Few thoughts ...

 - (I think you may be referring to this but in case not ...) there
is the known phenomenon of people being able to read lower case text
faster than all upper case text.  It's to do with the fact that if
you block out the shape of a word, lower case words have ascenders
(on h, b etc) and descenders (on g, j etc) that give it a more
recognisable shape.  There might be an argument for reconisability,
but in a one-word name I would doubt it woudl be important, and as
you make the distinction between your site and drive-by, I think
you're saying the same thing.

- I'd check out if there's an SEO impact of adding additional
characters.  If it's a period/full stop, potentially there's a
blunter usability problem ... e.g. users typing in
http://www.o.n.c.e.com

- In terms of graphic design trends, I am no expert, but it is my
perception that "all lowercase" was a trend a while back, but looks
a little dated now.



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