Is Clothing.com a good name for a clothing firm?

I’m not so sure.

Over the past few days, I’ve received press releases from Escrow.com and Clothing.com regarding the upcoming sale of Clothing.com and related domain names.

Escrow.com is playing the role of escrow agent like it did for the successful sale of Fashion.com. The domains are being marketed in a similar way. (The sale price of Fashion.com was not made public.)

Fashion.com is a great domain for many firms. I’m not so sure regarding Clothing.com. People tend to shop for clothes by brand: the label on the clothes or the brand of the merchant.

I posed this question on Twitter to see if I’m the only one that thinks this:

Yeah I honestly don't love this domain. Too generic for a brand-based industry.

— Joshua Schoen (@jstenn13) August 19, 2020

Agreed.

— |🎙️| Josh.co |🌐| (@JoshDotCo) August 19, 2020

There’s no doubt that Clothing.com is a great domain. I’m just not sure regarding the potential use case for this domain. What do you think?