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As most of you know from another thread, I am planning on doing a new e-zine about the domain name business and the personalities in it. I have registered a few possibilities myself and asked you to suggest others which you have been very generous in doing.
"Domain" is such a heavily registered word that there were no perfect options available to register. All of these have minuses, but I liked them best from those I had to choose from (since this is unlikely to be a money-making venture for a long time, if ever, I am not interested in buying a name - only using one I have registered or that is available for registration).
I would like your help in completing my "market research" by casting your vote in this poll. Feel free to post a "write-in" candidate in this thread if you think you have something better (I won't use mis-spelled words, 3-word names, etc).
Several people asked my to consider one of the new extensions - particularly .info, rather than automatically going with a .com. Since my preffered name for the site would be Domain Magazine , I am listing that choice in all of the non .com extensions, so if extension is most important to you, you have a choice I could also live with. (.us is not included only because this site will be aimed at a worldwide audience)
DomainMagazine.com is already registered, so if I stay in .com I will go with the of these choices:
DotBeat.com - Domain News from Both Sides of the Dot (meaning left to right - root words and extensions, and front to back- the whole name and the person behind it). I normally dislike Dot in domain names, but I did like this one. Reporters cover a beat and my beat would be domains in all of the different dots - .com .net .info etc. Good column feature possibilites too - like "The Cop on the .Beat" which could be a column by a writer covering domain theft for instance.
This is the shortest and most memorable of all of the choices. All start out with $0 value so as long as one has to be branded I think this would be the easiest. Some feel the DotBeat name would confuse people who hear it verbally and think a . would go in front of the Beat. You decide.
DomainGazette.com - Gazette literally means newspaper. Nice clean professional sounding name but maybe a little old fashioned and it comes from the newspaper world rather than magazines (my site will be more like a mag with lots of graphics, color pics, interviews and features, etc). Still those who dislike the modern DotBeat name might prefer this traditionalist approach.
DomainLetter.com - This name views the site as an online newsletter - The Domain Letter. Again the content would be richer than what you normally associate with a newsletter so the name may be a little lightweight for the job. Still you could do a newsletter subscription list from the site and it would tie in well.
DNJournal.com - Last but not necessarily least, one from the suggestion box. Fairly short and the using of initials might not be ideal but DN is becoming pretty widely excepted for Domain Name. Journal again comes from the newspaper world but also has some use in magazines. One to consider.
I may not use the top vote-getter, especially if it is a close vote, but it will definitely help me select the name to go with.
Sorry this ballot is probably longer than the one you ran into on election day! Thanks for wading through it and casting your vote!
"Domain" is such a heavily registered word that there were no perfect options available to register. All of these have minuses, but I liked them best from those I had to choose from (since this is unlikely to be a money-making venture for a long time, if ever, I am not interested in buying a name - only using one I have registered or that is available for registration).
I would like your help in completing my "market research" by casting your vote in this poll. Feel free to post a "write-in" candidate in this thread if you think you have something better (I won't use mis-spelled words, 3-word names, etc).
Several people asked my to consider one of the new extensions - particularly .info, rather than automatically going with a .com. Since my preffered name for the site would be Domain Magazine , I am listing that choice in all of the non .com extensions, so if extension is most important to you, you have a choice I could also live with. (.us is not included only because this site will be aimed at a worldwide audience)
DomainMagazine.com is already registered, so if I stay in .com I will go with the of these choices:
DotBeat.com - Domain News from Both Sides of the Dot (meaning left to right - root words and extensions, and front to back- the whole name and the person behind it). I normally dislike Dot in domain names, but I did like this one. Reporters cover a beat and my beat would be domains in all of the different dots - .com .net .info etc. Good column feature possibilites too - like "The Cop on the .Beat" which could be a column by a writer covering domain theft for instance.
This is the shortest and most memorable of all of the choices. All start out with $0 value so as long as one has to be branded I think this would be the easiest. Some feel the DotBeat name would confuse people who hear it verbally and think a . would go in front of the Beat. You decide.
DomainGazette.com - Gazette literally means newspaper. Nice clean professional sounding name but maybe a little old fashioned and it comes from the newspaper world rather than magazines (my site will be more like a mag with lots of graphics, color pics, interviews and features, etc). Still those who dislike the modern DotBeat name might prefer this traditionalist approach.
DomainLetter.com - This name views the site as an online newsletter - The Domain Letter. Again the content would be richer than what you normally associate with a newsletter so the name may be a little lightweight for the job. Still you could do a newsletter subscription list from the site and it would tie in well.
DNJournal.com - Last but not necessarily least, one from the suggestion box. Fairly short and the using of initials might not be ideal but DN is becoming pretty widely excepted for Domain Name. Journal again comes from the newspaper world but also has some use in magazines. One to consider.
I may not use the top vote-getter, especially if it is a close vote, but it will definitely help me select the name to go with.
Sorry this ballot is probably longer than the one you ran into on election day! Thanks for wading through it and casting your vote!
