the more important question is IF they remember c3.xyz will they understand that they can type that in ad get to a website just like typing in c3.com or perhaps they are required to type in www.c3.xyz
The "www" is not a factor in choosing a domain. Any domain blah.oink can be set up to use both blah.oink and www.blah.oink (or xyz.blah.oink for that matter) to address the same site.
We can't answer a question asking what other people will do. There was once an episode of King Of Queens when Arthur got his first cell phone. It was the big Motorola brick that stood on end. He was in the coffee shop and people all around him were getting calls, and he started at his silent cell phone getting angrier by the minute because nobody was calling him, somehow missing the fact that nobody knew his number. This is similar. Your domain could be "FreeMoneyHere.com" and until people know it exists or have a reason to search for it, the question you ask is moot. Once it gains traction and has visibility, no matter what the extension is doesn't matter. If they like it, they will BOOKMARK it, not remember it. Who "remembers" web page names?
You are putting the cart well ahead of the horse here, Billy. Get a functional band in place and then worry about domains and getting traffic to those domains. Once you have a product to perform or sell music of, contact a Search Engine Optimized specialist and they will handle (for a fee) making your web page show up in searches. I mean, have you even recorded rough drafts of one song yet? This patient could die on the table from a terminal, inoperable disease and there's not much sense renting the tour bus until you know if it will ever leave the basement.
Oh, just as an FYI, that C3.com domain has been registered since Oct 1997.
Who "remembers" web page names? ... contact a Search Engine Optimized specialist and they will handle (for a fee) making your web page show up in searches
So I search for "C3" and get a bunch of crap results because that simple name already has a ton of competition, going back way before there ever was a band. Plastic explosive? Not in the market. AI software, food service, mercenaries... where's the music?
And then I remember, oh, yeah, the singer yelled out "Check us out at C3 DOT BAND!" before he left the stage.
“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig? “Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
I guess I need to sell my airplane and buy a tour bus...lol On second thought...not! We don't be riding on no stinking tour bus...lol
Eddie said "We can't answer a question asking what other people will do"
Well...I can, and lots of them. For example "when you catch on fire people will get out of your way" Richard already told you that...lol
As I said, this is a dead issue. I am only responding to thank Mario and to make fun of Eddie. This gives me a temporary reprieve from studying Phrygian triads...lol
Plus I have many more important issues to solve. If the water glass comes first and the red wine glass comes second do you have to place the third glass for white wine if you have no white wine even if you do have champagne for the fourth glass? See photo...lol
Billy
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“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig? “Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
First the red solo cup and then the blue solo cup.
Wine and champagne are no longer on my game plan. I haven't even had my "one per year Jack Daniels and ginger ale highball on my birthday" (tall with a lot of ice and a cherry) for the last 4-5 years. When I think of all the people at the Rolling Rock brewery who lost their jobs when I quit drinking...
Christmas dinner was a care package plate my buddy brought over yesterday when he came to give my dog his present. New Year's Eve I will probably just grab some pizza.
Swinging single that I am...
The holidays used to really bum me out. I would get really sad and depressed about being alone. Now though, accepting how much I really dislike being around people and crowds, accepting that it's the manifestation of the PTSD, I'm good with just hanging around the house with my furry son. I worked 21 of 22 New Year's Eves and really don't like it. I haven't gone out for New Years even once since I quit playing.
Even if .xyz was available and you bought it, any mention of it you made online would be a hyperlink. So why would anyone need to know if it was .xyz.abc etc. Just a thought.
I don’t know if this is still the case, but I am convinced that, years ago, when you searched for an available domain name, somehow someone knew and they registered it for speculation. Because of this thread, I wouldn’t be surprised if C3.band has been snapped up. If not, register it now.
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There's also the often ovelooked TLD .us though both c3.us and c3.band.us are taken.
Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful. AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11 BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software. Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts .
c3band.com is available and c3.band is available along with a large amount of other high-level c3 domain names.
I do play a couple of songs with a m7b5, Parisian Walkways comes to mind...lol
Billy
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“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig? “Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”
I don’t know if this is still the case, but I am convinced that, years ago, when you searched for an available domain name, somehow someone knew and they registered it for speculation.
Domain squatting has been going on for 20 years. I had friends who squatted gambling related domains when the internet first became a thing. Remember back then it was com, net, or org.
The thing is that if you try to register something really obvious it will likely be taken. Your domain is not a common name like johnsmith.com, so it was likely never a squatter's target. And you have had it since Aug 3, 2003. If someone with nefarious intent wanted to, mattfinley.org, mattfinley.net and mattfinley.band are all available. As are biz, us, info, online, site...
Wife 3.0 has a unique first name but has lived her life using her middle name. Her real name.com is available. Her "living as" name is held by a squatter. When she wanted to register her name, the guy wanted $5000 for it.
And it is not illegal to do this. If you are willing to pay renewals every year you can hold as many domains as you life. A lot of people who do this are not in the USA. It was very popular in Germany for a long time.
I have a domain name registered that as of yet doesn't go anywhere. When I go to it I get routed to a page that tells me I can contact a domain broker and negotiate to buy it. Those opportunistic vermin charge $100 up front to negotiate for you. I tried to reach one but there is no way to reach them without paying up front.
There have been a few judicial cases where cyber squatters have legally had a domain name taken from them and given to another entity. +++ What Can (legally) Be Done About Cybersquatting? +++ There are even US and International laws
I don’t know if this is still the case, but I am convinced that, years ago, when you searched for an available domain name, somehow someone knew and they registered it for speculation. Because of this thread, I wouldn’t be surprised if C3.band has been snapped up. If not, register it now.
This does in fact happen, and sometimes even happens directly from the domain registrar. I lost out on a domain a couple years ago because of this - looked up the domain I wanted and it was available, went back under a week later and the same site was now asking 10x the price.
Originally Posted By: Mark Hayes
There’s also this.
Ahh, but is C3sus#5#9#11.com available?
Originally Posted By: Jim Fogle
There have been a few judicial cases where cyber squatters have legally had a domain name taken from them and given to another entity. +++ What Can (legally) Be Done About Cybersquatting? +++ There are even US and International laws
Indeed, but you also need to prove that "the domain name registrant had a bad-faith intent to profit from the trademark". That may be difficult.
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