We have been a bricks and mortar business since 1979 but have just recently created a website to sell merchandise. Our company name is Gerald Lutz Corporation, and our website's url is www.glcwoodcrafts.com. Gerald Lutz Corporation is shown on the header of every page and PayPal receipts show LUTZCORP. Is it necessary to file a DBA for the website? If the answer is yes, do we file the DBA as glcwoodcrafts or as www.glcwoodcrafts.com?
I don't know what the policy is for bumping a topic, but it's been a day with no response, so anyways...
You shouldn't include the .com if you're not exclusively online, and if the .com isn't technically a part of the official company name (like Buy.com for example).