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06-25-2005, 09:24 PM
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 Question! Domain help.
I'm looking to buy a domain for my portfolio and stuff. And I had a great idea to name it designbox with the URL desbox.com (but desbox.com was taken). So then I checked the .nets and it was for sale.
If I buy a .net version of someone else's .com ... will people think I'm unoriginal or a ripper?
PS: Please dun steal mah domain. I am 2 slo.
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06-25-2005, 09:41 PM
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The chances are they wont think you are ripping them at all, especially if your not offering the same thing, however .net's are less brandable and you will have to be prepared for people to accidently go to the .com.
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06-25-2005, 09:47 PM
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BLAH!
Well, I can't actually tell what http://desbox.com is offering because they're in some foreign language. But I'm guessing it's designbox.
Oh well, I'll keep searching and brain storming.
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06-25-2005, 09:56 PM
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It says "WEB Design Experiment" in big bold letters on the site.
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06-25-2005, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul
It says "WEB Design Experiment" in big bold letters on the site.
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... Well yeah... It does...
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06-26-2005, 08:46 AM
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According to Rick Schwartz, the "...single biggest mistake one can make on the Internet" would be registering and promoting a .net that you don't own the .com for also.
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Originally Posted by http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/cover020204.htm
Still, Schwartz thinks the new extensions are a better bet than one old-timer, .net. “.org is the #2 extension because of its widespread use with charities and heavy TV and print advertising. .net is the orphan. It has no identity and loses massive amounts of traffic automatically to the .com counterpart. Not basing your business on a .net extension is the #1 piece of advice I would give anyone that asked. I would choose .whatever over ANY .net unless you own the .com version. If you promote .net, and don’t own the .com, you are likely working hard for someone else and wasting 15%-25% or more of your hard work and marketing efforts. It is the single biggest mistake one can make on the Internet.”
Schwartz recognizes that “it is statements like that where folks either totally agree with me or hate me for saying it. But it is FACT and the more the fact is shown the greater the hate grows. Having a .net to base your business on is like building a boat with a BIG gaping hole in it. What does it say about the boat owner/builder that gets angry when you point out that HUGE LEAK?”
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This guy talks alot of sense. I would advise against it.
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06-26-2005, 03:01 PM
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I agree with Jon, basically if you have the .net it will always be looked down upon. To me it just says "you weren't original enough to come up with your own identity and had to copy someone else". Personally I never buy a domain if the .com isn't available. I also buy the .net to any domain I buy to stop people like you from stealing my sites name 
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06-26-2005, 05:19 PM
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Designbox(.com) is also taken which leave you in a tricky situation, As Jon informatively stated .net is a bad mistake which unfortunately means you will have to think of a similar domain that appeals to you.
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06-26-2005, 10:52 PM
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I'll definately keep searching then, thanks for the help guys. 
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06-30-2005, 09:28 PM
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Animus,
What exactly did you have in mind for your site? Is it for website design, graphic design, a website designer's toolbox? If I know more about what you intend I might be able to help ya. Branding is my biz.
-BrandedN
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