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Choosing a Domain Name - Need Advice.
Posted by:
Simple Living
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Date: March 14, 2008 01:39AM I'm looking to start a website and thought of a name I would really like to use. I entered it to see if anyone else had it. I typed "www.nameiwanted.com" and the URL changed to "www.nameiwanted.co.uk"
Does this mean I can't use "www.nameiwanted.com"? What's the surefire way of seeing if a domain name is available? Re: Choosing a Domain Name - Need Advice.
Posted by:
jono
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Date: March 14, 2008 11:58AM >>What's the surefire way of seeing if a domain name is available?
check the whois and see if anyone owns it and when the expiration will be if they don't renew: [www.networksolutions.com] generally a dot com is best... and if it's a serious business you might want to buy the most common tlds to prevent cocksuckers from stealing your traffic or diluting your brand. the registrar you checked sounds kind of wacky... I've used netfirms.com and they make it very clear if the domain you try is available or not Re: Choosing a Domain Name - Need Advice.
Posted by:
Simple Living
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Date: March 14, 2008 08:14PM Thanks for the help. I found out what happened. The people who bought the .com address that I liked also bought the .co.uk address and are having traffic from the .com directed over to the .co.uk. Re: Choosing a Domain Name - Need Advice.
Posted by:
Funky Rob
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Date: March 15, 2008 04:35PM Be really careful when thinking about buying a domain. Some companies look at all the data of what people are looking at buying and then buy the good ones themselves. If you think of a good name, wait until you are ready and then buy it immediately after you have checked to see if it is available.
I use a small independent company to check/register domains, they are based in France (they do speak English), I've been using them for years and like them alot: [www.gandi.net] Rob -- Rob Hull - Funky Raw My blog: [www.rawrob.com] Re: Choosing a Domain Name - Need Advice.
Posted by:
Pistachio
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Date: March 16, 2008 07:28PM You may want to check whois.net. That domain you mentioned in the first post is not registered to anyone. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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