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09-26-2002, 07:25 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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best way to sell a domain to a company
A famous UK shopping chain has therename.com therename.co.uk and therename.org registered.
Lastnite I noticed the .net had dropped, and i registered it. Whats the best way for me to attempt to get a good price from them for this domain ?Matt Wallis
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09-26-2002, 09:47 AM #2Web Hosting Evangelist
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Stop Cyber Squating!
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09-26-2002, 10:33 AM #3Web Hosting Evangelist
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hehe, nice catch.
I imagine it will be more trouble than it's worth though given that their name is probably trademarked, right? If you don't want to give out the name can you atleast tell us that info
btw, who owned it that they let it lapse? It wasn't the store, right?
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09-26-2002, 12:05 PM #4Web Hosting Evangelist
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This guy is just hoping to make a fast buck from the company, so he would obviously loose the ICANN dispute policy.
Transfer it to them and dont cyber squat!
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09-26-2002, 12:16 PM #5Junior Guru Wannabe
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My first thought on this is that if that domain had any value at all to them, they wouldn't have let it expire in the first place!
In 1982, I thought PCDOS was better than VIC20.
In 1993, I thought OS2 was better than Windows 3.1.
In 2007, I don't know what to think.
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09-26-2002, 12:26 PM #6Web Hosting Evangelist
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well, I am thinking maybe it is not that big of a store.
or maybe they didn't have a technical person that thought it was worthwhile buying so some 3rd party bought the .net version.
and that 3rd person let it lapse. So now there's a new 3rd party in town.
Either they didn't care about the .net version, or the last owner let it lapse due to a pending legal fight.
Who knows.
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09-26-2002, 01:14 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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LOL @ people telling me not to "cyber squat" ... i say get a life guys, like i give a ****** what you think!
Generally big companies just give you £x rather than have the hassle of going through any legal arguments.Matt Wallis
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09-26-2002, 03:22 PM #8Junior Guru
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A UDRP/WIPO complaint costs' $1,500. If the company is small they'd probably rather give up $100 rather then $1500.
The worst that could happen is they do file and win so you're out about $10....good luck.
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09-26-2002, 03:28 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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exactly bok, ill try for £500 .. a big company wont even blink.
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09-26-2002, 04:29 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by UH-Matt
LOL @ people telling me not to "cyber squat" ... i say get a life guys, like i give a ****** what you think!
Generally big companies just give you £x rather than have the hassle of going through any legal arguments.