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Need Advise and Opinions

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:46 pm
by Ellie123
So Im trying to think of a good creative yet professional name for my Website Portfolio.
I am an Up coming Web developer.

my Name is Chantelle Marie Lander
Ideally it will be a .com

WebLander
LanderDesigns
LandOfDesigns
LandOfWeb
LanderWeb
LanderStudio
LanderStudios
CMWeb
CMLander
cmlcreates4u
cmlcreative

I am Open to other Ideas, and It doesnt necessarily need to contain my name.

Re: Need Advise and Opinions

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:56 pm
by social_experiment
You need to find something easy to remember and indicative of your business; if you can get it down to say 10 - 15 characters that might help too. If i had to pick i would put cmweb at the top of the list, maybe add design to the end

Re: Need Advise and Opinions

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:20 pm
by califdon
I would support what social_experiment said, adding that while your name or initials are convenient for YOU to remember, they may not be for others. You aren't choosing a domain name to please YOU, but to make it easy for your customers and prospects to remember and recognize. Also, be aware that domain names are case insensitive, so you can capitalize (or not) whatever you want. The same is not true of complete URLs, but it is for the domain name itself.

Re: Need Advise and Opinions

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:27 pm
by tr0gd0rr
WebLander is cool but it is already taken. It has a problem too: it could be read as WeBlander :)

I like LanderDesigns

Re: Need Advise and Opinions

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:50 pm
by pickle
What you're doing is trying to sell you, so the domain name should reflect that. You should also avoid anything gimmicky (like cmlcreates4u) as it sounds unprofessional. The domain name itself is potential to advertise and build your brand. Putting "web" in the domain is wasted space as it is so ubiquitous it doesn't mean anything anymore.

Of the list there, the only 2 I would consider is landerdesign.com (drop the s) and landerstudio.com.

Personally, I wouldn't mix case at all, leave it lower case. Aesthetically I don't think it looks as nice, and a lot (most?) people don't realize case doesn't matter, so they'll take the time to make sure the case is correct - making typing in your domain just a little more of an inconvenience.

Also, I think you meant "advice", not "advise".

Re: Need Advise and Opinions

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:26 pm
by Doug G
You don't need to worry about case in domain names, they are case-insensitive.

Re: Need Advise and Opinions

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:39 pm
by x_mutatis_mutandis_x
If you can purchase all the domain names, have them all redirect to a single site CMLanderisrich.com ... hehe ;)