Domain Name Forum

**randon** · 03-17-2009, 01:02 PM

Greetings,

I'm having a hard time deciding which domain to use. Originally I wanted bongbay.com, but that was taken (trying to purchase from a hong kong man atm) but I did manage to get 2 other decent domains so, which would you choose?

bong-bay.com
thebongbay.com

Cheers,
Brandon

**vangogh** · 03-17-2009, 07:57 PM

Not sure one is better than the other. thebongbay might be easier for people to remember since there's no dash, but it does have the extra word. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Both are probably equally fine.

**Decaf** · 03-17-2009, 09:14 PM

I like "thebongbay.com" better, but it would be best to purchase both.

**HighRoller23** · 03-18-2009, 02:08 AM

I would say "thebongbay.com" aswell. Although it is a 3 letter domain, I would almost always choose a 3 letter domain over one with a dash.

**SiberForum** · 03-18-2009, 05:34 AM

The last one + 301 redirect from the another one. I suppose that would be the best composition for you

**randon** · 03-18-2009, 12:18 PM

Awesome

Thank you for the insight! I was leaning toward the dash-so thank you.

Brandon

**vangogh** · 03-19-2009, 01:57 AM

Don't let us talk you out of the dash if you want to use it. I'd probably go with the thebongbay, but I really don't think bong-bay is bad by any means. I agree too about keeping both. For $10/year why not. Redirect the one you don't go with the one you do go with.

**randon** · 03-19-2009, 08:22 PM

right, I bought them both already. One thing i noticed is that this website uses a dash!

haha. im going to use "the bong bay". thanks guys. ill be putting up the design for review in the future, maybe I can score some more critiques.

cheers,
Brandon

**vangogh** · 03-19-2009, 08:52 PM

Ask away when you're ready for the review.

**~ServerPoint~** · 03-20-2009, 05:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by randon

right, I bought them both already. One thing i noticed is that this website uses a dash!

haha. im going to use "the bong bay". thanks guys. ill be putting up the design for review in the future, maybe I can score some more critiques.

cheers,
Brandon

Having them bot (you like them both) that is believed to be wise idea. Are you planning 2 diffrent web sites or that only one web site with redirects?

**Harlequin_HPP** · 03-20-2009, 07:05 AM

I try to avoid hyphens wherever posisble in domain names but sometimes it's inevitable.

Also, on a side issue...

I have purchased .net TLDs and pushed them above the .com equivalent because my content was better so maybe you could do that also and write content specific to the domain...?

Just a thought...