Should I start again?

[Blissling]

Hi I hope you can help me? I have a dilemma. I have an online store which as been running for 4 years. Let's say the domain name is vapingelectroniccigarettes.co.uk the vaping.com and vaping.co.UK are taken but have no website on them. As you see I have very long domain name. I can buy the .com but I haven't got the funds at the moment. I am starting to sell my product in Spain now as well as the UK. I have vaping.es
Also the vaping isn't available on Facebook or twitter but I have vapingelectroniccigarettes as my facebook and vaperuk as my twitter. I Also have quite a few affiliates working for my website as well. My question is should I buy the vaping.EU domain or vaping.net and have intenational parts on it say vaping.EU/UK or stick with the domain I have now and have a separate site for Spain? Or should I bite the bullet and relaunch with a Fresh domain name and company and 301 redirect my current domain?

As I want to build a brand I know that getting the top level domain would be better and I could Probably buy the .com in a few months but the co.UK and the twitter Facebook not being available worries me.

Sorry for the long message hope you guys can help

Thank

 

[Blissling]

Thanks for the help guys really appreciate it

 

[ttfan]

Ask yourself this question: If I buy the .com, will I get a reasonable return on my investment (ROI)?
You're not a domainer (I assume), so you need to see a decent ROI, or else it's money down the drain.
Don't expect a instant influx of traffic and orders just because you own the .com domain...making good use of the .com domain requires hard work and expertise, and even then there's no guarantee it's going to perform any better than your current domain.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Ask yourself this question: If I buy the .com, will I get a reasonable return on my investment (ROI)?
You're not a domainer (I assume), so you need to see a decent ROI, or else it's money down the drain.
Don't expect a instant influx of traffic and orders just because you own the .com domain...making good use of the .com domain requires hard work and expertise, and even then there's no guarantee it's going to perform any better than your current domain.

Exactly, there are many other meaningfull gTLDs now.
Advertising (your domain) is the primarely point, then comes the domain.
You can use nearly any domain if you have the right strategy.