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03-12-2004, 06:50 AM #1WHT Addict
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Would you buy from a non-dotcom eshop?
Hello,
I run an ecommerce site for designing and ordering online business cards. It's very professional and reliable. My domain extension is not com, net, org, etc. , I use the extension of my (european) country. I would like to start supporting international orders but I'm afraid that most people (specially from US) would hesitate to buy from my eshop, they would prefer a domcom eshop. They wouldn't even visit it. Is that true? Would you buy from a non-dotcom eshop? Should I go with my current domain or it should be better to buy a dotcom domain to host my eshop? Thank you!
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03-12-2004, 08:34 AM #2Temporarily Suspended
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Personal opinion only
A .com is much easier to remember if I want to reorder.
If you rank high in search engines then it really does not matter.
I will click and it will take me to your shop.
If you selling face to face or print media a dot com will
help create a better brand name, easier to remember.
What will bother me is the shipping charges on international
orders for these business cards. If I see a .de or .es I may
decide to purchase locally, if it's .com I will get the shock
when I get to the shipping charges on checkout. So, if your
business can only compete locally keep the country name
and save your money. If you feel you can compete globally
I recommend the .com
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03-12-2004, 08:51 AM #3WHT Addict
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Originally posted by sadcox66
Personal opinion only
A .com is much easier to remember if I want to reorder.
If you rank high in search engines then it really does not matter.
I will click and it will take me to your shop.
If you selling face to face or print media a dot com will
help create a better brand name, easier to remember.
What will bother me is the shipping charges on international
orders for these business cards. If I see a .de or .es I may
decide to purchase locally, if it's .com I will get the shock
when I get to the shipping charges on checkout. So, if your
business can only compete locally keep the country name
and save your money. If you feel you can compete globally
I recommend the .com
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03-12-2004, 08:56 AM #4Aspiring Evangelist
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If you want international anonymity, a standard .com without any specific country extensions is best in my opinion.
Good luck with your expansion
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03-12-2004, 07:31 PM #5Disabled
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Go with a .com domain name!
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03-13-2004, 01:00 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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To me it doesn't matter if it's .com, or whatever. So long as the order form is secure, and the site appears professional.
However, for marketing purposes, if you could find a suitable .com, I would go for it.
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03-13-2004, 01:48 AM #7Junior Guru Wannabe
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Personal opinion -- much of the spam I receive for male enhancement, banned CDs, viagra, barnyard romance, cable descramblers etc. comes from country-specific domains, as do the messages wanting me to validate my PapPal account info on some server in Armenia. It's easy to get paranoid and assume that any country-specific domain is Lower Scamovia. (UK is an exception because it's easy to remember what country ... but the others are more of a guess.)
I bet I am not alone in this impression, even if it's not exactly rational. You would probably sell better on .com.
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03-13-2004, 01:54 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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For me it also wouldn't matter whether I was ordering from a non .com (or .net/.org for that matter) website. The only thing that would draw me away is if I was ordering a tangible product and shipping charges came as a concern, or if contacting the company would be a problem because of it's distance away from me. Also, having an unappealing site design, product/prices, and customer service on its own (regardless of where the company is located or it's domain extension) can be turn offs to the customer.
But generally speaking, it would be best for you to have a non-country domain extension when attempting to sell to international customers, especially if your're going to be marketing your domain on banner ads as well as other promotional methods. Some people might immediately assume that you only deal with customers in your country.
All in all a .com domain isn't all that expensive, and you can always choose to use both.