Zurc.net....thanks for the likes!
As names go, it is not a good name. Congrats on developing a business around it, though. It is a very problematic name as far as spelling goes, and there are essentially zero people who will type in Pizzerias.com when looking for pizza, which is the whole point of a name like this.
If you whispered this name into someone's ear walking down the street and offered them a prize if they could go home and type it in correctly, I would bet a lot of money that you would not be awarding them a prize. That makes it a bad name.
At the risk of raining on your parade, I really think it is a bad bad bad name to develop. It sure is a tough name to put a lot of effort into. It is just awkward, tricky, and troublesome, and not a name I would have recomended using.
Hate me all you want.......I can take it. Seriously, congrats on the business.
WhoDatDog...there's absolutely no reason to hate. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. A few points:
1. We have been getting type in traffic with people using Pizzerias dot com, Pizzeria dot com, Pizzarias dot com, Pizzaria dot com and both pizzarias and pizzerias.
2. If you look at pizza restaurants in the U.S., a large percentage have "Pizzeria" in their name.
3. Although it's not "pizza", it's still a generic category name reflecting a large niche market.
4. Pizza and saving money/coupons are not a fad; they'll always be around.
5. Consider companies using brandable names such as LivingSocial, Google, Zagat, etc. The average person wouldn't think of typing these names in, but as the company grows, it develops brand recognition. This is what's happening with our
company. Having a meaningful name only helps our endeavour.
6. We've have great feedback from both customers and pizzeria owners with regards to the site and the whole experience.
7. When people look for pizza coupons for specific pizzerias on our site, that store's page (on Pizzerias.com) typically comes up on the first page of search engines.
8. Sometimes it's not the name, it's what you do with it.