How to make a printed gTLD name apparently a URL meant to be typed in by users?
I'm making a full page ad and have a short link that users will hopefully enter into their browser to learn more and place a purchase. It is a generic top level domain, but pretty short, then has a few letters after. It looks like:
site.vision/usx
Note, it's not really site
but it is a four-letter quasi-word (pronounceable) and really is .vision
.
I've seen many link shorteners used in this way. For example, Amazon uses a.co
along with random alphas about 6 or 7 characters long. I'd love to pick up a really short domain like that in the .com
or other very well knowns, but that's not going to happen, so I'm left with the gTLD.
The problem is that when I see site.vision/usx
it's not immediately apparent to me that it is a web page, so I've resorted to adding http://
or www.
before it. Naturally, all three work and lead to the web page, so technically all are a valid option to use, but I'm wondering which makes it more apparent that it is a web page and that users are expected to type it in?
I almost always don't leave the URL in isolation on the page, using the common formula
[Do some action] at site.vision/usx
or listing with other contact options like
Phone: (123) 456-7890
Email: name@site.vision
Online: site.vision/usx
I find that less computer adepts persons will assume (or clarify on the phone) " Dot com?" because they are apparently unaware of the .vision gTLD, leaving me usually saying something like "Name at site dot vision. No dot com, just name at site dot vision." This makes me feel stupid for obvious reasons.
But in print, site.vision
looks like a typo to me. http://site.vision
and www.site.vision
look like domains, but which is better? Is there another option I'm not thinking of, other than using a different domain name altogether?