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Choosing a domain / app name… What if another company already uses it?

Obviously, you can't use the same name as another BIG, recognizable company. And you also want to avoid trademark issues. But what about these two scenarios: You finally find a domain name and app ...
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.com domain with hyphen or .info without hyphen?

Let's say I have a choice between best-something.com and bestsomething.info, and my website will contain articles how to choose best "something" and reviews of various "something". I read a lot about ...
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Choosing a URL: balancing a bad name with a great URL vs. a great name with a bad URL

Assume I've made a (hypothetical) online game where you equip two cats that rule small feifdoms, and they fight each other. I haven't done this! It's just an example. But say I did this, and I wanted ...
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Does creatively naming a product make it look inferior?

I have developed a product and did a basic search for domain names, and to get the domain name I want I will need to more creatively name my product. Does this creative naming turn off some customers ...
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PUN domain name suffixes [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Non .Com Domains - Does it Really Affect Branding? I have been meaning to get on with my idea and first thing - the domain for its website. Naturally it was already ...
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do I need to buy the domain suffix of my competitor's country?

I am lucky to have found the most ideal domain name with TLDs free. the problem comes in with local one of competitor's country here :) I thought generally buying all secondaries (non-TLDs like own ...
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EU domain to start a business. Good idea?

This is my first question here, I am going to start a business, but as you know it's not easy to find a good domain .com (if you don't want pay hundreds or thousands $). I have found a good domain, ...
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Is my new name going to be trademarkable?

Ok, I think I'm going to give up my company name (see here: Trademark infringement - does it really sounds that bad?) Given my situation I need to make sure: Nobody will go after me again (it is ...
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Are there sites to help come up with new domain names?

It's getting a little difficult to come up with a domain name for a new idea I have. Most of the good names are either taken or parked. Is there a site I can use to get ideas for my domain names ...
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Creative software company name suffix

A lot of technology companies, especially non-consumer facing, have a multi-part name. The first part can be almost anything... The last word, or suffix, is a more formulaic noun, common choices ...
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Using the word “should” in domain name

I'm deciding on a domain name and I like one, however it has the word "should" in it. Do you know of any reason that would be a problem ? Like people not being able to spell it or any such ? ...
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Branding vs. domain name availability… and the consequences to creative solutions?

With the introduction of more versatile domain names, people have been utilizing subdomains and clever suffixes to create more unique domains (ie. del.icio.us.) I've also come across others that use ...
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Will people still use my app if I have an alternative spelling for my domain name?

abcTech.com is already taken and I'm thinking about registering abcTek.com. Sites like de.lic.io.us (I don't even know where to put the dots) still succeeded despite their horrible names (or maybe ...
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Should I bother registering .NET/.ORG/.BIZ/.INFO domains along with .COM?

I own a small software company, which has it's website on a .COM-domain ( jitbit.com ) Should I register .ORG/.NET/.BIZ/.INFO as well? "jitbit.net/jitbit.biz/jitbit.info/jitbit.org" or it's just a ...
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I need to change the name of my blog… can you help with suggestions? [closed]

I created the blog Austin Tech Geeks in August of last year. It's been somewhat successful as I have been able to get a decent number of subscribers and uniques every month. The blog is about tech ...
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How important do you think the domain of a web/mobile game is?

Say you have a game (we'll call it Widgetville) that is web based and will also be extended to mobile devices. But "widgetville.com" is taken. So your main domain would be something like ...
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Has anyone used any of the sites that find a name for you and had success?

From what I have read on here it seems that there are mixed reviews on whether or not to use keywords in your name, such as software or games, since a Google search on your name with a popular keyword ...
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Which is a better suffix for enterprise-product company domain?

As per @Zuly Gonzalez' answer to this question on "Non .com domain v hyphen domain", when choosing a domain name sometimes it is necessary to add a common suffix to the name. Eg. mydomainAPP.com. ...
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How does one create a company name that is internationally accepted?

I'm working on an international startup, website based, for which I need to create a name (with corresponding domains for all extensions) that is internationally accepted as my service is meant to be ...
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Trademarks on company name - would “BodyLife” and “BodyForLife” collide?

I'm trying to understand how similarities in trademarks are dealt with. To take an example (that I used in a previous unrelated question), assuming a trademark existed for "BodyLife", a company ...
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hyphen in URL : sporttribe.com or sport-tribe.com?

I own both domain name sport-tribe.com and sporttribe.com Today we are using sport-tribe.com because we didn't own sporttribe.com at the time we started the site. I'm wondering if we should change ...
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Domain name for application? domainnameapp.com or getdomainname.com

I have a website Smart Company Software. I have two desktop software applications in development and I want to have a website for each one. The Smart Company Software website will be for all of my ...
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Using the name wiki in my domain name ? Legal ? Copyright problems?

I would like to use the word wiki in my domain name, such as fastbikiwiki.com Is this legal or because of wikipedia, it would be a copyright issue using wiki in my domain name ?
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Is a great name usable if someone has the domain name parked?

I am writing a mobile application and I have a great name for it. The problem is, someone has parked the .com domain name for it and won't take less than $5,000. They have owned the domain name for ...
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Domain name starting with “get”

What do you think of domains that have the word "get" before the actual product name, just like getclicky.com or the domains used by 37 Signals products (basecamphq.com, campfirenow.com)? Does it ...
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Need some feedback about a startup name

What do you guys think of the name Next Gig? Building a new web app for people to find new gigs... in a unique way. Right now I am interested in knowing what this name means to you. I own the domain ...
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Domain names price trends?

What should I expect to pay for a domain name that is held by an owner (in Panama, for what it's worth), but is not used or well monetized? It's a single dictionary word that was used as a movie ...