# Should I register all these domain names? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 17, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-register-all-these-domain-names/704878 "2014-11-17T18:44:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dahu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahu/32/3416_2.png) [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-register-all-these-domain-names/704878/1 "2014-11-17T18:44:30Z")
I work for a an independent hotel in England. We have mostly UK residents as guests, though we are in one of the bigger cities and we do get visitors from further afield. Our usual website address is of the form [www.our-hotel.co.uk](http://www.our-hotel.co.uk) and this has served us well. I received an email the other day from someone at [www.dn-net.org](http://www.dn-net.org) which seems to be a web address registrar in China. At first I thought this could be scammy, but now I’m thinking not. They said that they’d had an application to register the following addresses- our-hotel.asia [our-hotel.net](http://our-hotel.net) [our-hotel.org](http://our-hotel.org) our-hotel.info [our-hotel.us](http://our-hotel.us) our-hotel.in [our-hotel.cn](http://our-hotel.cn) [our-hotel.com.cn](http://our-hotel.com.cn) our-hotel.tw our-hotel.hk our-hotel.com.hk …but that as they’re similar to ours they’re concerned that “your name might be affected negatively by their application” and we have the option to register first. There’s obviously going to be a cost involved here if we do. So the question is - is it worth it? What’s the likelihood that we would be negatively affected? Has not doing this ever been detrimental to a business? (Mod note - not sure if there’s a factual answer possible to this, if this is the wrong forum please move somewhere more appropriate) ---
**Author:** ![MrFloppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@MrFloppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFloppy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-register-all-these-domain-names/704878/2 "2014-11-17T19:16:58Z")
It’s a scam to sell you overpriced domain registrations that you would have otherwise never bothered with. And if you decline, which you should, nobody is going to register the domain anyway. Further reading: [Welcome to BrandShelter™ | BrandShelter™](http://www.europeandomaincentre.com/pages/news-room/domain-management-news/hey!-got-an-email-from-china-domain-name-registration-center-asian-domain-registration-service-in-china-the-department-of-registration-service-in-china-etc.#.VGpIusnsuzw) ---
**Author:** ![Dahu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahu/32/3416_2.png) [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-register-all-these-domain-names/704878/3 "2014-11-17T20:43:33Z")
Thanks for the link. Ignorance fought! ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-register-all-these-domain-names/704878/4 "2014-11-17T21:11:20Z")
My company gets these emails all the time. If you have a real concern about someone else grabbing the domains, there is no reason you can’t register them at whichever registrar you find the cheapest rate… Bottom line, I don’t think it’s a legitimate concern. I think they are scammers.