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I want to register a domain name, but I'm unsure about something, so let me ask.
Say you want to sell books and hooks on your website, and you want to register "booksnhooks.com"
But it's not available, although there's no website. It's like parked or whatever. It costs like $5,000+ to buy on Namechap.
The name "booksnhook.com" is available, and it's like a little blog about books related to hooks.
But the name "booknhook.com" is available. You know, like $10 per year.
Now, if I registered that, would I be cool? I guess what I'm worried about is someone coming to me when/if my site gets big and wanting to sue me or whatever because they already had "booksnhooks.com" or "booksnhook.com" way before I had "booknhook.com" (even though on one domain there's no site and on the other it's a blog, while what I want to do is e-commerce).
Note: the domain name I gave is just an example, don't get stuck on hooks or books or cars or babies or chairs or tables or cats or dogs or fans or lamps. It's generic words that I'm thinking about though, nothing trademarked. I'm not registering Amazons.com to make an Amazon clone site
Thanks
Say you want to sell books and hooks on your website, and you want to register "booksnhooks.com"
But it's not available, although there's no website. It's like parked or whatever. It costs like $5,000+ to buy on Namechap.
The name "booksnhook.com" is available, and it's like a little blog about books related to hooks.
But the name "booknhook.com" is available. You know, like $10 per year.
Now, if I registered that, would I be cool? I guess what I'm worried about is someone coming to me when/if my site gets big and wanting to sue me or whatever because they already had "booksnhooks.com" or "booksnhook.com" way before I had "booknhook.com" (even though on one domain there's no site and on the other it's a blog, while what I want to do is e-commerce).
Note: the domain name I gave is just an example, don't get stuck on hooks or books or cars or babies or chairs or tables or cats or dogs or fans or lamps. It's generic words that I'm thinking about though, nothing trademarked. I'm not registering Amazons.com to make an Amazon clone site
Thanks