i will open a "graphic-cards only" store soon

[intogamer]

If you sign up with MS Live they have free domain and good hosting... you have to add your CC so people won't make spam domains

maybe offer Graphics Cards Customization... Volt Mods and VF900+ AS5 + good ramsink mods

 

[imported_Finny]

I give a "yay" to GPYou, but since it sounds like you've already chosen a name...

Ah well, if you offer a good price for X1950PRO's, I'll be one of your first customers after christmas.

 

[Roguestar]

So if you're just yet another stockless middle-man pushing up prices at our end by a couple of dollars here and there, how are you going to beat wholesalers or giants like newegg who buy from the manufacturer in bulk on price? Sorry to say that this seems like a bit of a get-rich-quick scheme. I mean, if you can't even afford your own $2 a month domain...

You need money to make money, pal. There are a thousand other nameless etailers out there desperately trying to skim profits off selling stock that exists in a warehouse somewhere and advertising in their owner's forum sig and whatnot but I think to be honest you need to think this one through a bit more before doing it. You have to have something special and different that will make people want to come to your store. You say they'll want to come to your business if they're just looking for a graphics card: why not ati.com or nvidia.com? Or newegg's graphics card section. There's a lot of work ahead if you want to make a profit out of this let alone an earning, so I wish you luck.

 

[Aikouka]

In my opinion, your URL is too long. I should probably run a study on what people prefer in URLs... I mean, people would probably still venture to www.neweggliquidatorsforyou.com if they still had the same cheap prices, but if www.newegg.com and www.neweggliquidatorsforyou.com offered the same content... which would the user prefer to go to?

 

[Keysplayr]

You might want to think the whole thing through a few more times flexy. You don't go into a business of any kind already in debt. Get some startup capital (money) and plan it out accordingly. Do not cut corners, take shortcuts or anything. Think it through. Sounds like you're jumping into a dark room face first without a flashlight.

Best of Luck to you.

Keys

 

[Piuc2020]

Originally posted by: Aikouka
In my opinion, your URL is too long. I should probably run a study on what people prefer in URLs... I mean, people would probably still venture to www.neweggliquidatorsforyou.com if they still had the same cheap prices, but if www.newegg.com and www.neweggliquidatorsforyou.com offered the same content... which would the user prefer to go to?

Indeed also urls with words or sentences usually don't look all that great, especially if a word ends with a letter and the next one starts with the same letter (example graphiccard) because its annoying and confusing to type.

Choose a single word and a creative name for your business, something thats attractive and users will know whats it about.

I say think the name through, graphic-card-store looks pretty generic, I wouldn't go there if I found it on google, but I'd probably go to a cleverly named page like I don't know, GPUWorld or something like that, a clean and professional looking page along with a clever name and people will think you've been in the business for years.

 

[acegazda]

Originally posted by: intogamer
If you sign up with MS Live they have free domain and good hosting... you have to add your CC so people won't make spam domains

maybe offer Graphics Cards Customization... Volt Mods and VF900+ AS5 + good ramsink mods

good idea, but not when he's just starting up. Too much "liability" so to speak, if he get's a shaky card and the ocing put's it over the edge, that's like $300 down the drain. If he gets rich in a few months, then go ahead! I'd like to see that option, pretty interesting.

EDIT: Don't mark them up too much for that though

 

[Aikouka]

Ah one thing I thought of that I forgot to mention. The examples you gave of Rolex website names are simply too Spammy. They look like something I'd receive in a spam e-mail or as the name for a spam e-mail and with the hatred of spam ingrained in my head, I'd be a lot less motivated to visit such a place.

So, kind of like what Piuc2020 was saying, don't use something generic. Generic tends to look spammy which gives immediate negative connotations without someone actually interacting with you!

 

[Kyanzes]

videocardking.com, then if you happen to close the business you could still sell it as a kool casino name

 

[Avalon]

I wouldn't shop at nor remember the name of a website called graphics-card-store.com
It's too long and boring. You need something simple that will catch the attention of the viewer. You want your potential clients to remember your website name.

Newegg, ZipZoomFly, Mwave, eWiz, etc. are all short, interesting, and easy to remember.
Honestly I don't think that GPYou.com is half bad. It's a good start. I'd do a bit more brainstorming and gather user opinions if I were you.

 

[allies]

I like GPYou as well

 

[flexy]

well....ideas noted

Again: I understand all your concern...if i HAD money i would do it different....looking into drop-sale/whole-sale shipping.

BUT..i would probably NOT do electronics/computer-parts. It would be incredible hard to be comeptive as a small startup online company to even REMOTELY be competivie w/ the players like ZZF, newegg etc. THEY can afford to buy cheap, in bulki..a single person without much $ can NOT.

At this point it will be only an affiliate store (NOT as pathetic as my WoW or anime store)....but look at my power-tools store.

This does NOT cost me ONE penny, literally.

As said...from a customer's perspective it doesnt matter whether i am "just" an affiliate...but the fact is that the prices are VERY reasonable (i checked them)...the selection is great...and everything.

I can offer a store and already have products and everything..i am basically just the middle-man..but i do set up my own site. i can ALSO implement a forum and other, further features...which i plan. I know my shiat (so to speak)...modding/etc. no problem...this can come to a later point. Right now my possibilietes are very limited, whether i like it or not.

But i can put up a site, offer products, good service, very good prices, a forum, etc..etc..etc... so i DO think its not that bad.

I might very well take advice and think further....maybe NOT only a store, but rather a store/gaming site.... the store STILL the main thing which (and i bluntly aadmit) should generate some revenue...but maybe a site dedicated to high-end gamers..with all gfx-cards...but special sections for gaming, mayeb a sub-store for FPS (i need SOME specializiation, just plain s/w would be boring)...say online FPS....and then forums for talk about gfx-cards, modding, and the latest FPS games/mods. At a later point i can also have my own servers for various games etc..etc.

Sounds REALLY, really good to me.

 

[xtknight]

"GPYou" is awesome. It reminds me of "youtube", which is just a play on "U-Tube". We all know how successful youtube is, so use GPYou.

One question: what are you going to offer to me that Newegg can't?

 

[flexy]

xtk: knowledge prices are competive..definitly. I modded a bunch of cards...i can offer...a section eg., as mentioned, forum. and/or links for driver-download. ANd i am a real person who plays FPS and builds computers

So..try asking newegg what drivers are the best for what game

Or ask newegg whether they think whetehr a GFX8800 would be ebtter than a R600 etc..etc.. or where to get patches for game xyz so it runs with this and this card. There im very self-confident since gfxcards and gaming is my passion

 

[theorignalAMD Overclocker]

Good luck.


http://www.bankruptcyaction.com/

 

[flexy]

xt: i like GPYou too....but..i think that the average person does NOT knwo what a GPU is...i am NOT talking about us in the forum here...we know our stuff

But see it from a point of...people looking on google.....wanting to buy a gfx-card....i would say roughly 80% might NOT know what GPU stands for.Just my $0.2

But then..niche-marketing is always good...if i target geeks and gamers (which i plan) .... so...i might consider. The question is only whether the number of geeks and gamers is enough to make the store worthwile...its useless if 70% of people who come along the name ona search engine cant identify/see what it is about at all.

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: Roguestar
So if you're just yet another stockless middle-man pushing up prices at our end b

no prices pushed AT ALL.

 

[xtknight]

I see, I see... You should review the cards too and intertwine the reviews with the product purchase pages. Sort of like www.headphone.com where they have frequency ratings for all the headphones, but for graphics cards.

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: Kyanzes
videocardking.com, then if you happen to close the business you could still sell it as a kool casino name

lolmao Not bad...

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: flexy
But then..niche-marketing is always good...if i target geeks and gamers (which i plan) .... so...i might consider. The question is only whether the number of geeks and gamers is enough to make the store worthwile...its useless if 70% of people who come along the name ona search engine cant identify/see what it is about at all.

Well I don't think anyone would guess that Newegg is a PC store either. Nothing in the name indicates it. But you use the meta tags/page title, and get some exposure/advertisements.

Originally posted by: Aikouka
People who don't know what a GPU is just buy PCs from Dell, HP, etc.

Though you have to admit 'GPU' is a rather specific term. My friend has bought several graphics cards and installed them, but doesn't know how to find out whether his board is AGP/PCIE, and probably doesn't know what a GPU is. But I know he could be a potential customer.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: flexy
xt: i like GPYou too....but..i think that the average person does NOT knwo what a GPU is...i am NOT talking about us in the forum here...we know our stuff

But see it from a point of...people looking on google.....wanting to buy a gfx-card....i would say roughly 80% might NOT know what GPU stands for.Just my $0.2

But then..niche-marketing is always good...if i target geeks and gamers (which i plan) .... so...i might consider. The question is only whether the number of geeks and gamers is enough to make the store worthwile...its useless if 70% of people who come along the name ona search engine cant identify/see what it is about at all.

People who don't know what a GPU is just buy PCs from Dell, HP, etc.

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: xtknight

Originally posted by: flexy
But then..niche-marketing is always good...if i target geeks and gamers (which i plan) .... so...i might consider. The question is only whether the number of geeks and gamers is enough to make the store worthwile...its useless if 70% of people who come along the name ona search engine cant identify/see what it is about at all.

Well I don't think anyone would guess that Newegg is a PC store either. Nothing in the name indicates it. But you use the meta tags/page title, and get some exposure/advertisements.

Couldn't agree more. Most big name sites out there have business names that have nothing to do with what they are selling.

 

[sisq0kidd]

graphiccardsonlystore.com

 

[flexy]

yes...but newegg, ZZG all have many to promote themselves. But.i agree actually.

Its always a gamble....a funy name has to be promoted, word of mouth (see woot, newegg, ZZF) while the other view is to have a generic name which does good on search engines. Also depends on the market. Will think about this still.

 

[Soulkeeper]

hmmm like 10-30 bucks a year is too much ...