Re: Question on domain names

>Others have suggested adding a dash to the name, but a bigger question in 
>my mind would be how will the other business take it if you do that?
>
>Without knowing the domain name in question, but:
>Lets say your business is "Blooming Flowers" You want 
>www.bloomngflowers.com, but thats taken.
>Will the other company be happy if you take www.blooming-flowers.com? 
>Possibly not. If they are a big business, definitely not!
>The same problem exists with "bloominflowers2.com".
>
>If its a small local business, then it would work to add a place indicator 
>to it, e.g. "bloomingflowers-fairfax.com" or whatever.
>
>You will need something to differentiate it, just adding an 's' or a '-' 
>is unlikely to do that and could upset the other folks.
>
>HTH
>jalal

I don't think there's anything to worry about in that regard, especially if 
the domain name resembles the actual business name...but I'm not a lawyer.

Collette

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