"shop" or "store" - which one should I add to URL?

BillEssley · Sep 20, 2018

Hi guys, I am building a smartphone website and building a shop/store for it but I am confusing which word should I add to the URL? "shop" or "store"?
i.e example.com/shop/ or example.com/store/
it will be a page to sell smartphones, accessories, tablets, laptops.
Please advise me.

ForwardWeb - Branden · Sep 20, 2018

shop sounds better to me and its a tad shorter as a url which is important I think I like clean URLS

Malcolmjr96 · Sep 20, 2018

I agree with @ForwardWeb - Branden, I find shop sounds better.

BillEssley · Sep 21, 2018

ForwardWeb - Branden said:
shop sounds better to me and its a tad shorter as a url which is important I think I like clean URLS

Malcolmjr96 said:
I agree with @ForwardWeb - Branden, I find shop sounds better.

thanks for your advice, I will go with your advice.

by the way, i'd like to know when i should use /shop/ and when i should use /store/ in the url? do they have any differences?

ForwardWeb - Branden · Sep 21, 2018

Use shop only and no real difference one just sounds better and looks cleaner and your better off using a sub domain shop.address.com

Veesp · Sep 21, 2018

According to C.J. Brickell the word «store» is of larger signification than the word shop. «Shop» is likely to stems from «shed» and «store» has a general sense of «sufficient supply». I'm comparing «a barbershop» and «a barber store» and feel meaning «service» in «shop» and «goods» in the word «store». British English prefers «shop» and American English sticks with «store», correct me if I'm wrong. In the end the final word is yours!

radwebhosting · Sep 22, 2018

In my opinion, go for the subdomain, like shop.example.com. Use symbolic linking if necessary.

Dracindo · Dec 17, 2018

In my opinion, store sounds like... I don't know how to properly say it... More? To give a better idea of what I mean: When I hear store, I picture myself a Wallmart, whereas with shop, I think about the small building close to my home, with all basic needs, but higher prices.

Of course, shop is one digit shorter than store when you don't want to end up with long URL's.
I think it doesn't really matter whether you take shop or store, just pick whatever you think sounds the best.

BillEssley · Jan 5, 2019

Dracindo said:
Of course, shop is one digit shorter than store when you don't want to end up with long URL's.

Honestly store is not more longer than shop if we are comparing number of characters.

Dracindo said:
I think it doesn't really matter whether you take shop or store, just pick whatever you think sounds the best.

For sure.
I used shop because I got more suggestions for it here.

anilkvm85 · Jan 5, 2019

BillEssley said:
Hi guys, I am building a smartphone website and building a shop/store for it but I am confusing which word should I add to the URL? "shop" or "store"?
i.e example.com/shop/ or example.com/store/
it will be a page to sell smartphones, accessories, tablets, laptops.
Please advise me.

Hi, I think you should use store and the reason is:

Store: Generally store word is used for online websites/place where yo can buy something.
Shop: Shop is used for physical place where people visit and buy their product.

One last thing, never use subdomain like store.yourwebsite.com.
Always use yourwebsite.com/store/, by this way your website domain authority remains intact.

If you use store.yourwebsite.com, google treat it as new website.

Nixtree · Jan 7, 2019

Some years ago, we also were using forum.site.com and then we changed to site.com/forum and site.com/blog due to SEO.

Regarding Store and Shop, it is all upto your choice and nothing matters much.

"shop" or "store" - which one should I add to URL?

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