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The problem is that I have a website idea which already works, is hosted on my personal webpage sub-folder and is a neat idea. I don't want to talk about it here not to be spammy. Its name is "Webknot". Good name I thought, however the domain Webknot.com is taken and for sale (for a minimum of $1500). I don't want a domain like .org or .net, etc. I want something modern, Web 2.0'ish. What should I do? Change the name a little, to Webknott (.com avaliable) or choose a different top-domain? What do you think? I don't want to pay for a .io (great domain!). I want a domain in a price of a .com (around £10). |
The question has been closed for the following reason "The question is answered, right answer was accepted" by kevinlockergnome Sep 04 '12 at 11:00
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Unless you're willing to pay the $1500, you have to change it. There are really only two parts you can change: the name and the TLD. Since you don't want to change from a .com, you'll have to change the name. If you are comfortable changing the name all over your website, you could definitely change it to Webknott or similar, or change the spelling or something. One thing I'd suggest is using a find-and-replace function of whatever editor you're using to build your website. That way you can just do a search for "webknot" and replace it with your new name. Also, do not use a different domain name than your website. If you want it to be memorable, having two different names wont help. For example, if your website says "webknot", don't make the domain "webknott.com" because then people would get confused. |
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The only thing you can do is change your website's in such a way that it looks the same but is just a bit different. Name or pay the $1500 (like that's ever going to happen) |
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What about web-knot.com? It keeps the name the same while not changing the URL too too much. I've read somewhere that this makes the domain harder to remember and not at all "modern" (let's say Web 2.0 like) in my opinion. |
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Nothing you can do! nothing you can do except change name or domain soz... |
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This happened to me. Try other extensions. You could also try a country code i.e. If you lived in USA you could do .us, if you lived in the UK you could do .co.uk, or if you lived in India you could do .in (my favorite extension). |
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look for variations of what you want, in my case domain name problems were widespread, I used a typo and ran with it, what should have been AustralianStampCatalogue.com (without the capitals) became australianstrampcatalogue.com. one letter made all the difference, but it looks the same, I just have to make sure everyone knows about the extra r in there, but it has worked out just fine. |
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You only have three choices really since you're not willing to pay the price. Pick a different name, pick a different TLD, or choose a variant of the name with a .COM extension. |
