Samuel … asked the question, “is it crucial to buy up all related domains for your website when u launch? such as yourdomain.com and the misspellings, as well as .org or .net domains?”

In times past that was the thing to do. Buying up all possible domain names meant higher traffic or more people finding your website. If your primary domain was, let’s say, traffic.com, you would probably buy traffic.com, traffic.org, traffic.net, traphic.com, traphic.org, traphic.net, as many iterations of traphic.com and misspellings that you could afford.

But that was a time where folks plugged in the domain name directly into the http address or URL field of a browser. Today, even if they know the URL or web address, they usually plug the name into a google or yahoo search field, click search, then pick the link from the search list. If they don’t know the domain name, they usually search keywords or find your site from a link on another site.

Once your site is found, many folks add your website to favorites or a bookmark and access it from there the next time, OR simply do a drop-down to find your website in history.

Buying all possible iterations of a domain name can be very costly. In yesteryear, we only had .com .org and .net. Now there are hundreds of domain extensions like .biz .tv .mob… and some have a price tag of $50 or more.

My recommendation is to put your money where it will do the most good, and that is rich effective website content so folks ‘do what you want when they get there’, and SEO (search engine optimization) so folks can find your website in the first place.

However, Samuel received lots of answers from a forum, and here they are:

TrentH  - Well, if you plan on going big? I'd say yes, atleast get the .org .net stuff, those are crucial. Than as time pass's find the common miss spellings and do them as well.

Brian-de-vie  - In principle it's a good idea, but reality has to kick in somewhen, have you calculated howmany ways 'yourdomain' could be misspelt ? Your prime domains should be .com .net .org & if applicable your country code ie .co.uk Other versions only if you expect to do some serious trading in those countries/regions, ie. .eu .cn etc.

fox80129  - Yeah, it's a good idea to buy at least .com .net and .org. Then, if your site/project is getting bigger and bigger, go for the misspelled domain names too ;-)

Junior Guru   - It's not "crucial" to buy up all the other extensions and misspellings. It may be helpful, though, but certainly not of the utmost importance.

If you publish many websites you could easily find yourself with many hundreds of domains and looking back wondering why you spent 5 figures in domain registration fees over the past few years.

shakir  - Mo chance of misspelling .org,.net instead of .com. but wise verse is possible.Its good to buy all domain .org.net and .info if you are keeping a trade name

greatandrew  - I am sorry, but I can see no reason for which it is expedient to be done!

WHT Addict   - You see, shakir, it is almost impossible to protect a trademark ordering multiple domains for the same website! For this reason it is enough to hire a good lawyer!

theuniverse  -  it depends on your site. buy yourdomain.com,.net,.org,.mobi. if your site is for specific country ,buy country extension also.

Newbie   - Yes, Its always a good idea to buy all the extensions for your main domain.

first, it helps in safeguard your brand, second, you could utilize it for other territories. Misspell version is helpful to avoid losing traffic. Don't forget to register a "sucks" version as well ex: yourcomanysucks.com