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Hi All,
Say you have found a combo location/occupation based domain such as sydneyflorist.com.au or perthvet.com.au (made up examples only) that were available for registration, and you had the perfect offline business in mind who it would ideally suit for a website.
Presuming the name was pretty generic, Would it be legal to register it an then approach the business/company (already having owned the name) to develop a website for them?
Basically I have a couple domains in mind and know a couple of businesses they would be ideal for. If a great domain was part of the selling pitch, if I didn't register it first they could easily love the idea but just register it themselves and get it developed elsewhere. If I DO register it first, i'm concerned about legality but also having potential client's feel like they are being blackmailed which isn't my intent!
By the way the domains are generic enough NOT to be specific business names, but specific enough to still be up for hand reg.
Any thoughts?
Say you have found a combo location/occupation based domain such as sydneyflorist.com.au or perthvet.com.au (made up examples only) that were available for registration, and you had the perfect offline business in mind who it would ideally suit for a website.
Presuming the name was pretty generic, Would it be legal to register it an then approach the business/company (already having owned the name) to develop a website for them?
Basically I have a couple domains in mind and know a couple of businesses they would be ideal for. If a great domain was part of the selling pitch, if I didn't register it first they could easily love the idea but just register it themselves and get it developed elsewhere. If I DO register it first, i'm concerned about legality but also having potential client's feel like they are being blackmailed which isn't my intent!
By the way the domains are generic enough NOT to be specific business names, but specific enough to still be up for hand reg.
Any thoughts?