.com, .co, or .net?
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You have to spend your life telling people on the phone "the domain is abc-tek.com, that's tek with a 'k' not a 'ch'", which will confuse people and 25% of your customers will still e-mail you using abc-tech.com and will wonder why you never reply to them.
Bad idea IMV.
I only really like .com domain names. Anything else is just a little less classy.
UK companies have also been using .co.uk, but now Nominet are selling .uk domains, meaning every British company with an existing .co.uk domain will now have to spend more money registering a .uk domain as well. A typical money-making scam by Nominet and a complete waste of time. I hate .co, .london, .xxx, .me and all the rest!
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Tek was bugging me, but I couldn't recall why. Found it!
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@alexntg said:
Much like this is an Italian website.
But a business one, not something else.
.it is sold by Italy, who owns it, to external countries for use as a general commercial / IT business designation. It is Italy’s choice how it is to be used and Italy chooses that that is what it means. Just as Columbia sells .co outside of Columbia for general commercial purpose. So that is what those mean. Those countries have decided to not have those TLDs represent their nations (it is redundant for Italy with .eu anyway, which is strict.) The US owns .net and decides its purpose and designation. And while it does not police the use of .net, it does designate it.
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I trust Mangolassi users and I am trying to find a domain name for Atlantic Tech, Atlantic Technology Group, Atlantic Tech Solutions, or something similiar
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I havent decided anything on the name except that I really like Atlantic
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So you're still working on a company name? Atlantic Tech's already in use: http://www.atlantictechnology.com - when you're creating a company, come up with something unique. That way, you can avoid trademark/IP infringement issues down the road.
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@IRJ said:
I trust Mangolassi users and I am trying to find a domain name for Atlantic Tech, Atlantic Technology Group, Atlantic Tech Solutions, or something similiar
I've worked with businesses at that stage a lot. Start with available domain names and work backwards.
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@alexntg said:
So you're still working on a company name? Atlantic Tech's already in use: http://www.atlantictechnology.com - when you're creating a company, come up with something unique. That way, you can avoid trademark/IP infringement issues down the road.
The sell entertainment systems and you can see that right away when you go to their website. Finding a unique name is tough.
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@IRJ Atlantic is very heavily used. We used Niagara and surprisingly it was unused. But then again we grabbed it in 2000 and it turns out that no one outside of New York can spell it.
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@IRJ said:
@alexntg said:
So you're still working on a company name? Atlantic Tech's already in use: http://www.atlantictechnology.com - when you're creating a company, come up with something unique. That way, you can avoid trademark/IP infringement issues down the road.
The sell entertainment systems and you can see that right away when you go to their website. Finding a unique name is tough.
IRJ Tech? IRJ Systems? irj.biz is available. IRJ Enterprises? irj.enterprises is available.
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.biz has negative connotations. It early on became associated with weird stuff.
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@scottalanmiller said:
.biz has negative connotations. It early on became associated with weird stuff.
weirder than the xxx domains?
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Something to keep in mind. In California at least, using your last name means you don't need to register a fictitious business name (e.g. Radon Consulting). Other states have different requirements. You may still want to register it regardless.
http://blogs.findlaw.com/free_enterprise/2010/06/what-is-a-fictitious-business-name.html
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
.biz has negative connotations. It early on became associated with weird stuff.
weirder than the xxx domains?
Similar. Mostly scams though.
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@ITcrackerjack said:
Something to keep in mind. In California at least, using your last name means you don't need to register a fictitious business name (e.g. Radon Consulting). Other states have different requirements. You may still want to register it regardless.
http://blogs.findlaw.com/free_enterprise/2010/06/what-is-a-fictitious-business-name.html
Is that true for real businesses or just people acting as businesses?
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From what I read that only helps if you don't plan to form a company but only if you are planning to DBA yourself which you should never, ever do.
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@alexntg said:
@IRJ said:
@alexntg said:
So you're still working on a company name? Atlantic Tech's already in use: http://www.atlantictechnology.com - when you're creating a company, come up with something unique. That way, you can avoid trademark/IP infringement issues down the road.
The sell entertainment systems and you can see that right away when you go to their website. Finding a unique name is tough.
IRJ Tech? IRJ Systems? irj.biz is available. IRJ Enterprises? irj.enterprises is available.
IRJ stands for Indian River Joel. While that is great for a fishing business. Not so much for a tech business.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ Atlantic is very heavily used. We used Niagara and surprisingly it was unused. But then again we grabbed it in 2000 and it turns out that no one outside of New York can spell it.
Hmmm... I will need to do some thinking
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@scottalanmiller Correct, that's just for DBA Sole Proprietors. Do you usually recommend LLCs? In CA, the cost to register an LLC seems kinda steep for a consultant starting out. I agree it's a good (great) idea, but many don't due to the cost. I'd like to hear your reasons (though I'm sure I can guess most of them).
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@ITcrackerjack said:
@scottalanmiller Correct, that's just for DBA Sole Proprietors. Do you usually recommend LLCs? In CA, the cost to register an LLC seems kinda steep for a consultant starting out. I agree it's a good (great) idea, but many don't due to the cost. I'd like to hear your reasons (though I'm sure I can guess most of them).
In 2012, I started my own consulting firm as a sole proprietor, but it wasn't profitable. After I shut it down, I was still held responsible for the (albeit minor) debt the company still had.
