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    I would also guess that you will need experience...

    I would also guess that you will need experience in all of the areas of running a restaurant. If you haven't worked/managed someone else's restaurant so that you know the business thoroughly, I'm...
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    Website flippers/hoarders are the bane of my...

    Hi everyone,

    Wondering if anyone here has looked into/worked on flipping websites?

    The idea is you buy a domain name and either re-sell it or build a website on it first then re-sell for higher...
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    Harold, this is a reality. As a woman, I know...

    I think this common belief that goes around that there are just tons of starving college students and bored housewives sitting around with all of these skills, yet work for peanuts because they don't...
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    I did the WAHM thing I was describing for 5...

    I did the WAHM thing I was describing for 5 years, and I had no problems doing web development from my house, but we were in a large city with good internet options. My boss was more than happy not...
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    Harold (or anyone else) on the question of...

    Harold (or anyone else) on the question of extensions: If someone is selling manufactured goods, aside from the .com extension, what other ones would you recommend picking up to prevent others from...
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    Very true. I've been dragging my feet on...

    Yes it is because you don't own it. If you are able to get it, use it and see if you can register the trademark. But at the moment you don't own it, it's not the most important name in the world, and...
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    So true :)

    The most difficult thing about starting a business is starting your business.

    So true :)
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    Do you know any stay-at-home moms who are web...

    Do you know any stay-at-home moms who are web developers/software engineers near you? If you can find reliable ones, you may be able to reap the benefits of outsourcing while still being able to...
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    Yeah.... I'm trying to bootstrap. In the long...

    You're trying to be corporate and you should really be trying to stand out as an artist and producer of fine handcrafted items. Stop trying to be Yahoo and be Terri.

    Yeah.... I'm trying to...
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    Ok. Thank you. This is what I'm wondering.

    ....Amazon and Etsy store names are not legally protected entities. What I'm saying is if someone is using your registered and protected brand name, you can file a ciese and desist and ask Amazon and...
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    If I owned the .com domain name, and there are...

    If I owned the .com domain name, and there are these other businesses in other countries doing the same thing, what would your advice be? Plug ahead, or still go back to the drawing board to get a...
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    I did register a website back in 2005. The...

    I did register a website back in 2005. The person who has the .com without dashes had it back then--people pretty much took the dictionary, shoved every combination of two words together and...
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    That why I like the name. It's broad, but not...

    That why I like the name. It's broad, but not completely abstract (like Amazon or Apple). It'll allow me to start with handmade goods and then spread out to manufactured items without any branding...
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    Ok...... So then it comes down to whether an...

    Ok...... So then it comes down to whether an Australian WAHM or a British artist wants to sue a WAHM in the US (which seems unlikely to be fruitful--and are there grounds for it?), or things keep...
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    Let me ask a different question: If the name...

    Let me ask a different question:

    If the name is not trademarked in the US and if no one in the US is in the same field with the exact same name, when do I need to worry about people in other...
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    The other option would be to simply tack "USA" on...

    The other option would be to simply tack "USA" on right now, but I think when I asked a question about doing that before, it was suggested that doing so would limit the market to the USA. Sounds...
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    I hear you Harold. My biggest concern is less...

    I hear you Harold. My biggest concern is less the URL, though--which clearly no one else is big enough to buy either (guy wants $4K)--and more any international infringement issues. As far as I can...
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    Name space collision?

    I thought I had settled on a name for a business that would sell handmade and household goods online through Etsy and Amazon (depending on whether the good is more handmade or manufactured). The...
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    I do intend to be making things in a woodshop so...

    I'd only use "shop" in a URL if it was an actual store or maybe if you physically built custom items like closets or shelves as in "Workshop". Adding "usa" to me is a waste. Not necessary and why be...
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    Oh no! That's bad......

    ...but I did think it was funny recently when I decided to drop a URL that really was not important to me and a few weeks later got a letter from a company trying to sell me that URL I had just...
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    PS: One more question: If you had, say,...

    PS: One more question:


    If you had, say, the company name Turtle Designs
    would you choose the URL
    turtledesignsshop.com
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    turtledesignsusa.com

    The pros/cons I see are the double ss...
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    Harold and Andrew and turbo guy, thank you for...

    Harold and Andrew and turbo guy, thank you for your thoughts on this. From what I gather, I have one vote for using the - not being a big deal, one or two votes for finding a different name, and one...
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    Do you feel that someone else having the non-dash...

    I don't know that a dash is that big a deal. After all small-business-forum seems to do ok. I have one site with a dash that comes out great in search engines and the dash doesn't cause me any...
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    PS: A little more information I've searched...

    PS: A little more information

    I've searched online and found that there are a couple of other people using the name on Facebook/online:

    1. Someone in Australia has a shop for kids stuff as...
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    Business name and available URLs

    Hi everyone. I am preparing to start a business right now I'm focussing on business name and URL issues.

    About 10 years ago, my husband and I sat down and brainstormed names for a business for...
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