foo.biz versus foosoftware.com

alms — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:55:55 -0800

Which is better: mypreferrednamesoftware.com or mypreferredname.biz? Or do I have to keep trying to find anothergoodname.com that isn't already taken? In case the summary wasn't clear, here it is in more detail:

After much searching, I have some company names that I like. Unfortunately, the .com's for these names are held by squatters. That has led me to purchase names that are something like the following:

littlelessons.biz
littlelessonssoftware.com

littlestories.biz
littlestoriesbooks.com

I've read this thread and talked to friends, so I get the consensus that anything-other-than-dot-com is the suckage and if I use a .biz domain I'll lose lots of traffic. But am I any better off tacking a stupid helper word ("software," "books") onto my name so I can use the .com? Will people end up at littlelessons.com and littlestories.com if I use any of the options above? Is my only choice to keep looking for a company name that has the .com available in its simplest form and hope that I can come up with something decent?

Yes, I will try to purchase the .com's from the squatters, but I don't want to spend a lot on this, so I'm not hopeful I'll be able to get them.

Speciality Business Cards

Hands of Manos — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:39:57 -0800

Print shops that will do specialty cut business cards on good paper I'm in the process of designing my business cards however I'd like to have the ability to get a special cut or paper. I've been searching all over google for print shops that do this but I'd like some recommendations from the hive mind.

Examples of what I'd like a print shop to do would be like this:
example 1
example 2
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and ESPECIALLY something like this:
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I have a budget, but I'm willing to drop some cash on some special made biz cards. So please give me your suggestions for print shops that will work with you with stuff like this

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foo.biz versus foosoftware.com

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