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[KCinsuranceguy]

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I bought a couple of domains recently after a lot of searching. I am located in Kansas City, KS and I thought about buying a name with Kansas in it but I will be focusing a lot on Missouri so I decided against that. I got midwesthealthadvisor.com and healthquoterates.com. I don't have my site up yet, Norvax is working on that right now but I wanted to see your opinions on the domain names. Which one would you guys/gals use for your main site and why?

[Markingriffin]

Originally Posted by KCinsuranceguy

I bought a couple of domains recently after a lot of searching. I am located in Kansas City, KS and I thought about buying a name with Kansas in it but I will be focusing a lot on Missouri so I decided against that. I got midwesthealthadvisor.com and healthquoterates.com. I don't have my site up yet, Norvax is working on that right now but I wanted to see your opinions on the domain names. Which one would you guys/gals use for your main site and why?

You want to keep it simple and easy to remember and spell.

Example, I own www.rosenthalfinancialservices.com but it is too long, hard to remember and some people can't spell very well. SO I made others domain names that will forward you back to my main site. Example www.realfastservice.com . People can remember it better.

I like your healthquoterates.com domain name better. I can remember it better. But I recommend also making some other easy domain names, and have it forward back to your website.

I own a ton of websites, and I always make easy links to foward back to my main site.

[CHUMPS FROM OXFORD]

KC...If you want some unbiased advice, feel free to PM or EM.

I love any post on domain names. I have bought quite a few (and sold quite a few) over the last decade.

If possible, try to combine a local (State?) name with an insurance term. Most are taken, but you may find a few that work well for you.

Missouriquotes.com would be great, if available.

Also...Sam (Melmuch) would be a great source to talk to.

[GreenSky]

I own www.medicalinsurancequotes.com. I'll sell it for $10K or more.

Rick

[KCinsuranceguy]

Thanks for the replies, I thought about state and then insurance related names but I'll be focusing on Kansas and Missouri both. I plan on using this site for my main email so I didn't want to have it seem like I am primarily Kansas or Missouri to alienate the other states customers I guess. I will take you up Chumps and send you a PM, thanks.

I agree Charpress, it is ridiculous how many squatters there are with domain names. missouriquotes.com is for sale right now.

[Crabcake Johnny]

I get a ton of traffic from

nocheckingaccount.com

and

ineedtobeunder100.com

[Charpress]

Don't get me wrong. I'm not talking about buying up some names that you think you might use for yourself in the future. This is the problem:

"Internet marketing firm Marchex Inc. has finalized a deal to pay a whopping $164.2 million for Name Development Ltd., which displays keyword advertising across a portfolio of more than 100,000 domains. The deal, along with the recent sale of a misspelled domain name for $112,000, offers evidence that mistyped URLs and other "accidental traffic" have become big business.

The pricetag on the sale of Name Development is more than the $155 million paid by SAVVIS Communications to acquire Cable & Wireless America, and nearly as much as the $176 million Freenet paid for the hosting operations of Germany's Tect AG. SAVVIS gained about 350K hostnames in the C&W deal, while Freenet acquired 2.2 million hostnames from Tect."

[dave74]

It is very hard to find a domain name that is short and easy to remember for health insurance especially for California.

[GreenSky]

I don't agree. Did you look at healthquotescalifornia.com?

Rick

[Charpress]

Just bought HealthQuotesCalifornia.com for $12.95.

I will sell it to you for $1,500.





Just kidding, couldn't resist.