Choose shopmumbai.in its good domain for your website!
     
    Alex.J, Sep 12, 2016 IP