@etech0 - Thanks for the images.
DEFINITELY #1. What a difference between the two.
#1 is a shtark, bold, strong exclamation of DANS DEALS!! (as in "DansDeals is the place!")
#2 is softer, curvy, not emphatic (as in "Hey Guys, come on over and try out DansDeals")
I also like the capital 'D's in the spelled out words of DansDeals. It adds to the boldness, authority, and stability of DansDeals as opposed to lower case 'd's which are softer, innocuous, and bland.
I was playing with the exclamation to make the winky more of a winky by making the exclamation point a bit shorter and a bit curvy so it looked like a closed, winked eyelid. The result softened the effect of the exclamation tremendously, probably too much.
I also was playing with moving the curve of the D closer to the exclamation so it didn't look so disjointed/unattached, but that took away from the winky face.