closed kidfoods.net

[lyrafire]

Hi everyone. What do you think of kidfoods.net? Appraisal, please. Thanks.

 

[Biggie]

kids eat the same things adults do, except maybe smaller portions



now if there was a company named "kid" and they sold foods....maybe

 

[lyrafire]

I wonder whether General Mills, Kraft, Nestle's, Oscar Mayer, McDonald's, Enfamil, Gerbers and a few hundred other companies that make and market foods to children would agree.

 

[eeedc]

Two strikes against it: it's a dot net and in English Food is not countable (no 1 food, 2 food, 3 food) so there is no plural. You would have to be very, very lucky to get anything for it.

 

[randomo]

Actually, the "foods" part does make sense; you often see headlines like "The 5 Foods That Keep You Slim". But the .net hurts this domain a lot - that would reduce any interest from companies like the ones you mentioned. So I'm afraid I see little value here.

 

[lyrafire]

OK. Thank you, randomo. That is a critique that makes sense.

 

[Biggie]

I wonder whether General Mills, Kraft, Nestle's, Oscar Mayer, McDonald's, Enfamil, Gerbers and a few hundred other companies that make and market foods to children would agree.

those companies already have their respective domain names in usage and when they want to add a new domain for marketing, most times it shiz-zit like "getsomemochocolate.com" for nestle or cheesyloverslovekraft.com etc.


Good Luck

 

[lyrafire]

Thanks. I hadn't really thought of selling it to a major company (though I certainly would!). But I thought that developing it as a passive income site along the lines of WAHM.com might work.

 

[eeedc]

Actually, the "foods" part does make sense; you often see headlines like "The 5 Foods That Keep You Slim". But the .net hurts this domain a lot - that would reduce any interest from companies like the ones you mentioned. So I'm afraid I see little value here.

"Foods" can be used when referring to different kinds of food, but it is a much less common usage than most plurals. Compare, "We sell kids food," and "We sell kids foods." I see nothing but trouble by adding the "s," and one would want both the name with and without the s to have any value, in addition to the dot-coms. If you think the name has value, one should check the google results and searches for "food" vs "foods." I shop at a "food" store which sells food not foods.

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If you had "KidToys.net" it would be a different story. Thinking as I type so I might be wrong, but wouldn't the lack of s after the Kid be another strike? One would need KidSFoods also?

 

[gilescoley]

I agree with eeedc, its not grammatically correct. If it was KidsFood or even KidsFoods, then it may be a bit better, but the "kid" and the "foods" combined ruins the name for me.

 

[lyrafire]

It's okay to use kid as an adjective if you want a colloquial (informal, conversational) usage. For example, kid brother and kid stuff are commonly used. Given the subject matter, I think the colloquial usage is fine. You wouldn't want to sound too formal in this case. Also, kidsfoods doesn't work sonorously. Too much sibilance for the long "o" sound to carry. The sibilance works better with the short "o" sound, however, in kidstoys.

In any case -- though I understand your hesitation if it doesn't sound good to your ear, and I personally object, under most circumstances, to ungrammatical usage -- the greater question is not whether the domain is grammatical but whether it is marketable.

By the way, you have three errors in your first two sentences. Two punctuation errors, one of which also results in a usage error, and a grammatical error.

Sorry about that! Under the circumstances, the English professor in me couldn't resist. If anyone ever has grammar questions, I'm your woman. But truth be told, in a forum setting, I never bug people about their grammar and punctuation. Except today. Besides, I'm a lousy typist and make too many typos to criticize.

 

[ukbackorder]

$0 undeveloped
(Multiple of revenue + $8.50) - (cost of development + cost of advertising) developed

 

[eeedc]

It's okay to use kid as an adjective if you want a colloquial (informal, conversational) usage. For example, kid brother and kid stuff are commonly used.

I think you are right, but it can also be used another way as in "The kid's brother was tall," (I am too lazy to check if a comma or period goes here), which means a few people might type it in both ways. This would decrease the domain name value if one does not own all common typos.

Online, it's sort of like talking but where the mistakes stay on your record forever, so I tend to avoid posting under my real name (although people can easily figure it out). Otherwise, people may google me (should Google be capitalized when used as a verb) and think this guy can't write or spell; don't hire him.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

It's okay to use kid as an adjective if you want a colloquial (informal, conversational) usage. For example, kid brother and kid stuff are commonly used. Given the subject matter, I think the colloquial usage is fine. You wouldn't want to sound too formal in this case. Also, kidsfoods doesn't work sonorously. Too much sibilance for the long "o" sound to carry. The sibilance works better with the short "o" sound, however, in kidstoys.

In any case -- though I understand your hesitation if it doesn't sound good to your ear, and I personally object, under most circumstances, to ungrammatical usage -- the greater question is not whether the domain is grammatical but whether it is marketable.

By the way, you have three errors in your first two sentences. Two punctuation errors, one of which also results in a usage error, and a grammatical error.

Sorry about that! Under the circumstances, the English professor in me couldn't resist. If anyone ever has grammar questions, I'm your woman. But truth be told, in a forum setting, I never bug people about their grammar and punctuation. Except today. Besides, I'm a lousy typist and make too many typos to criticize.

I see two grammatical errors in your post

It's not good form to criticise grammar on forums. Some people don't profess English to be their 'native tongue'.