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workingonanidea

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Apr 11, 2006 12:35 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Okay after researching my classifieds business idea, I`ve come to the conclusion that the market probably wouldn`t bear it. Now I have an idea for a vacation rental website that lists available rentals. I am getting stumped on coming up with a clever / unique web domain name. It seems all the good ones are being used, but I`m not giving up. The rentals are located on the oregon coast. I was thinking of: StayAtTheBeach.com, EnjoyTheBeach.com, and others. Any ideas? I know there are other vacation rental sites, but I have some unique ideas to make it better.

watergal

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Apr 11, 2006 12:47 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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How about OregonBeachRentals.com? - Two search words are right in the domain name.

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workingonanidea

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Apr 11, 2006 1:04 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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It`s taken...:( I think I`ve searched register.com about 100 times looking for the perfect domain name. I want something just like OregonBeachRentals.com, but nearly all variations are taken and I don`t want to have an extra-long domain name. Do you think the .com domain is important? or a descriptive name with .net, .biz, etc is fine as long as I have good search keywords? I just have it in my head that I want a .com domain.

Chuck

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Apr 11, 2006 1:08 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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There are quite a few domain search tools out there (all of the domain registrars have them), but one of my favorites is NameBoy (www.nameboy.com) - for some reason it`s running a bit slow today, but when it`s working it takes your search terms and provides a number of options, including synonyms/related names.

I love watergal`s suggestion - looks like oregonbeachrentals.com is already taken though - how about:

oregon-coast-rentals.com - it`s available!

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theswaynester

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Apr 11, 2006 3:26 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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If you don`t like the dashes, OREGONBEACHRENTALMASTER.COM is available.

Chuck

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Apr 11, 2006 3:48 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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That`s not a bad one swaynester, but don`t fear the dash! With the rapidly dwindling list of available .com addresses out there, dashes can open up a lot of possibilities for you - in many ways they`re easier to remember and type than an especially long, non-dashed URL.

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tomasz

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Apr 11, 2006 3:49 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Have you tried buying a domain from someone else. Sometimes, it worth the few extra dollars if you really want a particular domain.
You can also try a domain that is less focused on what you exactly do. Just look at Yahoo, Google, Amazon, or eBay. They could have chosen names that are more related to what they do. But they did not. Another example; Skype.com, you do see eBay (changing the Skype name into THE INTERNET PHONE or something that is more phone related or sounds like a phone company name. Anyway, if you take a look at www.godaddy.com they have a specific section of their business that focuses on the reselling domains. Or, if you search you might actually stumble on a domain that is expiring soon and you might buy it for no overvalued amount.

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workingonanidea

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Apr 11, 2006 4:44 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Hi Everyone,

I think I`m going to go with the suggestion of a less-focused domain name. I`m going to register SandDollarRetreats.com. The more I see it, the more I like it. This board is great. Thanks for everyone`s input. I`m curious...Any opinions on the .biz domain. I don`t see it very often, but with the pickings being slim for .com and .net domains, it will probably get more popular. Have a great day!

Rich

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Apr 11, 2006 4:47 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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regarding ".biz" domains, we always underscore the value of providing a ".com" whenever possible just because that`s the norm, that`s what people remember easiest, and ".biz" makes the company seem too new.

having said that, ".biz" won`t kill you! it just doesn`t have the advantages of ".com"

great work, everyone!

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OfficeSpaceJeff

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Apr 11, 2006 4:49 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I own goldcoasthouses.com.

If that works for you, I might consider selling it. Please let me know - you can email me at Landers@offices2share.com and we can discuss it privately.

Thanks - Jeff.

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Offices2share.com® operates a Web site that focuses exclusively on short-term, ready-to-use office space nationwide, featuring thousands of offices in hundreds of American cities.

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