Help me choose - MailWow.com or MailPro.biz

***armstrong*** · 03-25-2004, 06:21 AM

I intend to start a new email/newsletter sending service, and can't make up my mind between these two. They are both short, however ... MailWow.com is a .com and reasonably brandable, but MailPro.biz sounds, well, professional. Can you help me choose?

Your comments and thoughts most welcome. Thanks!

Apollo

Tippy · 03-25-2004, 06:53 AM

I think I prefer MailWOW.com, something like amazing eMail offers that make you go WOW!

Mike

viciouscircle · 03-25-2004, 07:05 AM

mailwow sounds alot better

Jeff · 03-25-2004, 08:36 AM

MailPro.biz

Subject to the specific use of the "email/newsletter sending service", IMHO. "WowMail.com" would get my vote as best in this scenario ... I think, looking at it now for the first time.
All the best, Apollo.

***armstrong*** · 03-25-2004, 08:57 AM

Thanks for inputs so far, guys. I originally picked MailPro.biz, and in fact its almost ready for live ( http://MailPro.biz/admin/ ), but in one of my recent scrounging around the deleted lists I bumped into MailWOW.com , and so now I'm left with this choice.

The service will be for webmasters like me (us) to communicate with existing or past clients for announcements and up/cross-selling. The idea came about because early this month I needed to urgently broadcast an announcement to close to 1,000 clients, and I realized that sending via normal email had a lot of disadvantages - no receipt record, no bounce handling, no clickthrough tracking, etc. My service will have all that.

Most similar email/newsletter services focus on large-volume clients. I'd like to focus on the average webmaster with less than 1,000 clients, who have totally different needs compared to that of large-scale email senders.

Anthony · 03-25-2004, 10:55 PM

I can't stand .biz names generally, but MailWow doesn't sound as exciting.

I'd like to hear more about your idea for the site.

***armstrong*** · 03-26-2004, 03:47 AM

Thanks for feedback, Anthony. Looks like MailPro.biz is catching up in the poll.

Basically, this will be a hosted business-level email solution that makes it simpler to keep in touch with your clients. When you send emails through the service, it will track what % has been read, what % clicked on embedded hyperlinks (for ex. a link to a promotional offer), which emails bounced (with auto-delete possible after X number of failed emails to a specific address), etc. Other features are auto-unsubscribe, auto-webpublish of archived newsletters, filtering, etc. Emails can be sent as HTML, text-only, or both. Lots of other features, but above are the primary ones.

Other sites that offer this service cater to really large mailers (up to several hundred thousand emails per month), even spammers. I'd like to differentiate by focusing on webmasters with much smaller client lists (up to 1,000), and therefore avoid the problems associated with spam.

Wesley · 03-26-2004, 07:20 AM

I would say go for MailWow.Com and make it like a regular e-mail service, like Yahoo.

Now that I know you are going for more of a client-support type of thing, MailPro gives it a more professional look, as well as the .biz part.

***armstrong*** · 03-26-2004, 07:26 AM

Thanks, Wesley. Did you vote for mailwow or mailpro? I'm counting hands right now, and if you voted mailpro.biz, then it looks like the poll should be tied at 3-3.

rb · 03-26-2004, 10:26 PM

mailwow.com .

I get a bit turned of by the .biz

or you could buy my name (newsletters.ws

) JK

Anthony · 03-27-2004, 06:46 AM

You always are coming up with interesting ideas, Armstrong. Let me know how it goes and when you go live.

Wesley · 03-27-2004, 07:26 AM

I voted for MailWow.Com. I wish I had read all the posts before that, I didn't realize this was going to be for sending e-mails to clients, or I would have voted for MailPro.biz

***armstrong*** · 03-28-2004, 04:11 PM

Thanks, Wesley.

So the poll numbers should actually 5-4, and if you don't consider my vote for MailWow.com (since I couldn't decide, remember?), then it would be deadlocked at 4-4. See what I mean about this being a hard decision?

Coastalguy · 03-29-2004, 06:23 PM

Wow for me Apollo.

ST

WebsiteMax · 03-31-2004, 01:31 PM

I like mailwow.com better

killaklown · 03-31-2004, 03:02 PM

just buy both of them

***armstrong*** · 04-01-2004, 05:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by killaklown
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/website-development/24640-help-me-choose-mailwow-com-mailpro.html
just buy both of them

Oh, I already owned both when I started the thread. Now I'm trying to decide which one to use as a brand for my above-described purpose.

Thanks for all the feedback. You folks are great!

04-06-2004, 07:00 PM

Go w/ WoW for now. Keep MailPro.Biz in the wings and see what happens w/ .mail. If .mail takes off, or shows promise, .com will still rule, but .biz, as an email site will suffer. .Com tld makes WoW an overwhelming favorite, IMO, but really like the obvious professional quality of MailPro.

dnslife · 04-10-2004, 07:08 PM

Too bad the .Biz can't perform as well as the dot com dns timing wise. Dot biz in this instance is pretty cool

http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsre...in=MailPro.Biz

might want to get a reverse dns record for your mail server if you get a chance. other than that....Kick Ass!!!

killaklown · 04-10-2004, 07:10 PM

oh didnt know, just redirect them both to the same thing...

***armstrong*** · 04-10-2004, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dnslife
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=24640
Too bad the .Biz can't perform as well as the dot com dns timing wise. Dot biz in this instance is pretty cool

http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsre...in=MailPro.Biz

might want to get a reverse dns record for your mail server if you get a chance. other than that....Kick Ass!!!

Thanks, DNSlife. Is this reverse DNS issue really important? I've never had to concern myself with this in the past four years ...

How does reverse DNS work for IPs that host multiple domains?

Anyway, I'll talk to Servint, my server provider.

Raf · 04-11-2004, 12:31 PM

I would say mailwow.com, I really like the name. Good luck!

LoudOffice.com · 04-22-2004, 08:27 AM

In my opinion .com is always better.

webscorpion · 04-23-2004, 05:52 AM

MailPro.biz

Professional and more brandable.

My two cents.

BoRiCuA · 04-24-2004, 07:06 PM

I'll have to agree with webscorpion, .biz is more professional and the word "Pro" makes it even better.

Did you buy one yet?

View Poll Results: Which should I develop?
MailWow.com	19	63.33%
MailPro.biz	9	30.00%
Neither - they both suck!	2	6.67%
Voters: 30. You may not vote on this poll

03-25-2004, 06:21 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
*armstrong* Man from Manila Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Net Posts: 6,022	Help me choose - MailWow.com or MailPro.biz I intend to start a new email/newsletter sending service, and can't make up my mind between these two. They are both short, however ... MailWow.com is a .com and reasonably brandable, but MailPro.biz sounds, well, professional. Can you help me choose? Your comments and thoughts most welcome. Thanks! Apollo __________________ Apollo's excellent 3-letter .BIZ auction; $1 starting bid!

03-25-2004, 07:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
viciouscircle Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Denton, Texas Posts: 1,781	mailwow sounds alot better __________________ SimplyDelivered.net - E-mail Marketing made Simple! [ Infintium.net \| KwikSEO.com \| WeeklyComic.com \| Xf3.org ]

03-25-2004, 08:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jeff Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: Winter Break© Posts: 29,508	MailPro.biz Subject to the specific use of the "email/newsletter sending service", IMHO. "WowMail.com" would get my vote as best in this scenario ... I think, looking at it now for the first time. All the best, Apollo. __________________ Be cool. Be polite. Be professional.™

03-25-2004, 08:57 AM	THREAD STARTER #5 (permalink)
*armstrong* Man from Manila Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Net Posts: 6,022	Thanks for inputs so far, guys. I originally picked MailPro.biz, and in fact its almost ready for live ( http://MailPro.biz/admin/ ), but in one of my recent scrounging around the deleted lists I bumped into MailWOW.com , and so now I'm left with this choice. The service will be for webmasters like me (us) to communicate with existing or past clients for announcements and up/cross-selling. The idea came about because early this month I needed to urgently broadcast an announcement to close to 1,000 clients, and I realized that sending via normal email had a lot of disadvantages - no receipt record, no bounce handling, no clickthrough tracking, etc. My service will have all that. Most similar email/newsletter services focus on large-volume clients. I'd like to focus on the average webmaster with less than 1,000 clients, who have totally different needs compared to that of large-scale email senders. __________________ Apollo's excellent 3-letter .BIZ auction; $1 starting bid!

03-25-2004, 06:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tippy NamePros Expert Join Date: May 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 7,100	I think I prefer MailWOW.com, something like amazing eMail offers that make you go WOW! Mike

03-25-2004, 10:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
Anthony NamePros Expert Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 9,132	I can't stand .biz names generally, but MailWow doesn't sound as exciting. I'd like to hear more about your idea for the site.

03-26-2004, 03:47 AM	THREAD STARTER #7 (permalink)
*armstrong* Man from Manila Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Net Posts: 6,022	Thanks for feedback, Anthony. Looks like MailPro.biz is catching up in the poll. Basically, this will be a hosted business-level email solution that makes it simpler to keep in touch with your clients. When you send emails through the service, it will track what % has been read, what % clicked on embedded hyperlinks (for ex. a link to a promotional offer), which emails bounced (with auto-delete possible after X number of failed emails to a specific address), etc. Other features are auto-unsubscribe, auto-webpublish of archived newsletters, filtering, etc. Emails can be sent as HTML, text-only, or both. Lots of other features, but above are the primary ones. Other sites that offer this service cater to really large mailers (up to several hundred thousand emails per month), even spammers. I'd like to differentiate by focusing on webmasters with much smaller client lists (up to 1,000), and therefore avoid the problems associated with spam. __________________ Apollo's excellent 3-letter .BIZ auction; $1 starting bid!

03-26-2004, 07:20 AM	#8 (permalink)
Wesley Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: MD Posts: 524	I would say go for MailWow.Com and make it like a regular e-mail service, like Yahoo. Now that I know you are going for more of a client-support type of thing, MailPro gives it a more professional look, as well as the .biz part.

03-26-2004, 07:26 AM	THREAD STARTER #9 (permalink)
*armstrong* Man from Manila Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Net Posts: 6,022	Thanks, Wesley. Did you vote for mailwow or mailpro? I'm counting hands right now, and if you voted mailpro.biz, then it looks like the poll should be tied at 3-3. __________________ Apollo's excellent 3-letter .BIZ auction; $1 starting bid!

03-26-2004, 10:26 PM	#10 (permalink)
rb NamePros Regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 559 Follow @domainjunkies	mailwow.com . I get a bit turned of by the .biz or you could buy my name (newsletters.ws ) JK __________________ Certified Domain Name Junky

03-27-2004, 06:46 AM	#11 (permalink)
Anthony NamePros Expert Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 9,132	You always are coming up with interesting ideas, Armstrong. Let me know how it goes and when you go live.

03-27-2004, 07:26 AM	#12 (permalink)
Wesley Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: MD Posts: 524	I voted for MailWow.Com. I wish I had read all the posts before that, I didn't realize this was going to be for sending e-mails to clients, or I would have voted for MailPro.biz

03-28-2004, 04:11 PM	THREAD STARTER #13 (permalink)
*armstrong* Man from Manila Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Net Posts: 6,022	Thanks, Wesley. So the poll numbers should actually 5-4, and if you don't consider my vote for MailWow.com (since I couldn't decide, remember?), then it would be deadlocked at 4-4. See what I mean about this being a hard decision? __________________ Apollo's excellent 3-letter .BIZ auction; $1 starting bid!

03-29-2004, 06:23 PM	#14 (permalink)
Coastalguy NamePros Expert Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Great White North Posts: 6,978	Wow for me Apollo. ST __________________ FOR SALE: MLSHomes.org/MLSRealEstate.tv/VWTH.com

03-31-2004, 03:02 PM	#16 (permalink)
killaklown Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,472	just buy both of them __________________ hostvouchers - Coupons and Reviews for the top web hosts! (shared, reseller, vps, servers, adult, offshore, proxy)

03-31-2004, 01:31 PM	#15 (permalink)
WebsiteMax Account Closed Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 176	I like mailwow.com better

04-06-2004, 07:00 PM	#18 (permalink)
Grrilla Guest Posts: n/a	Go w/ WoW for now. Keep MailPro.Biz in the wings and see what happens w/ .mail. If .mail takes off, or shows promise, .com will still rule, but .biz, as an email site will suffer. .Com tld makes WoW an overwhelming favorite, IMO, but really like the obvious professional quality of MailPro.

04-10-2004, 07:08 PM	#19 (permalink)
dnslife NamePros Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Here Posts: 228	Too bad the .Biz can't perform as well as the dot com dns timing wise. Dot biz in this instance is pretty cool http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsre...in=MailPro.Biz might want to get a reverse dns record for your mail server if you get a chance. other than that....Kick Ass!!! __________________ UniqueRoot.Com \| Unique.Name \| Meaningful.Name \| Energetic.Name Dominant.Name \| Intense.Name

04-10-2004, 07:10 PM	#20 (permalink)
killaklown Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,472	oh didnt know, just redirect them both to the same thing... __________________ hostvouchers - Coupons and Reviews for the top web hosts! (shared, reseller, vps, servers, adult, offshore, proxy)

04-11-2004, 12:31 PM	#22 (permalink)
Raf Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,744	I would say mailwow.com, I really like the name. Good luck!

04-22-2004, 08:27 AM	#23 (permalink)
LoudOffice.com NamePros Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 129	In my opinion .com is always better.

04-23-2004, 05:52 AM	#24 (permalink)
webscorpion Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Triple Crown Loft Posts: 1,230	MailPro.biz Professional and more brandable. My two cents. __________________ Triple Crown Loft OldSkul.com

04-24-2004, 07:06 PM	#25 (permalink)
BoRiCuA Account Closed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 586	I'll have to agree with webscorpion, .biz is more professional and the word "Pro" makes it even better. Did you buy one yet?

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