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Many domainers either frequent or stop by occasionally at one of the largest and best online forums devoted to domaining, NamePros. Seeing the red, white and blue appearance of the forum has become second nature as you stop by to see what new services are offered to domainers, what domains are being auctioned off, or just to chat with others involved in the domaining industry. Maybe that is why there was shock and awe recently when the appearance (theme) of the NamePros site underwent a drastic change…

It appears that theme sponsorship has come to NamePros and has resulted in quite obviously one heck of a change. Most complaints seem to be confined to the brightness of the colors, especially the red bars on the right and left side, but there are also many who voiced their approval and liked the changes. It does remain to be seen how long it will stay like this since it is a sponsorship deal done by domain broker. Though it has created some controversy, we all know that a certain amount of controversy is good on the internet as it brings with it attention and usually additional traffic. The question is how far is too far? Do you want to risk turning off some of your visitors? I think NamePros members who truly use the site as part of their business will not let a simple thing like a change in colors change their usage, but that is just my opinion.

What’s yours?