Site name different than URL

[edoplaza]

Hi,

 

Let's say I want to create a site for a company called: "redtoys", but someone has already bought that domain. So, I decide to add the name of the city where the company is located, something like: "redtoysnewyork". Now the domain is free, but I find that name too long. How advisable would be to have "www.redtoysnewyork.com" just for the URL, and use "redtoys" all over the site, for the logo, the banner, etc., etc., ? Is it legal?

 

Thanks,

 

Eduardo

[newseed]

You can do a whois for redtoys.com and see who own the domain. Looks like they are only using for some kind of search portal.

 

Nevertheless, there are no reason to use new york in your redtoy banners, logos, text, etc so long it's not doesn't look similar to the other.

[edoplaza]

Thanks very much,

 

By the way, that name, "redtoys", I made it up, it was just an example.

 

Thanks,

 

Eduardo

[LSW]

You can have as many as you want to pay for.

 

Redtoysnetwork.com

 

redtoys.net

 

redtoysnetwork.info

 

redtoysnetwork.tv (for a say a Flash version, TV is for multimedia domains)

 

Just by all the domain names you wish to have, then point each one at your IP address for the site. In the site you would use then use the equivelant of Redtoys throughout. Nothing wrong with that.

 

But keep in mind the use of domain endings. Most people choose Com even though the sites are not COMmercial. If it is informative, use INFO. If it is a network, use NET. If it is a organization, usually nonprofit, but not limited to that, use ORG. Multimedia is for Media based sites like Flash etc. Areo is airports, church is for Churches and XXX is pretty clear what it is for.

 

Allot of new domain endings were added in the early 2000's, but few people take the time to choose the right one.