Started By
Message

re: Domain squatting. Dammit why didn't I get in on this!

Posted on 7/20/17 at 6:00 pm to
Posted by TennesseeFan25
Honolulu
Member since May 2016
8391 posts
Posted on 7/20/17 at 6:00 pm to
All Available with some potential

airframepro.com
cancunplan.com
cancunnow.com
gymfrat.com
gymclubreviews.com
gymfraternity.com
farmerzonly.com

You don't have to be lonely... at farmerzonly.com
This post was edited on 7/20/17 at 6:02 pm
Posted by MardiGrasCajun
Dirty Coast, MS
Member since Sep 2005
6042 posts
Posted on 7/21/17 at 8:46 am to
quote:

You are literally the only I've ever met who's done this.

Good job.


Thanks! Another thing I do is find extremely popular companies or sports teams and go to their WHOIS to see when their domain will expire. I set reminders for when they'll expire. GoDaddy and others usually give a grace period after expiration for the domain owner to renew. If the company is asleep at the wheel, then there's the potential opportunity to purchase the domain and resell it to them for a large sum. All of mine are on auto renew. Some folks don't have them setup that way.

Back in 2010 the Dallas Cowboys let their domain expire. Read this: Cowboys domain expired This is what I keep an eye on. Grab a domain like this and you will hit the domain lottery.
Posted by Muice
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2013
1268 posts
Posted on 7/21/17 at 8:50 am to
I'm all for this, but ACPA takes away your leverage in scenarios like that does it not?
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
23557 posts
Posted on 7/21/17 at 8:53 am to
I am still holding out on the hope that www.mitchlandrieu2020.org pays off for me.
Posted by MardiGrasCajun
Dirty Coast, MS
Member since Sep 2005
6042 posts
Posted on 7/21/17 at 9:09 am to
quote:

I'm all for this, but ACPA takes away your leverage in scenarios like that does it not?


Honestly, I'm not sure how it would play out if they allowed their domain to expire. They'd have to prove you had no intent to use the name yourself. Hell, you could say you were starting a Dallas Cowboys discussion forum. The names I've bought were for my use anyway. Fishunt.com was used by me as a link site to fishing and hunting guides worldwide. They paid me a monthly fee to place a link on the site. Linking was super popular in the late 1990's. These guides didn't have a clue as to how to build their own website. I own WonOffs.com which I intend to use as a sports betting website if the government ever allows me to do so in Texas. I've also thought about making that one into a fantasy football website.

With that said, I believe showing intent to use would be what is needed to win a ACPA case.
Posted by Muice
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2013
1268 posts
Posted on 7/21/17 at 9:17 am to
You said big name sports teams and companies. I would just be cautious.

These are outlined as methods to determine bad faith.
quote:

Registrant’s trademark or other intellectual property rights in the domain name;
Whether the domain name contains the registrant’s legal or common name;
Registrant’s prior use of the domain name in connection with the bona fide offering of goods or services;
Registrant’s bona fide noncommercial or fair use of the mark in a site accessible by the domain name;
Registrant’s intent to divert customers from the mark owner’s online location that could harm the goodwill represented by the mark, for commercial gain or with the intent to tarnish or disparage the mark;
Registrant’s offer to transfer, sell, or otherwise assign the domain name to the mark owner or a third party for financial gain, without having used the mark in a legitimate site;
Registrant’s providing misleading false contact information when applying for registration of the domain name;
Registrant’s registration or acquisition of multiple domain names that are identical or confusingly similar to marks of others; and
Extent to which the mark in the domain is distinctive or famous
This post was edited on 7/21/17 at 9:18 am
first pageprev pagePage 3 of 3Next pagelast page
refresh

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on X, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookXInstagram