I've got questions for pet owners, need some ideas, suggestions, etc.

Canada
April 17, 2011 12:20pm CST
I was approached this morning with a business idea and I need some advice and suggestions. The idea is to start a pet forum. I know there are a lot of them out there already, but this one, well, we're hoping that it will be unique. First of all, I'm trying to come up with a name for the site. Something that's not out there at all yet. I have a few basic ideas of what the forum could include, and I've been asked to write some articles to post up there. Some ideas include: -sub forum for accessory sales -lost and found section -rescue sub-section -adoption section, not pet sales I'm looking for other ideas to make this forum popular, not boring. Open to ideas, suggestions, any advice anyone has.
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@JoyfulOne (6231)
• United States
17 Apr 11
Sounds like a really cool idea! Ok, lets see, lol. Names: maybe The Furry Friends Forum, Fine Furry Friends forum, Pet Pals, Critter Corner? My ideas: Pet Health section (what innoculations, shots, etc, they should get and at what age.) Travelling with your pet Pet Foods (including home recipes for making your own foods, pet treats, etc), and what foods are toxic to pets. (Lots of pets have different things that are toxic to them, like dogs and dark chocolate, snakes and pine shavings in the cage, etc). Pet proofing your home Children and pets (haha, that's all I can think of for right now.) I would also have a page on Squidoo. What that would do is provide your forum backlinks, so they could find your forum from there (rather than a search engine), and then you could have sales stuff on your Squidoo page too. If you put up a short little article, say once a week, with a few of the ideas gleaned from your forum, people would want to check it out more, plus the fresh feed into Squidoo would keep it current on the search engines. I think you have a great idea there, and I wish you well with it. My eldest daughter is a veterinarian, and I'm a farmer haha, so I'm familiar with a lot of different varieties of pets. When you get your forum going, send me a mylot email and I'll be glad to stop by and get some discussions started if you need or want:-) Happy Easter Kris!
• Canada
17 Apr 11
All of your ideas sound good. PetPals is taken as a domain name, but it was one I would have gone with. I'll check out the other ones you suggested. And for sure, I'll let you know when the forum is up and running.
• Canada
17 Apr 11
I'm doing domain searches and the only one I found is lifetimeofpets. Does that sound good?