What to do with a good car related domain name?

[jimxms]

I've got what I *think* is a fairly good domain for something car related: rpm.ms

There's not actually anything on it at the moment as I don't know quite what to put on there. A car blog was the first thing that sprung to mind but that's been done to death and I know first hand how hard it is to make something successful of it.

Maybe an email forwarding service so car enthusiast can have a free email address like [e-mail]?

Any ideas?

[CoolHands]

sounds st

[Dave Hedgehog]

dont get it, the ms bit

[jimxms]

Dave Hedgehog said:

dont get it, the ms bit

one of the newer country related domains like .uk. Unfortunatly as anyone who searches for a .com domain will know there's absolutely nothing available out there that's not already taken. This was the only way I could get a really short domain name.

[Dave Hedgehog]

jimxms said:

one of the newer country related domains like .uk. Unfortunatly as anyone who searches for a .com domain will know there's absolutely nothing available out there that's not already taken. This was the only way I could get a really short domain name.

so it doesn't mean anything, its just short

i thought domain names where pretty irrelevant now with the way google works

[jimxms]

Dave Hedgehog said:

so it doesn't mean anything, its just short

i thought domain names where pretty irrelevant now with the way google works

I suppose it can mean whatever you want it to. I thought something along the lines of RPM - Motoring Stuff, but it could also mean Massive Shat for those who don't approve of the domain

Its just short, easy to remember and is no better/worse off on Google rankings as you say.

[Dave Hedgehog]

jimxms said:

I suppose it can mean whatever you want it to. I thought something along the lines of RPM - Motoring Stuff, but it could also mean Massive Shat for those who don't approve of the domain

Its just short, easy to remember and is no better/worse off on Google rankings as you say.

you'll definitely get more hits with massive shaft

[jimxms]

Dave Hedgehog said:

you'll definitely get more hits with massive shaft

Massive Shaft Rotating x times Per Minute?

[jimxms]

Maybe a little more petrol headish, i've also got torquetalk.net which I thought was quite cool at the time as it sounds somewhat like a certain internet provider, so easy to remember by just submitting a talk for torque

[anonymous-user]

I wouldn't swap it for the car related domain name... I bought it as part of a scheme that never came to fruition, yet I couldn't bring myself not to renew the domain just in case

bmwguru.co.uk

[durbster]

Dave Hedgehog said:

so it doesn't mean anything, its just short

i thought domain names where pretty irrelevant now with the way google works

This I'm afraid. Many users aren't typing full urls like they did in the old days, they're typing something vaguely like what they want into google and hitting the first link. The days of domain names being valuable are dwindling, particularly with a dubious extension like ms.

[benzito]

How long can you hold a domain name now? I remember someone saying you have to pay yearly to renew, hence if you are not going to use it then whats the point?

[Urban Sports]

It's crap.

[Jem0911]

Urban Sports said:

It's crap.

This ^^

[Big News]

veryveryalmostlorry.com is still available.

[jimxms]

benzito said:

How long can you hold a domain name now? I remember someone saying you have to pay yearly to renew, hence if you are not going to use it then whats the point?

I tend to register for about 5 years on any I purchase. If they dont sell or I don't use them in that time then I let them go back to market.

I just wanted to do something myself with this one for some reason.