BUSINESS

You are free to register any domain name that is free but we advice to avoid the next two categories:

- Names that the patent and trademark office in your country will refuse to register as trademarks
- Names that will be in legal conflict with existing trademarks.

If you want to start your own online business or just a blog and want visitors easily recognize your valuable work and remember your website, you need to create a distinctive domain name.

Trademark is registered mark that describes your service or a product.

Here are some examples of domain names that are also trademarks:

- Amazon.com (online store)

- Inforbiro.com (Information Technology and Marketing Agency)

- BlicKlik.com (Internet Marketing Network)

- FeminaPortal.com (Female Internet Portal)

What is cybersquatting?

Cybersquatting means registering someone else's personal or business name as your domain name. So, why would someone register other's business or personal name? The answer is very simple - money! There were many cases that names of some companies were bought and later offered to these companies for a profit.

Below are some small but useful advices for choosing and reserving a domain name.

- Once you choose a domain name for you business or blog buy and reserve it immediately so it can't be picked by some other person or company.

- In case that you haven't yet chosen a name, consider one that will make a traffic to your site and that can be easily registered as a trademark

- If the name you choose is already registered, take in consideration some other similar name(s)