[gregshap]

There are ways but "I named my company after a common English word, someone already owns the domain for that word and it would benefit me to own it instead" is not a legitimate reason.

[nkrisc]

Agreed 100%. If your company was founded sometime after 2000 and you picked a name before registering that domain, you have no one to blame but yourself. You could say 2003 if you want to be generous.

[feijfe33]

I bought my first domain in 1996 for a startup I was doing. I thought I was late to the domain registration game.