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I'm learning about this Amazon sales. My first question is can we put a product name and number in the url, i.e. "blackberry-storm-2000 dot com" If the domain isn't taken, of course. Or can we only do this for the product number, i.e "11122jgh dot com"

I'm a little bit unclear about brand names and product names in url.
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  • Profile picture of the author mosthost
    Brand names are trademarks of the corporation that makes the product, generally. Always check first. Generally you can search for the product name and 'registered trademark' in Google to find the page.

    If the product name is a trademark you can't use in your domain name.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Do yourself a favor & do something like this.

    hxxp://wirelessdepot.com/blackberry/blackberry-storm-2000/

    Rank the internal page.

    You'll never lose your domain over trademark problems to BlackBerry, even If you out ranked BlackBerry in the SERPs.
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    • Profile picture of the author DebbieD
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Do yourself a favor & do something like this.

      hxxp://wirelessdepot.com/blackberry/blackberry-storm-2000/

      Rank the internal page.

      You'll never lose your domain over trademark problems to BlackBerry, even If you out ranked BlackBerry in the SERPs.
      This is a very good idea.

      The company that owns the brand name may come after you or they may not. I wouldn't do it. It's not worth the hassle and the trouble.

      Here's a recent WF thread that I just read - I thought it fits in:

      http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ist-order.html
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  • Profile picture of the author outwest
    Ya I would not put it in the domain
    You get a lot of boost *IMO JUST AS MUCH* For putting the kw in the URL as you do for putting it in the domain

    for a trademarked name I would not put it in the domain , you never know how pissed off they would get

    Example I was looking for a new BRAND name
    for a site I am opening

    Its for a commodity product in short supply
    I found a good one I thought

    I went to google
    THE EMD was available...........GREAT (EMD for Branding is totally different than EMD for SERPS)

    Anyways EMD .com is available

    But there was one big problem
    There was already a guy running a company by that name

    he just didnt buy the domain with his company name

    So
    I could have gone out bought the name, EMD.com sure no problem

    but
    Technically the first person to operate a business in that name OWNS THE NAME and the right to do business in that name.

    So
    Even though the EMD.com was available
    If I named my company that same name

    He COULD HAVE demanded the .com name from me, and sued me
    and he would have probably won

    now would he do that? He probably would have demanded the name
    I dont know if he would have wanted to shell out the money to go after it in court but

    Why hassle with that?
    So I just decided to go with another name , which when searched for in Google produced no other company doing busines under that name

    Heck that other guy, he already had a facebook page under his company name, all kinds of other stuff
    why he was stupid enough not to shell out 10 bucks to buy the .com name, I dont know
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  • Profile picture of the author imdomination
    Yeah, try to avoid trademarks in the main domain. If you really want to do it, search and see if there are any sites on the main page with the trademark in their domain. If there are quite a few, then chances are the company doesn't really care that other people are doing it. If there aren't any, chances are the company is sending out C&Ds to everyone they find infringing on their TM.
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  • Profile picture of the author outwest
    Most companies just threaten you with a letter from their "attorney" which is just a form letter takes them 2 secs to fill in your name, and its not from an attorney

    most wont hire a real attorney and take you to court
    but
    some will, like Playboy

    Me? I would not want someone harrassing me with emails , who needs that
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    • Profile picture of the author dfs_dean
      Not to be anal or trying to pick nits, but Yukon's example does have "blackberry-storm-2000" in the URL. It just isn't in the domain. Most other responses address only the domain name issue.

      That said, I believe the OP was probably trying to use "URL" as meaning "domain name."

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  • Profile picture of the author outwest
    My feeling is kw in the domain is not any more important than kw in the url anyways, SERPS wise
    also by doing it the way YUKON says, you can pile 100s of kws on one domain instead of buying domain after domain after domain after domain for each new kw

    thats called smart use of your time and money
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  • Profile picture of the author magic99
    I also suggest to use brand name url that will be more helpful to search engine as well as users
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  • Profile picture of the author Anaskingston2
    It is good that your product name and number in url for visibility but it is not necessary...
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