Domain Questions

The name my cofounder and I would like to use is taken and the current owner quotes us $7000 for the domain name.Is it ever worth for a startup to invest a tidy amount of money like that in a...

Naming Domain Name Domain Names

asked Jul 23 '14 at 21:40

John Murray
6 points

The only reason I can see is that .com domains for the name you want are hard to come by. Apart from that reason, is there any other benefit to an .io domain? What are the Pros and Cons of using...

SEO Branding Naming Domain Domain Names

asked May 13 '14 at 13:40

William Cunningham
14 points

I registered a .us extension of a startup which is now public on Nasdaq.Is it legal for me to sell the domain name on a marketplace like Flippa or Godaddy Auctions?P.S. My intention wasn't to be a...

Legal Domain Domain Names Godaddy

asked Apr 3 '14 at 22:12

Vivian Sims
7 points

I was the original registrant and owner of the domain name my (former) company website. The company never "acquired" nor did I assign it to the company. The company is now threatening that I should...

Website Intellectual Property Domain

asked Aug 31 '13 at 10:41

Gupshup
52 points

Me and a friend are building a website together. At the moment, it's been great just learning but we have a mind that if it got successful enough eventually we would like to monetize it. We want...

Domain

asked Sep 4 '13 at 23:25

Stickman
106 points

Other than the setting up email's and a public facing website, what else can I do with my domain name for my business?

Website Domain Small Business

asked Jul 23 '13 at 08:19

Henry
109 points

I want to start another dot-com company. So, can you tell me what importance domain name plays to get Seed funding? The startup will be primarily based on web and company name might not be same as...

Website Seed Funding Domain

asked Jul 17 '13 at 05:42

Gaurav Goyal
47 points

I am developing a SaaS platform by bootstrapping with sweat equity while covering the bills with a full time job. I am probably 2-3 months away from launching a viable public beta, and to this...

Bootstrapped Equity Corporate Structure Intellectual Property Domain

asked Jun 28 '13 at 09:39

Shaun
8 points

I am running a startup idea by my own. I am doing all programming, design, promotion etc. not because I do not enjoy team work but because I haven't met the proper people. My idea was based upon...

Domain

asked May 19 '13 at 22:49

Rob Del
113 points

Intended name for my startup seems to be free to use. A search in global/eu/us trademark databases all returned no entity with the same name. TLDs with my domain are either free or offered for...

Launch Incorporation Trademark Domain Name

asked May 9 '13 at 05:15

Eneyee
6 points

I am planning to launch a new SaaS product that nicely fits a catchy word. it would make a perfect brand name, but the domain name is already taken. the site claims to be under construction for at...

Pricing Negotiation Domain

asked Mar 15 '13 at 00:22

Jani Kovacs
75 points

As is obvious I am located in the US but my customers are in the former Soviet Republics. So I am looking to register a domain localized for them. For example most web hosting providers in the US...

Domain Registration

asked Feb 13 '13 at 01:13

Karlson
1,779 points

My website is going to be about technical tutorials/stuff and later I also plan to release an ebook. It's very focused on an important technical topic. The best domain possible is composed to 2...

Domain

asked Feb 16 '13 at 00:23

Oneblueearth
21 points

So, I have an idea for a startup and have come up with what I consider to be an excellent name for it, however it contains a cuss word. Specifically "shit ". While I don't want to divulge the...

Company Domain Name

asked Jan 30 '13 at 14:29

Maxim Gershkovich
234 points

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...

Apps Naming Domain Name

asked Jan 9 '13 at 22:29

Bc Web
101 points

I've been pulling my hair out trying to come up with a domain name for my upcoming social bookmarking web app I've spent hours on thesaurus.com trying to find an unusual name that hasn't already...

Domain Name

asked Dec 24 '12 at 23:44

Richard
357 points

I am about to name a business that I have been working on and I want to leave room to expand but I don't want that to dampen the response for the initial location where I am starting the business....

Marketing Internet Marketing Domain

asked Dec 28 '12 at 06:05

Clifgray
200 points

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...

Website Naming Domain

asked Dec 7 '12 at 16:04

Lissanro Rahyen
8 points

Possible Duplicate: Non .Com Domains - Does it Really Affect Branding? What do you think - will a .com domain be more or less worth with the rise of the new domain extensions like .app and...

Domain

asked Nov 29 '12 at 23:37

Tom
6 points

I have a domain name, (lets call it XYZ.com) which I have owned for about an year and a related service that I have been developing for about an year too. I just searched the trademark database,...

Intellectual Property Trademark Domain

asked Sep 23 '12 at 02:06

Royal1122
252 points