#'s in domains

by gotdmw

Posted: 14 years ago 7 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

does anybody know if putting numbers in ur domain can affect anything...
the domain i want is taken so i was going to put the # 1 at the very end of the domain name, would this have any affect on anything?

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Killer Joe 14 years ago

I've got a few domians with #'s in them. Including the one in my sig

If it works for ya...

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Headfirst 14 years ago

Putting numbers at the end of a domain makes it look like a tracking domain for a PI campaign.
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- gotdmw 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Headfirst
  
  Putting numbers at the end of a domain makes it look like a tracking domain for a PI campaign.
  
  i dont know what that means, is that bad?
  
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DogScout 14 years ago

using a number as in '3D' or 21redelephants.com isn't like google22.com

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TheRichJerksNet 14 years ago

Here is the problem of using numbers...

If you do not register the characters also then you could be shooting yourself in the foot, depending upon your marketing.

Example : if I register ILoveYou2.com and I market this domain name then all my competition has to do is register ILoveYouToo.com and ILoveYouTwo.com. The reason being is because if you do any kind of audio / radio marketing then your customers will get confused on which to use.

This falls back on the same reason why you would register .com and .net of the same domain name, becase your customers may check the .net if they see the .com and they may check the .com if they seen the .net.

So unless you really want to invest the money into protecting your name by register the others then I personally would suggest staying away from numbers.

I had a client one time that used to use numbers but he also registered all the similar names and he registered the .com, .net, and .org. He ended up registering about 120 domain names just for 5 or 6 products. Course he had the money to invest and + it was a huge tax write-off ..lol

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- gotdmw 14 years ago
  
  is there any alternative to this, i am targeting a keyword and all 3 extensions are taken, do i just have to move on to another?
  
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  TheRichJerksNet 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by gotdmw
  
  is there any alternative to this, i am targeting a keyword and all 3 extensions are taken, do i just have to move on to another?
  
  Think up another domain .... I just registered a new 5 letter .com and .net today ... Many claim they are all gone but this is not true...
  
  You just have to use your creativity and think a little.
  
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