New .com owner

Ron-P
Ron-P Posts: 8,516
edited February 2009 in The Clubhouse
Today, after many years of an idea on the back burner I decided to do a domain name search and it had not yet been used, so, I bought it, both a .com and .net. I also did a trademark search on the USPTO site and the name has not yet been trademarked, so that's my next step, granted that is if it qualifies. There's a ton of reading for this one though but I'm going to try for it.

Once I get the trademark, I'll begin to develop my website, it'll be very simple but easy. My design team (wife and daughter) are going to start working on logo's and such.

This should be a lot of fun. Something I've wanted to do (for myself more than anything) for quite awhile now.

Anyone know of website software that is free?
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited February 2009
    Congrats Ron. Sounds like a great family project. What is the site going to be about?

    I am sure there are great free programs out there that others can direct you too. If not then PM me.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited February 2009
    Word is a great editor if you have it.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited February 2009
    Does this mean you're going to make a lot of money,
    and skip town leaving a lot of angry investors?
    That seems to be the DotCom business model.:eek:

    But seriously, sounds interesting. Have fun with it
    and if it makes money, even better.
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  • sophie
    sophie Posts: 511
    edited February 2009
    i have some photoshop skills and free time so if you need help with anything like logos or other things for your website pm me.

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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited February 2009
    Good luck :)

    For a html editor I love Webuilder 2007 if you need something like that.

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited February 2009
    Hopefully its a website filled with angry rhetoric about how the Club Polk forum sucks, what ever happened to the old days and then post pictures of your new purchases. Sign me up!
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited February 2009
    Right now, it's nothing more then a fun idea, I just wanted to secure the name being that it had not been used. If it grows beyond that, cool.

    My goal is to have designs and maybe some test product in the hands of family and friends by Christmas, maybe even my site up and running by then.

    Thank you for the offer Sohpie, I may indeed hit you up on that. Although right now I'm not too sure what I want my logo to look like. My daughter came up with a really good one last night which might just be the base for the logo.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited February 2009
    What will your website about?
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited February 2009
    Not saying as of now, sorry about that. It's just something I want to keep on the DL for now. Once my site is up and running, I'll post it.

    I am filling out the Trademark registration paperwork for the State of California today, it's a fairly simple form and only costs $70. I'm not going to bother with the Federal Trademark registration until I get a more solid idea on where this will go. Besides, it's upwards of $500 and lots of paperwork, plus I'd like to have my logo done and ready by the time I am ready to do that.
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited February 2009
    some free content managment.. http://www.joomla.org/about-joomla.html

    never used this particular one but there are a million free ones..

    For my webserver i started off with a 99/yr hosting plan then as it out grew that went to a Virtual server which was quite a bit more..
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited February 2009
    Ron-P wrote: »
    Not saying as of now, sorry about that. It's just something I want to keep on the DL for now. Once my site is up and running, I'll post it.

    I am filling out the Trademark registration paperwork for the State of California today, it's a fairly simple form and only costs $70. I'm not going to bother with the Federal Trademark registration until I get a more solid idea on where this will go. Besides, it's upwards of $500 and lots of paperwork, plus I'd like to have my logo done and ready by the time I am ready to do that.

    ok, whatever it is, i congratulate you and wish u good luck in your success!
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • Refefer
    Refefer Posts: 1,280
    edited February 2009
    Ron-P good to hear you're taking the plunge! It'll definitely be a learning experience for everyone in your family.

    I do web design professionally with cost as one of the primary focal points of my services. If you want to pick my brain on how to keep the costs down, just shoot me a PM and I'll help you through any questions you might have! Depending on what you want the site to do, there are several different full fledged frameworks you can use.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited February 2009
    Thanks CaligulaPolk, and thank you Referer. As I get deeper and more involved I may just pick your brain. :)
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