Please help me to decide which domain name to use?

xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
edited November -1 in Business and Marketing Theory
The last few days have been very exciting for me becaus I was able to go from idea to reality, having a playable demo on my iPad!
Now, I need to decide on which domain name to use???

xyloFUN is my favorite but many people do not connect the xylophone instrument and thus the play on words "xylophone fun".
LittleComposers is memorable and cute. I have many pictures of my students which were taken over the years. What might be tricky is to get a TM (trademark) on that name because the words are so generic (unlike xyloFUN which is made up/invented)
Last, creative children compose music is the name of the method I teach! I've created the method from scratch because a few years ago, I had to teach a three year old so notes were of no use.

The instruments are not the main application but I do those to gain experience so that I can release the actual method next year!

Please tell me which name you would prefer and if one gets more attention than the others, I will know which way to go!

Thanks guys :)

Comments

  • DimensionGamesDimensionGames PRO Posts: 993
    Id say xyloFUN sounds more indie while LittleComposers sounds a bit more professional in my mind :) Depends what your aiming for In my opinion i would nab both now!
  • gyroscopegyroscope I am here.Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 6,598
    I'd agree with Possessive gaming; LittleComposers sounds more professional somehow to my ears. CreativeChildrenComposeMusic.com is too long in my opinion, but if you did decide on that, you could always shorten it to www.cccmusic.com. :-)

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  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    Thanks PossesiveGaming

    By "nab" do you mean register? If so, that's already done but the domains are not functional because I have moved to a faster host. My previous host was a disaster and I could not risk having apps in the app store with a non working/slow loading URL!
    Speaking of URL ....
    I don't have the pro version (will get it if my game(s) are selling) so can I include a URL in the "how to play" text which will be part of my app or is that a no-no?
  • aalzankiaalzanki Member Posts: 283
    gyroscope said:
    I'd agree with Possessive gaming; LittleComposers sounds more professional somehow to my ears. CreativeChildrenComposeMusic.com is too long in my opinion, but if you did decide on that, you could always shorten it to www.cccmusic.com. :-)

    +1
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    I initially liked "XYLOfun" but I agree that "LittleComposers" sounds more professional, and it sounds like a very professional name :)

    But I like both for different reasons!
  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    gyroscope said:
    I'd agree with Possessive gaming; LittleComposers sounds more professional somehow to my ears. CreativeChildrenComposeMusic.com is too long in my opinion, but if you did decide on that, you could always shorten it to www.cccmusic.com. :-)

    I would have loved cccmusic.com or cccm.com but each name is already registered.

    xylofun I've used for about 5 years, littlecomposers i've reserved about a year ago together with creative ....
    the long name is good for search engines as it is the name of the method i'm using. But I agree, it is WAY to long for practical use.
  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    wow,
    I'm getting more voters than the Canadian Prime Minister during the last re election ;)

    (only funny for Canadians)

    The "green" party is winning ;)
  • ScootsScoots Member Posts: 507
    Why not use both? Have one point to the other and your covered.
  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    I went on a shopping spree and registered every extension I was able to buy!
    I have all xyloFUN ones (com org net) and littlecpmposers.co net as well!

    I think I will make LittleComposers.com the main name and have all others point to them!

    I saw a marketing specialist the other day and he educated me about "market first" so I have a few other things to complete before I send the app to apple!

    One thing that amazed me was his recommendation to describe my app on paper, including hand drawn screen layouts and send tem to myself via the post office!

    It was very educational to listen to what he had to say :)
  • scitunesscitunes Member, Sous Chef Posts: 4,047
    I like xyloFun. I don't like little composers because for some reason it makes me think of little einstein which is the bigger kid version of baby einstein which studies now show makes your child dumber!

    (my kids are screwed)
  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    Sorry to hear about your kids .... Can you make new ones?
  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    On a side note you should do a guitar next, You can use the elasticity demo and some expressions to make the strings move realistically as your playing it. :)
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