Before I buy about 100s of them!

[raheel019.3]

I have some domain question I will like to ask since I will be doing major purchasing of domains for my niche. So, here goes nothing:

1. Is it best to get all the ones you can have private registration if you are starting out a new brand or just get the popular domain names (.com .net .org .biz .info .me .mobi) and you will be fine?

I ask this because If my brand gets popular then I don't want others to make money by buying my brand name using a domain I didn't register with (that can have private rgistration) and then the person makes lots of $ just by selling the domain name and any other domain name related to my brand (So far I calculated their are over 100 of them!)

2. If my brand is for example called jamster and I get the domain name jamster.com but also get jam-ster.com.

So, Does this make a big difference having website name like jam-ster.com and should i get other domains that have this "-" bar within the domain?

Are they also able to make money just by having a popular domain but has a "-" inside it?

 

[shane mac]

My advise would be to purchase just the .com net info and org and your local cctld.
Its a small investment for a brand, and if it takes off great. For added measures you could go as far as getting the jam-ster.com (only the com though)

Should set you back $40 or less for the package and see where things go after that.

 

[TheBaldOne]

Shane mac has given good advice in the post above. All I would add is for you to look at your prospective market for your product, if you foresee your product being marketed in other countries in a major way then perhaps the 'local' domain would be a sensible investment, for example if you think that Canada could be a major market then the .ca would obviously make sense (although there are some hoops to jump through to be able to register a .ca domain), and the same would apply to other countries as well.

Remember any business start-up costs should be well researched, I know of good businesses that had a sound structure and financially sound but spent far too much on needless advertising in areas they would never see a likely return on and resulted in the companies folding. Domain registrations by others in markets that you are unlikely to market your product is unlikely to hurt you in any real or substantial way.

Good luck with your enterprise, just watch what you spend your money on especially in the initial stages.

 

[frankiethepet]

Dont stress it... You have the .Com.

 

[the_poet]

Just take the .com!

 

[doubleU]

Don't forget the dot tel - if your serious about branding it's a must.