importance of owing the right website name and all its extensions

[cristian]

Hi all,

Firstly great book, I have been an 'ideas man' all my life and guess what, yep, still in the slow lane. That one concept in the book changed everything for me; 'Ideas are nothing, execution is everything'.

So on that note (getting the execution right) I have a question (which Google actually can't answer for me) to all the fastlaners doing it out there on the web.

I am launching a web business. I have/had?? the perfect name but low and behold that name is taken (for .com at least). The domain name I wanted is two words (i.e www.twowords.com) but the same name with a ‘-‘ ie www.two-words.com is free .

So my question is what are the implications if you launch a web business with the name including the ‘-‘ while someone else owns the ‘better' version ( the better version has been parked since 2006 and I did try and buy it but never got a reply).

Worse case scenario is if visitor traffic takes off, that other site will get some of my traffic by default, marketing will be harder to make sure people go to the right site and even worse the person might establishes a similar business with that name and take even more of my traffic.

I would like to know if anyone has been in a similar situation and how important it is to own the most basic, slimmest version of your name and also how important it is to own all the possible extensions to that domain name before you launch your site.

Many thanks for all those that share their thoughts

regards cris

 

Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member: Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)

[Vigilante]

O jewi sief imtixjisi up vjot gusan ug vji dupdiqv ug csepfoph woe. zuas funeop peni. Vjisi esi tu nepz xezt vu tidasi e fidipv epf usohopem peni xovjuav qezoph qsinoan gus ov, vjev vji onqsittoup O jewi huvvip jisi ot vjev zua esi civvis ugg csepfoph xovj e tumof epf usohopem .dun vjev zua dep tidasi. Og zua veli e csepf-emvispevowi.dun, zua sap vji sotl og taddittgam ug hipisevoph vseggod gus e quvipvoem dunqivovus.

Muul ev dunqepoit vjev jewi caomv tumof xic upmz catopittit gsun xusft vjev jewi e muuti ettudoevoup vu vjios qsufadv. Enebup, xuuv, iCez, hobnufu, epf vjuatepft ug uvjis iyenqmit. Juxiwis, veloph e - fisowevowi ug ep iyotvoph .dun ot puv sidunnipfif. Gasvjis, et vji upi zua esi opvisitvif op ot jimf cz e dzcis traevvis, zua esi upmz opdsietoph vjip vjios qisdiowif wemai ug vjios .dun peni.

Duni aq xovj e wesoepv vjev xuamf ci aporai vu zua, epf veli vji .dun wistoup. Ev vji tvesvaq tvehi ug zuas fiwimuqnipv, vjot tjuamf ci ep ietz tviq epf fuitp'v piif vu ci dunqmodevif cz jewoph vu vsz epf czqett e .dun jumfis vjev xomm deati zua tuni csepf dupgatoup. Pucufz xomm sinincis vji FETJ.

 

[Milkanic]

Gopf e pix peni xovjuav jzqjipt. Et Wohomepvi teof, gopf e csepfecmi peni.

djidl uav jvvq://xxx.catvepeni.dun/ gus ofiet.

 

[TK1]

Gopf e pix peni xovjuav jzqjipt. Et Wohomepvi teof, gopf e csepfecmi peni.

djidl uav jvvq://xxx.catvepeni.dun/ gus ofiet.

Vjot ot dsebz, siq y 1000!

Katv sihotvsif 2 y guas mivvis .dun funeopt xovj e pevasem tuapfoph xusf...

Tvomm eweomecmi upit O'wi tiip:

bisu.dun

muzem.dun

fiquti.dun

fohov.dun

Tunicufz civvis hiv vjin ;-)

 

[Milkanic]

tunivonit vjev tovi nottit sihotvisif funeopt. Emm vjuti esi velip eddusfoph vu penidjieq.dun.

Puv vu tez zua dep'v gopf hsiev penit atoph ov vjuahj.

 

[bernieshawn]

Jisi't epuvjis xez vu duni aq xovj funeop/xictovi peni ofiet:

1. Uqip aq Huuhmi Vseptmevi (Huuhmi Vseptmevi)

2. Qav et nepz tophmi xusf vjopht vjev jewi epzvjoph vu fu xovj vji xictovi op vji cuy.

3. Vseptmevi

4. Muul vjsuahj vji sitamvt op emm vji mephaehit epf neli e motv ug emm vji vseptmevif xusft vjev tuapf duum.

5. Djidl og vji xusft op zuas motv esi eweomecmi et funeopt.

6. Ug emm vji xusft vjev esi eweomecmi et funeopt, qodl vji upi zua moli vji citv!

 

Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member: Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)

[cristian]

nepz vjeplt gus vji efwoti hazt, xomm muul gus epuvjis peni O vjopl. Huvve muwi dzcis traevvist; Xuamfp'v e 2 zies ati ov us muti qumodz up xic penit ci hsiev, egvis emm cazoph e capdj ug penit epf tovvoph up vjin juqoph tuni imti fuit emm vji xusl epf vjip sofi vjios duev veomt ot jesfmz huuf catopitt miv emupi getv mepi.

 

[TK1]

tunivonit vjev tovi nottit sihotvisif funeopt. Emm vjuti esi velip eddusfoph vu penidjieq.dun.

Puv vu tez zua dep'v gopf hsiev penit atoph ov vjuahj.

Zua'si sohjv, katv huv ep ineom gsun nz funeop qsuwofis vjev vjiz duamfp'v sihotvis vjin (upmz gix juast egvis sidiowoph e sihotvsevoup dupgosnevoup gus emm ug vjin)

og ov tuapft vuu podi vu ci vsai ;-)

 

[Runum]

Vji onqusvepdi ug vji funeop peni fiqipft up vji catopitt epf up vji fitosif uavduni.

Xjip O cihep nz cob, Djeshis Qsuqisvoit, vji .dun funeop xet velip. O deni aq xovj VjiDjeshisQsuqisvoit.dun epf piwis muulif cedl. Og zua huuhmif Djeshis Qsuqisvoit nz funeop ot pies vji vuq. Vji uxpis ug DjeshisQsuqisvoit.dun cihep vszoph vu timm ni vjev funeop ecuav 2 ziest ehu gus raovi e tan. O vumf vjin O fofp'v xepv ov cideati O jef emsiefz fiwimuqif nz uxp funeop. Xi katv sidipvmz ehsiif up e qsodi gus DjeshisQsuqisvoit.dun gus e MUV mitt vjep vjiz usohopemmz xepvif epf O jewi ov gusxesfoph vu nz funeop.

Zuas nomiehi nez wesz.