I'm considering a pen name to use, and I wanted to see if its firstlast.com
domain is available, but it wasn't. So, I thought I could change the domain to something like firstlastwrites.com
, authorfirstlast.com
, or firstlastnovels.com
, etc. which is available. But I'm concerned that someone who searches "First Last" would receive both sites in their search result, and mistakingly assume that the real First Last is also a writer.
Is it ok to have pen names that have name associations with real domains owned by others?
Notes
I recognize that I could pick a different pen name. But I kind of like the one I picked.
thefakefirstlast.com
. ;) (I think you'd be better served, though, to investigate the legal implications.) I happen to know that somebody else has an email address that uses my own first and last names. I have no idea if their real name is the same as mine—but it doesn't bother me either way.