Got real lucky on a hand reg

[RaiderGirl]

For the past 4-5 months I've making a lot of decorative hair bows for dance and cheer, I started making them for my daughter and over time I've been getting a lot of requests to make them for others, so many that I'm actually making more money on hair bows than I am on domain parking.

So I thought, I'm going to build a site and offer them for sale, as well as custom made bows... I've never built a site with a shopping cart before, so I'm thinking of doing it through Paypal.... If anyone has a better suggestion, please share.

But I first need a good domain with strong keywords, normally it would take me hours to find a really good one, and if I couldn't I would end up buying one from a reseller.. But yesterday I got really lucky and found one after the 7th search attempt, I couldn't believe a name like that would be available, I had to triple check the spelling just to make sure.

So for anyone who thinks all the great domains are taken, think again!.. If theirs a keyword you absolutely must have in a 2 word domain, stick with it and find that name a mate, good chance theirs a great one out there.

 

[NPer]

Using Paypal on your site is easy. Hate the Paypal fees though.

Perhaps you can find a gem to hand reg... but that's like finding a needle in a haystack. Your time is then consumed. Time= money.

Out of curiosity, what is the domain name you regd?

 

[Dave]

Well if it's the one I'm thinking you better reg it before someone else does.. :O And if it isn't that one then why haven't you got it as well? :D

 

[cdboard]

Paypal will be fine for starting out. If you get too fancy, people might think you are a big business.

Have a paypal payment link on the site, or simply state the paypal email address.

If business picks up, you can add the shopping cart later.

 

[Havela]

Congratz on the score.

If you are setting up shop with wordpress, I highly recommend woocommerce. Sleek, modern, professional-looking and with a simple PayPal interface (just fill in your email addy) - and it's free. Since 2012 I've been using woocommerce on all my websites and I'm very happy with it. I don't see myself ever paying for ecommerce software as long as there is such a tool for free.

 

[DU]

I believe that it's possible to register a decent domain name for any business for regfee.
I believe that for under $500 you can find a really good name.

Market saturation is a lie spun by people with great generics - which satisfy a totally different market.

 

[iowadawg]

Have you looked at ETSY?

We have a niece and a cousin, both selling hand made goodies there.
And each making some damn good big bucks!