Ok guys there is something I see as a trend in Nigerians. Why is almost every Nigerian website you see using naija this, naija that, naira this, naira that?

Personally I find that very disgusting and shortsightedness on most people. The www is a platform for reaching the global world, yet most of our so called e-preneurs limit themselves from the onset with the names they choose.

Ok, the essence of this thread is for everyone to suggest basic guidelines one should consider before chosing a name for his business - (online)

Your views are most welcome

I'm also tired of the Naija names.

I guess a basic rule is that a name should be catchy, not too long and not boring.

seconded

Ok then here we go.

I think the first basic rule is for one to know that his market is world wide. If you are thinking outside your locality it will help you in coming up with a good name. Problem is most of us forget that this is www and we keep crowding ourselves here to death with nai this and that

Secondly it pays to not be in a rush. Sometimes I spend quite a week to get a name. I recently registered a 5 letter domain name - which I solely want to dedicate to selling domain and hosting to the outside world. It took me a while before I made a choice.

Thirdly, There are tools one can use to get very short domain names- 5 letter, 6 letter, 7 letter 8 letter domains. Check out one of the best tools -bustaname.com. type anything and it will use it to form available names for u

More of my suggestions coming. Pls make your input

Well, it depends on the value of content being served and to whom the content is served to. Some people decide that their sites are for Nigerians alone and that is why they append the name 'naija'.

Some are just being proud of their country afterall most people from different countries still use AOL which i must remind you means America Online!!!

You are very right. I can see that it is hard to get names these days.

Everyone is going to naira this, 9ja that , and so on

@ everybody, i'm just a baby webmaster (4oo level computer science student) & av 5 website 2 my archive, wit d issue of naija dis and dat, well i think sometimes having dat in your domain name gives a sense of belonging 2 nigerians, there are something dat u want to do 4 just nigerians only and i dont think its a bad idea considering how tight it is 2 get a .com domain name, i personally av www.naijavirtualmarket.com and i'm working on anoda. the other is same concepts but i had 2 split it into two, one for nigerians and d other 4 d world cos talkin about boating and cat training will b useless for nigerians, so i dont rili think av naija dis or dat is a bad idea only dat it is getting too much but wat do we do now considering d tightness in domain getting (fighting wit one now, all has been bought), scold mi if i dont make sense, in general naija bla bla gives nigerians a sense of belonging

IMHO the domain name isn't the problem, its the purpose of the domain name. Most of the naijaxxxx.com and nairaxxxx.com sites are wannabe forums that almost never have any useful purpose, still others are just scripts people just throw into their public_html and run with no real purpose. We still have the ones that are facebook wannabes. ,

showby: I want to open a new internet forum for Nigerian audience. Please click here to help me suggest a name.

I'll check and see if yours is any different but you can also visit www.ListMasta.com for your domain name.