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#1 (permalink)   10-08-2009 hbplifestyle Active Member Company name: Virtual Dream Office Services   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: WI Posts: 534 Blog Entries: 20 Should your domain name be the same as your business? In 2010 I plan to get domain name with a host. I will need to choose a domain name. and I'm wondering if I should base it on my business name or product/service I sell? What do the rest of you do?

#2 (permalink)   10-08-2009 Action Jackson VA Resident Member Company name: Action Jackson Virtual Assistant Action Jackson Virtual Assistant: actionjacksonva: RT @VAForums: Want more info abou... My latest Twitter: actionjacksonva: RT @VAForums: Want more info abou...   Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,207 Blog Entries: 2 Re: Should your domain name be the same as your business? I use my business name as my domain name although it is shorter because spelling out virtual assistant would have made my domain name to long. Andrea~ __________________ Action Jackson Virtual Assistant|

#3 (permalink)   10-09-2009 A_Virtual_Jewel Contributing Member Company name: A Virtual Jewel   Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Nevada Posts: 79 Re: Should your domain name be the same as your business? My domain name is the same as my business name. I wanted to create name recognition.

#4 (permalink)   10-09-2009 ShelleyH Junior Member Company name: Sage Virtual Assistance Latest blog post: I can feel Spring, I know its there My latest Twitter: setting up ping... it wont work for my client so I...   Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 389 Blog Entries: 1 Re: Should your domain name be the same as your business? I think I would vote for the name of your business. Mine is SAGEVA because I was the same as Andrea, virtual assistant would have been to long __________________ www.sageva.com Shelley Halpain,

#5 (permalink)   02-09-2010 Julie Contributing Member Company name: DDSS - Virtual Office Assistant   Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 55 Re: Should your domain name be the same as your business? Yes, your domain name should be the same as your business name. The services you offer should be put in as tags to draw people who are doing a search. __________________

#6 (permalink)   02-09-2010 Office Goddess Senior Member Company name: The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,966 Re: Should your domain name be the same as your business? My domain name, although long , is the same as my biz name... __________________ Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

#7 (permalink)   02-09-2010 PDX Guy Contributing Member Company name: Social Marketing Portland What's New In Portland?: NATURE UNLEASHED: Inside Natural Disasters! Opens ... My latest Twitter: Its the scars that can't be seen that take th...   Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vancouver/Portland Posts: 83 Re: Should your domain name be the same as your business? My domain is the same as my business name as well. Building your brand is important. As for getting people to your site based on what you do and offer, that's where good keyword-rich descriptions and proper keywords come in. __________________ Tony Thomas - Social Media Professional Social Media of Portland

#8 (permalink)   02-18-2010 Excellence Contributing Member Company name: www.AssistantOffice.com   Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: San Francisco, USA Posts: 88 Re: Should your domain name be the same as your business? Altought I'm new to VA, I think your name should be your domain name as well...that way customers don't have to remember two things. One and that's it, the can google or tell someone of their friends..shorter is better.. __________________ Your Virtual Assistant--Bilingual www.AssistantOffice.com

#9 (permalink)   02-27-2010 Rebecca Brackney New Member   Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: California Posts: 40 Re: Should your domain name be the same as your business? KEY THINGS TO REMEMBER: # 1 Remember people have to spell/type it into the address bar (or search bar -if they do not know where the address bar is located- I actually have a long term client that after 5 years, still has no clue where it is) Anyhow... # 2 Keep in mind length, also lettering... Example: I had a business called Hitch Hiking Horses. Com – very cute name, everyone loved it! That is until you have to spell it... Too many H's and it is very long. hitchhikinghorses.com see... I have current clients I am building a site for, who are Farriers (horse shoers) Their business name is “Richmond Farrier Services” - but their domain name is “equinehooves.com” -So to answer to your question: NO you don't have to have exactly the same name for your business and domain... # 3) You just have to make the type of business and domain name relate to one another. # 4) Make it easy and simple to remember (& to type). # 5) When people open up your home page – that is where you want to concentrate on your branding (company name & logo) and that is where (& what) tells them exactly who you are! Hope this helps you. oh - as far as my VA business ~ domain name & Business name goes: Virtual Personal Assistant (biz name) - it is who I am & what I do, but I already had a domain name of www.Brackneys.Com so I just added my Virtual Assistant Site as an add-on domain name (its free with my account) so my domain name is www.va.brackneys.com (Brackney- being my last name) (; __________________ Rebecca Brackney Virtual Personal Assistant

#10 (permalink)   02-28-2010 annerene Contributing Member   Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 52 Re: Should your domain name be the same as your business? I'm going to go with everyone else and say that your domain should be as close to your biz name as possible. It's who you are. I have several businesses and several domains...hope this helps.