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Number in domain name

by in31
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Just wanted your thoughts on having a number in a domain name. I read somewhere that having a number in a domain name is bad practice. I will be selling items specifically for £10, so wanted to know if I should have tenpounds or 10pounds in my domain name. Thanks very much
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  • Profile picture of the author Vendzilla
    I have been building websites for 14 years now, my first site and several since have had numbers in them. I have never had a SEO challenge because of those numbers
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    Thanks for your reply, I guess I'll go with the one that's more visually appealing if SEO isn't a problem. I would think 10pounds in the title rather than tenpounds would be more alluring perhaps. However, some feedback I've got is a number in a domain name looks tacky, although I don't necessarily agree with this.
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  • Profile picture of the author mzonas
    I would go with tenpounds actually. SEO wise, it's not a problem really.

    Also, there are other legit and big businesses that have 247 at the end or 4 for "for", eg lawyers4u.

    But then again, it all depends on you. For me personally, I would not go with numbers unless I was building a site for a product that has a number in it, like Diablo 3, Mass Effect 2, etc ...

    Don.
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  • Profile picture of the author megamind22
    Having a number in your domain would not pause a problem for you. Many do this is when the exact domain they want is taking but still want to reflex the same domain name one way on the other. This is used mostly by niche marketers that build affiliate sites.

    Hope that helps
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Originally Posted by in31 View Post

    Just wanted your thoughts on having a number in a domain name. I read somewhere that having a number in a domain name is bad practice. I will be selling items specifically for £10, so wanted to know if I should have tenpounds or 10pounds in my domain name. Thanks very much
    IMO, it doesn't matter at all.
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  • Profile picture of the author LiftMyRank
    In my opinion it's not ideal, like .info .co .biz domains and having a hyphen isn't ideal either, but that doesn't mean it can't succeed both with search engines and your audience, if you're offering something legit it will still do well
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    It's all about the marketing. As long as YOU direct your prospects to your SITE.... why would there ever be an issue with a number being in the domain name? You don't want to make people "remember" your domain name. You WANT to drive people to your site yourself, and lead them to the proper page they need to be on so that you can sell them on whatever product you're selling.
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  • Profile picture of the author FunMakingMoney
    There in nothing wrong with having a number in the domain name as long it reflects something.
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  • Profile picture of the author FromCook2King
    No it doesn't matter. What matters is how you want to brand it. If the number makes the domain look better go for it.
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  • Profile picture of the author time4vps
    Your domain needs to be one word or one set of words. No hyphens and no numbers. It’s hard to verbally communicate a domain name that has a space or a number. When someone hears one of these domains it’s hard to know if a hyphen is required and if the numbers are written out as words or are numeric.

    Stick to A-Z and leave other characters alone, no matter how tempting.
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    • Profile picture of the author freeconsult71
      There is no Number in domain name Challenge regarding with domain authority, but if you have options in your bag then why you put number in domain name?
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  • Profile picture of the author msalambrothers33
    There are many people who does not like to use any number in the Domain. One should avoid this practice, if his main intend is to develop site & sell it at high price. Thanks a lot.
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    • Profile picture of the author rjd1265
      Depends on your marketing media.

      If you will be online then either way it does not matter

      If you are doing radio, you want the number spelled out as most people type in domains that way.

      For example if the radio DJ reads your ad and then says visit:
      10 pounds.com for more info the listener will go to the computer and type in
      tenpounds.com

      or, buy them both and forward on to the other, just like I do
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex The Lion
    I wouldn't recommend it unless you can get all of the variations and point them towards your website. The reason becomes especially apparent if you are ever interviewed on a podcast, radio or video as the listeners will not know how to spell your domain name.
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