do website names have same restrictions as business names?

unwashed potato! · 5 Jul 2013 at 10:06

i've searched online and not had any luck with this so turning to you guys.

bascially i want to be called (for this post) enter group, however there are restrictions to using the word group as i'm not a group of companies but a collection of small businesses that i run solely etc so i'm not allowed to use group, however i can use enterprises.

all great however i don't like the website address being enterenterprises.com, entergroup.com is available and looks nicer, however we'd being registered as enter enterprises and would trade as that, website would show that etc.

anyone know if there is an issue to registering the website entergroup and using that?

Pawnless Endgame · 5 Jul 2013 at 10:55

I think it's ok to use Entergroup, although it's ironic that Overclockers used to use a company called Enta Group for processing Shuttle returns. I know this because I built a few Shuttles and when processing an RMA, OcUK said that it had to go back to Enta, not OcUK.

Love your user name btw :-)

Gilly · 5 Jul 2013 at 11:15

Fairly sure the answer is no

LordSplodge · 5 Jul 2013 at 11:34

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
anyone know if there is an issue to registering the website entergroup and using that?

No issue.

arknor · 5 Jul 2013 at 11:37

Gilly said:
Fairly sure the answer is no

When you change someones username does it log them out and make them wonder why there login doesn't work?

edscdk · 5 Jul 2013 at 11:37

Deleted member 651465 · 5 Jul 2013 at 11:38

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
i've searched online and not had any luck with this so turning to you guys.

bascially i want to be called (for this post) enter group, however there are restrictions to using the word group as i'm not a group of companies but a collection of small businesses that i run solely etc so i'm not allowed to use group, however i can use enterprises.

all great however i don't like the website address being enterenterprises.com, entergroup.com is available and looks nicer, however we'd being registered as enter enterprises and would trade as that, website would show that etc.

anyone know if there is an issue to registering the website entergroup and using that?

Not anymore. Want to buy it off me?

£1,000,000 please :cool:

Puppetmaster · 5 Jul 2013 at 11:44

Monserrat said:
I think it's ok to use Entergroup, although it's ironic that Overclockers used to use a company called Enta Group for processing Shuttle returns. I know this because I built a few Shuttles and when processing an RMA, OcUK said that it had to go back to Enta, not OcUK.

Love your user name btw

Enta are a Distributor

EVH said:
Not anymore. Want to buy it off me?

£1,000,000 please

Crafty!

ikillbears · 5 Jul 2013 at 13:42

ha, did you just buy it ?

LordSplodge · 5 Jul 2013 at 16:59

ikillbears said:
ha, did you just buy it ?

If he did he wasted his money. The OP was only using it as an example.

Hyburnate · 5 Jul 2013 at 17:01

Gilly said:
Fairly sure the answer is no

This, is the correct answer.

BoonMonkey · 5 Jul 2013 at 17:02

My work support a company who have group in their name, they've had no issues.

unwashed potato! · 5 Jul 2013 at 17:51

ok so i'm still no further. the answer being no that it's not a problem, or no you can't do it?

Vulcan · 5 Jul 2013 at 18:04

There is no restriction in putting the word "group" in a domain.

SpaghettiOs · 5 Jul 2013 at 18:23

No, they don't have the same restrictions, although I can't understand how having a different domain name will help popularise your business.

LordSplodge · 5 Jul 2013 at 18:29

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
ok so i'm still no further. the answer being no that it's not a problem, or no you can't do it?

Didn't you read my post? I clearly said it isn't an issue. You can put group in the domain.

Deleted member 651465 · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:12

ikillbears said:
ha, did you just buy it ?

LordSplodge said:
If he did he wasted his money. The OP was only using it as an example.

Was tempted. It happened on the apprentice a few years ago iirc.

During the interview stage the contestant had mentioned a URL and the interviewer asked if he/she owned it. To which they timidly replied "yes".. Only for the interviewer to reveal they'd bought it a few days before!

Puppetmaster · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:25

According to 123reg its already taken, so either the op bought it, it wasnt available tho he said it was or someone else bought it

unwashed potato! · 5 Jul 2013 at 19:26

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
bascially i want to be called (for this post) enter group,

LordSplodge said:
Didn't you read my post? I clearly said it isn't an issue. You can put group in the domain.

ok many thanks.

LordSplodge · 5 Jul 2013 at 22:28

EVH said:
Was tempted. It happened on the apprentice a few years ago iirc.

During the interview stage the contestant had mentioned a URL and the interviewer asked if he/she owned it. To which they timidly replied "yes".. Only for the interviewer to reveal they'd bought it a few days before!

Yeah I remember that! T'was awesome.

Fairly sure the answer is no said:
ok many thanks.

Glad to help.

do website names have same restrictions as business names?

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