Sub domains or different domain names?

for a review site

[Kneek]

I'm preparing to make a review site in the future, and am now wondering about domain names. I'm going to start with one specific subject, but I may add other subjects later on.

For example, I start with a towel review site, and would later want to make a candle review site too. Would it then be better to start of with towel.review.com so I can add candle.review.com later on, or would it be better to just have towel-review.com and candle-review.com? It would be separate sites, but with the same structure and feel.

[ChadSEO]

Kneek,

Obviously, sub-domains will be cheaper, especially if you have a lot of niches. Also, you won't have to worry about domain availability. The big factor is look and feel though - do you want all the sites to look/feel similar to each other? Of so, I would definitely go with subdomains. If they're going to stand on their own, no inter-linking, then I would use separate domains.

Chad

[rogmo]

And by going with one domain and subdomains, you can focus all of your SEO efforts on one site, instead of multiplying it exponentially.

[Kneek]

Thanks for the responses. It may be easier to go with subdomains, but when I still have only one or two subdomains that don't have a lot in common, it could be a bit weird. The point where the site would have a decent amount of subdomains could be years from now, so for now I think it would be better to have multiple domains.

The problem is that I think switching various already established domains over to one domain wouldn't be a good idea, so if I'd ever want it to be subdomains, I would have to choose for it in advance. Or do you think it would be possible to make a change like that later on, without losing lots of visitors?