On the S-Drive page in the area for applying for a name there's a limit on how many characters you can enter. For the time being I'm keeping my www.thelittlecashbookcompany.com and additionally setting up an S-Drive account specifically for the rubber stamp store side of things with links back & forth. I get as far as thelittlecashbookcom before hitting the character limit. In the meantime (while typing this) I did find the Domain Name page which didn't have the limit but also didn't have the .coffeecup.com extension offering.

For search engine purposes though would I be better off going with something like rubberstamps.coffeecup.com? I know it's probably an obvious thing but do search engines like website names like that?

Cheers guys.

If you are going to use your own custom domain name, the *.coffeecup.com address really can be 123.coffeecup.com if you like. No one will see this address at all. Think of it more like your temporary address. We simply put a character limit on the *.coffeecup.com side but for a custom domain, you can use as many characters as you like.

For the time being I'm leaving my current one as it is & move the registration over to you when it comes up for renewal in December/Jan.

Any benefit search wise in a domain name or is it more dependant on what's on your pages?

Thanks again Scott. Have just signed up to the Shop Keeper SDrive account with customrubberstamps.coffeecup & purchased the domain www.customrubberstampshop.com. Am pretty happy with that name & look forward to getting my confirmation email & getting up & running!

wow... that was quick.
Instructions said to allow up to 48 hours but i got my "domain is ready" notification in less than 10 minutes.

That will give me something to do over the weekend.

Good decision, this will save you tearing your hair out.

Good domain name choice, Google friendly, especially anyone looking for customised rubber well you never know

If you want mainly Australia orders, got to your Google webmasters tools and change the location from worldwide to Australia it might help while you wait to transfer your .au domain

Thanks Viv
If the stamp business falls flat the world always the need for those... customised and all
Be interesting to see what seach queries find me.
Thanks too for the info on the google info.
Cheers