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Old 16-03-2006, 11:51   #7 (permalink)
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Also I wouldn't be too bothered about trying to buy up all the different domain endings, maybe the main three (.net/com/co.uk) but even if you think of a name and one of those have gone check it out "live" by going to the page and also by referring to the "whois" to find out who owns it and when it is due to expire (sometimes you can grab a domain name this way).

If a domain has gone but it is being used for something completely different generally it won't matter to you or them that you have the same but with different .com/net etc. The only problem you may have is if you are a big multi national and someone has other domains to cash in on your success.

Generally I buy both .com and .net when available, when I was in the uk I would also try to get the .co.uk as well. I am seriously considering a domain that the .net has gone but is being used by a small company that sells something totally unrelated to what I want to use the name for, I figure that they are happy and our intentions would not affect each other at all.

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