A few simple ideas for your .GRAPHICS webpage

Other than the fact that the domain extension itself operates as targeted advertising, one of the most attractive qualities of .GRAPHICS is that it’s a New Domain specifically tailored to freelancers, small business, local firms, and non-profits, so there’s a ton of availability that might not exist in a New Domain being targeted to bigger companies. What that means is you’ll finally get a domain name that’s memorable (what’s more memorable than a New Domain?) and functional.

.GRAPHICS is currently available for registration (as a trademark owner) and pre-registration (open registration starts in early February), so getting your .GRAPHICS domain is the easy part. Once you have the domain though, you’ll need to think of a great idea for its use. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Create a dynamic online portfolio

If you’ve ever used an online portfolio service before, then you know firsthand how frustrating it can be to fit your body of work into a pre-designed webpage. The advantage of having a .GRAPHICS domain, particularly as a graphic designer, graphic artist, or as a provider of infographics, stock photos and social media graphics, is that you can design your own webpage (it’s not hard—check out our RapidPress option). With a unique and versatile online .GRAPHICS portfolio, your work is showcased in the layout you choose, meaning that the webpage fits your work, not the other way around.

Build an easy-to-find graphics page

Does your business rely heavily on graphics to communicate with clients and customers? Why not create a page specifically for the graphics you use? Whether you run a non-profit that relies on smartly-designed infographics to show current and future investors how money is allocated (think 201rfundraising.GRAPHICS), or you run a local bike shop that creates do-it-yourself guides for fixing bikes (buildyourfixie.GRAPHICS), having a dedicated page for graphics allows you to connect with your customers easier. It saves your customers the headache of looking through your entire site to find the graphics they need.

Design your own custom press package

Whether you run a brick-and-mortar store or an exclusively eCommerce operation, chances are at some point you’ll need press to create buzz for that charity event, opening, promotion, merger, or relocation you’ve got on the horizon. One of the most important ways to protect your brand image in the press is to provide visually appealing photos, graphics, illustrations, logos and data graphics, whether it’s a local paper, an online blogger, or the Wall Street Journal. Creating a yourcompany.GRAPHICS page to host your press images in a convenient press package allows you to provide easily found, high-resolution, high-quality images that bloggers, reporters, and writers will look to first.

A few other ideas…

These aren’t the only options for a .GRAPHICS domain. A few others to consider are:

• Use .GRAPHICS for an online gallery, supplementing any exhibition you might have your work in.
• Create a go-to page for graphics in your industry—whether you draw anatomical public-use images for non-profit medical groups (anatomy.GRAPHICS), or you take photos in the field (yellowstonewolves.GRAPHICS).
• Highlight your research by creating an infographic page to explain your most recent findings (chronicpain.GRAPHICS, localeconomy.GRAPHICS or newsoftware.GRAPHICS, for example).
• Help define .GRAPHICS by using it in a new, never-thought-of way.

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