POOL.com Top Drop List Is Full Of Trademark Infringing Domains

1. 
   2009 January 11

   Duane permalink

   I would say someone is getting the sweats and started cleaning up there portfolio. More like a trademark infringe portfolio.

   I didnt check but I wold bet all the Amazon names are out of one portfolio.
2. 
   2009 January 11

   Wanna Develop permalink

   People still use Pool.com ??!? Wha…

   I’m exclusively over at SN and NJ for years now.

   Best,
   Mike
3. 
   2009 January 11

   Johnny permalink

   I agree Wanna Develp……..Pool.com is full of trash, SnapNames.com is not much better.

   It makes me almost sick to see Pool.com selling these trademark domains in this era……it just makes us all look like shysters.

   They are also keeping the UDRP process chock full of squatters which starts to give the panelists the impression that all of us are TM registrants or TM typo registrats…….. and that is becoming a big challenge for us legitimate guys and gals.
4. 
   2009 January 11

   Wanna Develop permalink

   Johnny, they sell the leftovers…

   SN and NJ clean house…. Pool is left with the crap.

   Been like forever now.

   Best,
   Mike
5. 
   2009 January 11

   LittleDevil permalink

   I can’t imagine someone hasn’t notified Amazon at this point. I’m assuming Pool.com must have no legal staff. Or they’re really desparate for sales, considering NJ and SN offer higher quality expired names.
6. 
   2009 January 11

   Cartoonz permalink

   Don’t kid yourselves. While I agree that Pool should certainly have better filters on their daily list, we have to remember that that list is a direct representation of just how many people already have placed orders for those particular names, making them the “Top Domains”

   So, yeah, it may be stunningly retarded for Pool to send such a list out unchecked by a sensible filter system, but it is (us?) the clientele that are making those names hot commodities.

   Also remember that both SnapNames and NameJet will be chasing those same names for those same clients at the same time – these are drops.

   That said, very lame to send out bulletins announcing such egregiously offending TM names…

   Bad form, Pool. Very bad.
7. 
   2009 January 11

   DP permalink

   I once challenged Pool about this on a forum and was told that their list is based on customer backorders – the domains with the most backorders are what appear on the list.

   This may or may not absolve Pool of the issue, but in that light shows an even more depressing look at what this industry still is.
8. 
   2009 January 11

   MHB permalink

   DP

   The list is based on the number of back orders, but it would only take 2 minutes a day for someone to eyeball the list before allowing it to be sent to scrub all the crap out.

   Having said that, it is a sad situation that such domains get any back orders, much less the most.
9. 
   2009 January 12

   RegFeeNames.com permalink

   If this is what people are wanting to backorder – The our industry is in serious trouble.

   Yes we all know that having TM names are wrong and most of us have at some stage owned a domain and deleted it as we realised it was wrong but the issue I see here is that many many domainers are still backordering these domains even though they know that WIPO list are growing – Time are hard everywhere so big organisations arent going to let these TM infringements carry on they are going to crack down hard on these people and this shall bring more bad light to our industry.

   Pool.com should stop allowing this – Yes they need to make money but cmon do it discrete if you are going to be a part of this problem!

   I hope they get a warning letter over this from Amazons lawyers.

   Regards,

   Robbie
10. 
    2009 January 12

    M. Menius permalink

    The list is not one I would want to associate my company with. Pool are hurting themselves if they fail to take proper action on the issue. Willingness to auction off such clearly infringing names tarnishes reputation and credibility.
11. 
    2009 January 12

    RegFeeDomains.com permalink

    I agree, listing obvious TM infringement domains is non-productive for the general domainer.

    I can’t imagine them going for much on the auction page.
12. 
    2009 January 12

    MHB permalink

    Reg

    I think I will back order them and see what they go for.
13. 
    2009 January 12

    Accurate Name permalink

    I agree that this is a pretty shameful list, but I am pretty sure it is an automatically produced list. Pool are not suggesting these names be backordered, so much as saying these are the most backordered names from their site. Considering the calibre of name at pool has regressed to the worst of the worst, with all the best going to nj and snap, it isn’t that surprising that this is what their customer’s are chasing…
14. 
    2009 January 12

    MHB permalink

    Accurate

    The automated argument only goes so far.

    What if havesexwithsmallchildren.com was the biggest back order domain for the day, they would actually put that on a list and send it out to thousands of people, really?

    Especially when it would literally take 2 minutes a day to manually check the list before it went out and scrub it.
15. 
    2009 March 20

    pool is garbage. permalink

    pool is garbage.
16. 
    2009 December 28

    sandalwood permalink

    its difficult to keep tm out without good filter

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