Originally Posted by
Tony Miller
Matt,
Always tough when one you want is taken. I had that problem years ago but the owner was just a reseller buying hundreds of what he hoped would be popular names and then waiting for people who wanted that name.
I have owned a few names in my day but all are either variants of my product names or things I have actual plans for. those were plans have fizzled out are left to expire so others can use them. I don't want competitotors stealing names like Heirloom Strops, Artisan Strops, etc.... but did let go old photographic business names and such.
Can you rethink your name and at least take something close, still a ".com" but maybe change the first part and use it until the other one possibly becomes free. Through GoDaddy a name can be had for less than $10 a year.
Tony