Naming Questions

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...

Naming Domain

asked Feb 24 '11 at 01:55

Jitbit
267 points

My undersntanding is that there is no legal difference between naming my S Corporation MyCompanyName Incorporated vs MyCompanyName Corporation. However, are there any preferences on which one to...

Incorporation Business Naming

asked Jan 28 '11 at 18:40

Tauren
240 points

I currently have a LLC that I am operating under. I am wanting to start a web service that will be accepting credit card payments. The web service will go under a name that is very different then...

LLC Credit Cards Naming

asked Jan 31 '11 at 12:30

Kellenjb
116 points

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...

Ideas Blog Naming Domain

asked Jan 17 '11 at 04:26

Ricardo
4,815 points

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...

Naming Domain

asked Dec 11 '10 at 16:46

Captain Phil
6 points

How would you receive and what kind of association would come up in your mind about these two names? Is there any possiblity of a trademark violation? Like the book word in the facebook...

Naming Trademark

asked Dec 12 '10 at 17:58

Keyne On
108 points

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...

Marketing Naming Domain

asked Dec 14 '10 at 14:51

Shpigford
146 points

I am looking to form a corporation in the state of New Hampshire, USA. I understand that a company may register a trade name with the state. As I understand it, all companies require a legal...

Naming Trademark

asked Nov 20 '10 at 16:26

Jake Petroules
113 points

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....

Naming Domain

asked Nov 23 '10 at 11:35

Avi D
140 points

We've all heard the sad story of ExpertsExchange.com, where an unintended misreading turned out to be quite unfortunate for them. What about if the company/product/domain name is fine, but if...

Naming

asked Nov 25 '10 at 16:27

Avi D
140 points

I want to register a company i.e. MyCompany Limited but unfortunately this name is unavailable I am playing with different names and found MyCompany Inc is available. What would be the difference...

Naming Business Structure

asked Nov 10 '10 at 03:51

Jason
106 points

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...

International Naming Domain

asked Oct 31 '10 at 20:56

Tom
116 points

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...

Website Naming Domain

asked Oct 9 '10 at 02:08

Smart Company Software
22 points

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...

Naming Domain

asked Oct 11 '10 at 21:39

Fabrice
23 points

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...

Legal Naming Trademark Domain

asked Oct 19 '10 at 20:47

J Delage
277 points

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 ?

Copyright Naming Domain

asked Sep 30 '10 at 00:06

Mrjohn
113 points

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...

Marketing Branding Naming Domain

asked Sep 7 '10 at 21:00

Pedro Carvalho
11 points

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...

Application Naming Domain

asked Sep 21 '10 at 08:02

Cowgod
136 points

Im working on a startup software company and hoping to launch our first software in 3-4 months. I should have answered these questions months ago and begun marketing then but I've left it until...

Naming Product Launch

asked Jul 6 '10 at 00:41

Tanvir Chowdhury
165 points

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...

Naming Domain Internet

asked May 20 '10 at 22:15

J Delage
277 points