Should I buy up the .net, .org, ect if it is open?

[Shad0wz]

I have the .com for my site and the other ones are still available. Is it a good idea to buy the other ones up as well? They are pretty cheap right now.

 

[JewishPoptart89]

It's always nice to get the others and have a redirect to the main .com. However, I've never cared too much to do it myself but better safe than sorry.

 

[Belthazar]

I don't think you need to do it immediately. For example: ForumPromotion.com was still available a few weeks ago, and ForumPromotion.net is a million post promotion forum. A few people have tried to duplicate FP, but it never works.

 

[Tom WHE]

If they are cheap, why not? Like Mop said just redirect them to your main .com and you have all possibilities covered then

 

[Christopher1]

I don't think it's necessary and it's definitely not a guarantee that a forum/website/blog would get more traffic if one were to do this.

 

[Chrylent]

.com domains are the best and it depends on what kind of site you are building.

 

[xXInfectedXx]

I don't think it's necessary to do this. Visitors will probably only use your main .com domain. I don't see the point in purchasing multiple domain names unless they are going to be used for a website.

 

[Cam]

If you have a ton of money to invest in your website, I can understand buying up all of the primary TLDs to prevent anyone else from using your website's name. I don't believe this is necessary though. Nowadays there are a million different domain extensions available, and you can't buy them all... Unless you're Google.