VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

[tway12]

:roll: First, glad to see the forum back. Got worried for a minute...anyway, what advice do any of you have on domain names? I've got a pretty catchy idea for my website, but I notice many of you simply have (your-name.com) Is it better to do it this way to keep your name in front of potential clients? I'd appreicate any feedback. Thanks.

[Philip Banks]

You're selling your voice and that means your name so "yourname.com" is the best approach. Having said that, if you have an idea for a website name that pinpoints your particular market it may be worth registering that too.

As I do a great deal of work for corporate videos i have just set up a website with a corporate voice demo on it called www.thecorporatevoice.com

[anthonyVO]

The best domain names incorporate in one way or another what your business is - whether it's "vo", "v-o", "voiceover", "voice", etc.
Yes, your name is important, but just as important (if not more important), is placing the name of your "service" in the domain name.

Simply "yourname.com" won't cut it. Unless you're Coca-Cola or Pepsi, you'd be better served to include some indication of what you do in the actual domain name itself.

-Anthony

[Jeff McNeal]

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[ReyAnthony]

As cheap as domain names are, maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to get both and point them to the same place, to serve both purposes.

[SoundsGreat-Elaine Singer]

That's exactly what I have done. I call my site Sounds Great, but elainesinger.com points there.
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[billelder]

I have several domains all pointing to the same site. I agree with Banksey and the other fine folk. If it's about promoting yourself, then a domain of 'your name' plus 'your name voiceovers' makes good business sense. If you come up with a great domain name idea, then add it to the mix.

[Mike]

I agree with the majority here that "yourname.com" is the way to go as the primary name. But, as has already been said, domains are cheap and it's worth spending some time trying to come up with some catchy alternatives that might attract attention or are easy to remember. All of these can easily be pointed to your site.

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[Jeff McNeal]

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[brianforrester]

um Jeff... I hate to correct you... but it's actually #1 out of about 30,000,000, you were off by about..... ah.... um ..... 14 ..... + 1 ..... x 5000000 ......./ 5 .... ah heck who cares about the math!!! ... it's impressive how highly ranked the site is

How do you get ranked so high?? I'm jealous! Do you do your own coding and writing of the body text?
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[Jeff McNeal]

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[imaginator]

can't fault any of the logic offered here regarding the "name game"
for domains.

in defense of my own decision to settle on voices2go.com, it was simply a matter of realizing even my own close friends don't always remember how to correctly spell my unusual first/last name. i figured i had no chance at all of a stranger getting it right.

(rowell gormon)
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[jrkaiser]

I just logged in to GoDaddy... I have 32 domain names registered in my account... how did that happen?

[Deirdre]

The same way I have 18 pairs of shoes and 9 pairs of boots in my closet, perhaps?
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