Please learn from my mistake. Pick out several names and research them everywhere - US and abroad. I put a lot of blood, sweat in tears into building a website, not liking it, contracting it out to someone else and mulling over a name and not doing the diligence I thought I had to checking if the name was taken. My hosting company allowed me to register the name.

However less than month later, Fatcow suspended my site due to phishing complaints. After checking with another VA we found with several VAs firms (and I mean several - at least ten) whose company name was similiar to mine. The conclusion we came to was one complained to Fatcow and they suspended my account.

I now have to revamp , rename and rebrand my business and my site (which wasn't finished, by the way) which temporarily stops all opportunities - and I am literally just getting started. In short I have to start over.

Please do not allow this to happen to you. Do your due diligence. Do a PTO check, Business.com. Spend the time now. It will be more work later.

Caroline