I have some domain question I will like to ask since I will be doing major purchasing of domains for my niche. So, here goes nothing: 1. Is it best to get all the ones you can have private registration if you are starting out a new brand or just get the popular domain names (.com .net .org .biz .info .me .mobi) and you will be fine? I ask this because If my brand gets popular then I don't want others to make money by buying my brand name using a domain I didn't register with (that can have private rgistration) and then the person makes lots of $ just by selling the domain name and any other domain name related to my brand (So far I calculated their are over 100 of them!) 2. If my brand is for example called jamster and I get the domain name jamster.com but also get jam-ster.com. So, Does this make a big difference having website name like jam-ster.com and should i get other domains that have this "-" bar within the domain? Are they also able to make money just by having a popular domain but has a "-" inside it?
I would get say these Jamster.com Jamster.net Jamster.org Jamster.info Maybe if its 2 words get the hyphenated name as well (eg Jamster-Hamsters.com lol) and the Jamster.co.uk if you are from the UK or Jamster.com.au if from Australia etc Good luck
How about this? Buy Jamster.com and then Trademark the name for either goods or services that you will be selling. If someone else buys the .Net, .Org, or any other extension for that matter, or even if they buy Jam-ster.com and uses it to sell the same or similar item, you have a case against them and you can take the site them in court. Do some research first before spending a grip load of money for no reason. I started domaining a year ago, and I made some of the same mistakes you have made (probably more than anyone here has made). Good luck!