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This is for the newbies. When registering a domain, be sure to do a simple trademark search on it, to see if you will be running into any future problems with the name. This is a useful link for any business wanting to protect themselves legally or even an individual investor looking to practice safe investing. Here it is: http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm And while were at it... has anybody run into any trademark problems as of lately?

Well, there are three major players in the drop catching game - Snapnames, Enom's Club Drop, and Pool. Personally, I like Snapnames the best for a couple of reasons: They get all the good names due large in part to their exclusive contract with Network Solutions, which has been around forever. Therefore, many of the older and better names (ie: generics, old established websites) go straight to Snapnames. However, if there is a name that is dropping and you would like to get, use all three services, and you only pay for the one that actually gets the name for you. If more than one person places a backorder, then it goes to auction - in which case, good luck!