GetSupply.com Rebrands as Supply.co
Supply, a small family owned shaving supplies business, has rebranded their website from GetSupply.com to Supply.co. According to Whois, the GetSupply.com domain has been registered since 2003. There are no reported sales for that domain and no records (according to DomainTools.com) prior to that date, so likely it was registered at the original registration cost and not acquired on the aftermarket. If that is the case, then it is a pretty decent domain name at registration price. The “get” prefix is fairly popular for brands that can’t afford the exact match domain or if it is not available.
According to NameBio.com, Supply.co was purchased early in 2018 for $5,269 on the Sedo aftermarket. In the opinion of this writer, it is a fair market value for a popular keyword dot co domain. The domain has been continuously registered since 2010. As expected, all extensions for the SLD (Second Level Domain), supply, are registered. Supply.com is an online business selling home renovation and repair supplies. So the question is whether Supply.co is an upgrade from GetSupply.com.
Patrick Coddou, co-owner with his wife of Supply.co, has received some flack over the domain choice on Twitter. He wrote that they “(very reluctantly) changed our domain name from getsupply.com to supply.co. I’ve been sitting on this decision for literally two years.” That should tell you something.
Today, we (very reluctantly) changed our domain name from https://t.co/zLLRi5vCCK to https://t.co/UR81rxbBu2. I've been sitting on this decision for literally two years.
Whatever SEO issues it causes, it will forever be worth it to not be called Get Supply anymore.
— Patrick Coddou (@soundslikecanoe) October 16, 2019
And you’re an idiot. None of you domain bros are willing to put any money behind your armchair quarterback advice.
Make a wager or get blocked.
$5,000 says I organically outrank supply dot com for the search term supply by the end of the year. https://t.co/FL92foeX9U
— Patrick Coddou (@soundslikecanoe) October 17, 2019
Today I learned that Domain bros and Domain-splaining are a thing pic.twitter.com/aylFyhOE1d
— Patrick Coddou (@soundslikecanoe) October 17, 2019
While some criticized the decision to go with a dot co domain (this writer included) others have supported the move as going with a cleaner looking domain. However, at best, this is a sideways move rather than upwards. The argument made on Twitter, even from supporters, is that the domain will leak traffic and emails to the dot com version. And even though the SLD is cleaner (only one word), the TLD (Top Level Domain), dot co, will lead to confusion with dot com. Whether that will be less so than with GetSupply.com only time will tell.
