Wednesday, November 10, 2010

10 FOR '10: BRANFMAN'S HOT IP TIPS #3

This is the third IP tip in the series. For previous tips scroll down:-

IP TIP #3: ONE IS NOT ENOUGH:

Most businesses these days own one – maybe two – domain names related to their business. But due to clever and unscrupulous cybersquatters, one domain name is not enough. At approximately $11 per year per domain name, it makes sense to allocate a few hundred dollars a year to occupy some Internet real estate and block out cybersquatters by registering a batch of domain names. So if for example your main domain name is groovysurfstuff.com, why not register groovysurfstuff.net, groovy-surf-styff.com, groovysurfstuffs.com, and groovysurfstuff.tv? How about obvious misspellings like grrovysurfstuff.com or groovysurfsutff.com? And then there’s always groovysurfstuffsucks.com. Spending a couple of hundred of dollars a year on your inventory of domain names is a lot cheaper than hiring a lawyer to send a cease and desist letter to a cybersquatter. And compared to the cost of a lawsuit? Small potatoes!

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