I've found it best to have all your apps under one roof to help build brand awareness for your company. That said, I still purchase dedicated domain names for my apps if they're available and redirect them to the product page on my site.
As good domain names dry-up, I think it's fun to see new standards in naming emerge. Lots of apps are now using the "app.com" suffix and "get" is becoming popular as a prefix, too. I think users are ok with this. Don't forget to grab a good Twitter username for your app! Tyler On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Simon Strandgaard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Rick C. > <[email protected]<rickcorteza%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I have a question regarding choosing a domain name. At this time I have > > only one app on a domain/site named after my company. I tried before to > name > > the site after my app but it was difficult since the name was already > taken. > > I will soon be adding another app to the same site named after my company > as > > once again the domain with the same name as my new app is already taken. > My > > question is do you think having multiple apps on a company named website > is > > good enough? Or should I also have additional sites named after my apps > that > > maybe redirect to my company site to increase awareness? And if so how > about > > the naming part? Should I use something like "myapp.net" since the .com > is > > already taken? Or try to make a .com work for example "myappformac.com" > or > > similar? Thank you for the input. > > > > A dedicated domain has the benefit that it can be used when posting to > twitter, eventually making it easier for other twitters to see. > > If you program gets reviewed in a printed magazine, then the domain can be > used to refer to your site. > > When talking on the phone with people.. many people assume that the domain > has a www prefix and a .com suffix. > I used the toolboxapp.com domain and the "app" ending had many people > baffled when I mentioned it over the phone, > but nowadays with appstores, it may no longer be a problem. > > -- > Best regards > Simon Strandgaard > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
