u/amelix34

The domain was short and available, I found it while searching for domains so I can build some new websites (it's my hobby) and maybe earn some money on ads in 2-3 years if it will get traffic. After buying I found that a year ago someone already made a similar website but under a niche TLD

It's something like this:

• Their domain: bmicalculator . space
• My domain: bmicalculator . com
• Their domain: coffeerecipes . site
• My domain: coffeerecipes . com

I don't plan to copy anything from them, I will have my own design and content, so the only thing in common would be the domain. Their service is already established in Google and 12 months old but to be honest as an experienced developer I can clearly see that their website is very amateurish and simple, while mine would be like 5x bigger and much better optimized for SEO.

However, I have kind of moral dilemma. That com domain is nice, but maybe the right thing to do would be to either contact them and sell it to them or just park the domain and wait couple of years to check if maybe their service will die then I'll start my own.

What would you do if you were on my place?

The domain was short and available, I found it while searching for domains so I can build some new websites (it's my hobby) and maybe earn some money on ads in 2-3 years if it will get traffic. After buying I found that a year ago someone already made a similar website but under a niche TLD

It's something like this:

• Their domain: bmicalculator . space
• My domain: bmicalculator . com
• Their domain: coffeerecipes . site
• My domain: coffeerecipes . com

I don't plan to copy anything from them, I will have my own design and content, so the only thing in common would be the domain. Their service is already established in Google and 12 months old but to be honest as an experienced developer I can clearly see that their website is very amateurish and simple, while mine would be like 5x bigger and much better optimized for SEO.

However, I have kind of moral dilemma. That com domain is nice, but maybe the right thing to do would be to either contact them and sell it to them or just park the domain and wait couple of years to check if maybe their service will die then I'll start my own.

What would you do if you were on my place?