Anyone think I did good grabbing this domain name?

www.mycrysis2.com

The Crysis2 game is coming 2010 and I just thought since EA had www.mycrysis.com it'd be worth getting.

A domain name is as good as what you make of it :)

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I plan on making it a news/fansite for Crysis2. Just wondering if anyone thought it was a good move seeing how the official community site is mycrysis.com. Anyone think it would get a lot of hits with people accidentally adding 2 to the end of it thinking it's the official Crysis2 site portal?

I wouldn't rely on chance. Get SEO going beforehand so by the time the release news hit the web you'll be better positioned.

Good luck

I know about SEO, it's just I'm horrible at graphic design and would it really matter if there's just like an ad site there or what? How would I SEO just a domain? Just get the name out there and on the net or what?

You don't need some extreme graphic skills. You can always use some open source CMS, blog, forum... software with custom logo/header.
If you want to do something decent with this domain don't use it just as simple ad farm site, but as example unofficial Crysis2 community site (news, forum, etc..) and you don't need to wait offical game release to start.

If you make a website on there related to Crysis 2, you'll have EA launching a lawsuit on you quite quickly. It'd be quite similar to cyber-squatting (since you'd have registered a domain with the purpose of attracting traffic away from an official source and to your unofficial website)

Be careful with it, that's all. I'm not sure if EA are that agressive with protecting their IP, although some companies (for example E-Bay) definitly are.

Damn, never thought of that :( I just saw it unregistered and I'm like hey I'll register it.

Damn, never thought of that :( I just saw it unregistered and I'm like hey I'll register it.
I wouldn't worry too much - it's a very nice grab, showing that you do have some talent in the domaining respect :)

You could still try and develop it - but if you get a C&D letter from EA, hand over the domain as soon as possible.

Good luck whatever you choose - and registering domains/domaining is all about learning at first :)

If you make a website on there related to Crysis 2, you'll have EA launching a lawsuit on you quite quickly. It'd be quite similar to cyber-squatting (since you'd have registered a domain with the purpose of attracting traffic away from an official source and to your unofficial website)

Be careful with it, that's all. I'm not sure if EA are that agressive with protecting their IP, although some companies (for example E-Bay) definitly are.

As long as you don't pretend to be an official site there isn't allot they can do. The Web is full of fansites of almost every conceivable nature.

As for lawsuits, nobody ever files them. Legal threats are common but you have a better chance of winning the lottery than you do of having a lawsuit filed.

But on a more serious note it is always a good idea to know exactly where you stand and how your going to respond if a legal dispute does come your way. Also any staff should be forbidden to answer legal correspondence and instructed to simply pass it on to you, only.

As long as you don't pretend to be an official site there isn't allot they can do. The Web is full of fansites of almost every conceivable nature.

As for lawsuits, nobody ever files them. Legal threats are common but you have a better chance of winning the lottery than you do of having a lawsuit filed.

But on a more serious note it is always a good idea to know exactly where you stand and how your going to respond if a legal dispute does come your way. Also any staff should be forbidden to answer legal correspondence and instructed to simply pass it on to you, only.
Sorry, but that's not true. There's nothing too wrong about creating a fan site, of course (as long as you don't break the 'parent' companies intellectual property). However the domain that was registered contains the words Crysis 2 (and no doubt EA will have that protected in some way), and the original, official EA domain for Crysis 1 was mycrysis.com. This suggests that the domain was registered in bad faith.

And a 'lawsuit' would be filed via a WIPO or UDRP case. It's quite common. Please check out the following domain forums since WIPO/UDRP cases/lawsuits aren't too uncommon:

http://www.dnforum.com/f26/
http://www.namepros.com/legal-issues-and-disputes/

In fact, if you break IP law and register a domain in bad faith, a cease&desist letter will almost definitely be sent. And then depending on the value of the domain to the company, a WIPO/UDRP case may follow if the registrant doesn't comply with the C&D request.

So it's *definitely* not the case that "you have a better chance of winning the lottery than you do of having a lawsuit filed.". If that was the case, the dozens of domain lawyers for these cases would be out of a job.

Sorry to go into so much detail, my reply above should express my views well enough - I just wanted to point out that registering domains like these may very well lead to a lawsuit, and that these lawsuits are definitely not a 1 in 14 million chance. Not meaning to scare the OP - EA may not follow up, and it also shows that the OP does have some good skill regarding hand regging domains :)

sometimes worth looking at expired domains with PRs, they comes with already ready-togo

Domain names aside, the way to get a fansite for a game popular is to make the site really early and be one of the first ones out there.
That way you become the only one people will use for fansite stuff.

Also, there are many game fansites who have the game title as the url, the game companies usually don't mind.

Domain names aside, the way to get a fansite for a game popular is to make the site really early and be one of the first ones out there.
That way you become the only one people will use for fansite stuff.

Also, there are many game fansites who have the game title as the url, the game companies usually don't mind.
That is very true. You can always "build into" the fan market, although it just makes things harder. Being there first (with an already set-up website/forums and a few articles) will attract Crysis 2 fans outright.

And you may be right that EA won't mind. It just depends on whether mycrysis.com -> mycrisis2.com is too close to home for them?

Either way, I guess you could still try OP? It is a nice domain.

So EA isn't going to want the domain you registered when The Crysis 2 comes out?

Most gaming sites buy a domain for each game eg.game.com, game2.com, game3.com... etc....

You'd be better off with the ".net" than the com. I'm sure they will be contacting you about the domain name.

It might be worth something but i dont see them paying serious money for it, especially since they have the resources to redirect fans and customers to whatever domain they choose, and unless you put a lot of work into making a real fan site the URL will be useless.

I think I'll register mycrysis3.com...bwahahahaha

So EA isn't going to want the domain you registered when The Crysis 2 comes out?

Most gaming sites buy a domain for each game eg.game.com, game2.com, game3.com... etc....

You'd be better off with the ".net" than the com. I'm sure they will be contacting you about the domain name.


true indeed .........good idea

You should do some research on some other games that EA owns and see if they have reg'd domains specific to each release. Also do some research on the domains (you can use archive.org) to see what those domains looked like in the past. If you pay you can also see if the domains ownership changed over the years.

I would not like to spend hundreds of hours to than have EA come after your developed "fan" site.

I think you did a good job. Sadly people are going routes like going to co.cc and getting free names. I guess it's the economy that people are trying to cut costs where ever they can, which I don't blame them at all.

GOOD JOB DUDE.

domain name is pretty good..

put it to use to unlock its full potential :)

You definitely gonna lose it. They have trademark on MyCrisis and the gonna plausibly prove your intention on undermining their future development which would mean MyCrisis2 should be their domain once the game is there.

I know of a pretty similar case (unfortunately I don't have a link). Maybe you know of World Series Of Poker, taking place every year in Las Vegas. It is a huge event in poker with even larger sum of money involved. It happens that the short form (trademark registered) is being WSOP. So each year you have WSOP 2008, WSOP 2009 and so on. A guy just like you had registered future events like WSOP2012.com and bunch of other which were free at that moment. On the net you can find the scanned copy of the verdict where the domains were taken away from him and rewarded to the trademark owner of WSOP.

Even if they don't have yet WSOP2018, it is obvious to the judge that this is just a matter of time. So, when someone registers this domain before, it is obvious that this was a case of grabbing.

Exactly the same applies to your site.

If you were to run a scam business you would make nice profits before losing it. But then you would have to pay all the court fines and costs. The guy in the WSOP case had registered it on some non-existent name and was not known to the court.

I guess you are not a person which is familiar with such scam businesses so you prolly lack knowledge what and how to do with such site.

I would suggest you to sell the domain at some auction. Lots of scammers and spammers would kill to get their fingers on such domain, meaning you would get loads of cash for this domain! Those "entrepreneurs" know they gonna lose this domain sooner rather than later, but at least they would know how to make profit prior to this.

PS: Imagine registering CocaCola2.com - it is clear that this name clearly interferes with the legal trademark of CocaCola. Once they demand it every single judge would approve that motion without any doubt. And this is ok. Those people run legitimate businesses and do indeed create unique brands/products which should not be monetized by others. If you run a fan site and don't do any harm to them they for sure are not going to push you. But in your case, you have taken their main name which will not be OK with them. If you had something like MyCrisis2Fan.com or MyCrisis2Blog.com or whatever they would be OK with that if you don't do any BS.

I think you have a good domain name. For me, it is still better using .com from any other domain name because it is already very common to all.

...For me, it is still better using .com from any other domain name because it is already very common to all.

What in God's name are you talking about? This might have been an awesome input back in 1984!

BTW, .com is definitely not being called "domain name". Domain name is that thingy in front of this very common part among all ".com" Oh and don't forget to use spaces in your domain name - it's the ultimate SEO boost!

What in God's name are you talking about? This might have been an awesome input back in 1984!

BTW, .com is definitely not being called "domain name". Domain name is that thingy in front of this very common part among all ".com" Oh and don't forget to use spaces in your domain name - it's the ultimate SEO boost!
Don't be rude, there are WHT rules to follow.

And .com *is* still king. Not sure if you are a domainer, but many domainers (including myself) still know and believe that .com is king.

Yes, there are other TLDs - but that doesn't mean that .com is less valuable.

Also, just to point out that the definition of "domain name" isn't exact, although convention would suggest that it applies to the TLD/ccTLD also. If someone asks, "What domain did you just reg?", they wouldn't reply "Amms", they'd reply with the TLD too ;)

you'v got the keyword stuffed into the domain name so thats one part done well.
what you need to do now Is work on the content and build some backlinks.