Including A Product Model Name In Your Domain Name??

Do you have a spare $100,00 for lawyer fess, settlement costs, etc. Okay, then go for it ... :rolleyes:

I seen people a lot of people do this, but it's not recommended. Some companies don't mind as long as you are their affiliate, but some will sue you for it.

I wouldn't risk it.

I've seen it done, but I wouldn't recommend doing it. I wouldn't risk putting in all kinds of work into a site just to receive a take down notice from a company's lawyer. Just get a domain name with a related niche keyword and build your pages with product names.

If I intended in putting alot of effort into the site then no I wouldnt use the product name, although that said exact match name domains are usually that much easier to rank so it could be worth the risk.

I'm not saying you can't do it, because obviously you "can". And I've gone this route as well..but here's the thing: if the I.P holder wants to come after you, they probably will and already have watch dog law firms on retainer to follow up. This has happened several times, a cease and desist letter was sent out, and I promptly followed in accordance with the request.

My answer is slight different in that - it depends. I do have some domains that contain product names and they do well. In all these cases I'm an affiliate for the product and the company is ok with it. For the well known companies like Microsoft, Apple, Walmart, Google etc - not a chance. At best they will send you a nice letter from their lawyer explaining how you've infringed copyright and to take the site down.

TBH I've not heard of anyone actually being sued, but I'm sure it has (or will) happen.

Not the best idea for a few reason.

1.) If the company is difficult you might get a cease and desist (is that the correct spelling )

2.) If it is just ACER computers for example, then you are kinda pigeon holing yourself to one brand, and you will not be able to have a big robust computer review site. Although, if you are happy just laser targeting one product then that should be fine. But again, you might have to deal with the scenario above.

Some companies don't mind (I have no proof of this, just what I have read) as long as there are no competing companies being reviewed or promoted, they figure as long as they are getting sales then they are happy but again, probably better to err on the side of caution.

Personally I wouldn't do it.

Yes. Open to complaints, lawsuits, domain-forfeiture, confiscation of profits made, and so on.

It's (mostly) about trademarks.

I'm not a lawyer, but it seems to me, from everything I've read about these situations, that although there clearly are some permitted usages of other people's trademarks in domain names (otherwise sites like "PayPalSucks" wouldn't still exist, for sure, after all these years), if you're planning to monetize a site with someone else's TM in the domain-name, then the only sensible advice can be "don't do it" because that won't be one of the permitted usages.

Two specific issues often come up in these conversations ...

(i) People see "other people doing it" and that makes them wonder whether it's legitimate (it isn't worth the risk, and those sites may belong to people who'll be on the rough end of a lawsuit in a few weeks'/months' time - or they may have the written permission of the TM-holder: always an option);

(ii) Some naive people imagine that the fact that they'll be "helping the TM-holder to make sales" will somehow exempt them from problems. It often won't - and there's a reason for that: trademarks confer obligations as well as rights, at least in the sense that when a company applies for a trademark renewal, if it can be shown that they've failed to protect/defend their trademark, they may not be able to get it renewed. For this reason, some companies feel obliged to take proceedings against usurpers of their civil law rights, even if those people are helping them to make sales.

It's called trademark infringement. You can get a cease and desist or a lawsuit, whichever the company feels like doing.

Not worth the problems, I wouldn't do it.

But you can put a generic name in the domain and still promote for that specific item.

As a matter of fact, this is one of the methods my mentor does and teaches.

Not sure if it's worth your trouble. I had a domain name that was fairly generic sounding, but a big corporation had decided it was their brand and proceded to take it away from me. That was about 3 years ago. I didn't get sued or hired a lawyer. If it happen again to any of my current domains, I would not even respond to their request and the domain name will just default to the winner.