Trademarks in Domain Names | HostGator Support

Trademarks in Domain Names

Many corporations refuse to allow their brands to be used in domain names to avoid negative representation of their company and illegal activities such as phishing. Below is a list of companies which we will not allow to be included in domain name registration.

3M
AOL
Apple
Ebay
Facebook
Google
Habbo
Hotmail
Microsoft
Nike
P90X
Paypal
Ralph Lauren
Runescape
Ugg
Walmart
Yahoo

This is an incomplete list, and additional brand names and trademarks may be prohibited.

Additionally, any type of official banking site will not be allowed due to issues with phishing scams. Below are a list of examples that should be avoided when registering a new domain:

Bank
Bank Of America (BOA)
Barclays
Chase
Santander

Here are a few examples of unacceptable domain names:

appleproducts4sale.com
microsoftprotips.com
yahooaccountmanager.com
chaseloginsz.com
boaupdatestoday.com

When Choosing Your Domain Name

Please use your best judgment when registering a domain name. While a trademarked company may not be listed above, it is important to be proactive and make sure you are not imitating or infringing on a public entity. All domain registrars must adhere to ICANN's UDRP. Additional information is included in the domain registration agreement you were required to accept when choosing us as your registrar.

For more information, you can see our terms of service below:

HostGator Terms of Service

HostGator is committed to making it easy to transfer your site to your new hosting account. We can transfer website files, databases, scripts, and one free domain registration transfer.

What qualifies me for a free transfer?

HostGator provides free transfers for new accounts within 30 days of sign-up, and to newly upgraded accounts. For upgraded accounts it must be an inter-server upgrade to qualify. Please note that downgraded accounts do not qualify for free transfers.

Depending on which type of account you sign up for, we offer differing numbers of free transfers. Please refer to the chart below to see what we include for new packages.

Full cPanel Transfers is the number of cPanel to cPanel transfers that are included.

Max. Manual Transfers is the maximum number of Manual Transfers that are included with your account.

Total Free Transfers is the total number websites that we will move for you.

Account Type	Total Free Transfers	Full cPanel Transfers	Max. Manual Transfers
?Shared	1	1²	1
?Reseller	30	30²	30
?VPS	Unlimited¹	Unlimited²	10 per VPS level
?Dedicated (Basic)	Unlimited¹	Unlimited²	75
?Dedicated (Standard, Elite, Pro)	Unlimited¹	Unlimited²	100

¹While we can do unlimited cPanel to cPanel transfers for you, depending on your account, you will have a limited number of Manual Transfers.

²Full cPanel transfers include all domains, Addon Domains, Subdomains, and cPanel settings. This will also include your emails and email accounts. Please note that this does require that your old host's cPanel backup generator to be active.

A few examples: An Aluminium Reseller account includes up to 30 free transfers. Out of this 30, you can have 20 cPanel to cPanel transfers and 10 Manual Transfers, or any combination of the two that totals 30 or less websites. Another example: A Pro Dedicated server includes unlimited cPanel to cPanel transfers, this means you can have 150 sites (or even more) moved. Also since there is an unlimited total number of transfers, you can utilize up to 100 Manual Transfers.

For more information please see ourTransfers Support Article, contact our transfers department at [email protected], or call 866.96.GATOR