Comments on: GoDaddy Spots A New Domain Trend: Registering Your Home’s Street Address: Is This The Secret To Selling Your Home? http://www.thedomains.com/2009/09/28/godaddy-spots-a-new-domain-trend-registering-your-homes-street-address-is-this-the-secret-to-selling-your-home/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:38:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Gill http://www.thedomains.com/2009/09/28/godaddy-spots-a-new-domain-trend-registering-your-homes-street-address-is-this-the-secret-to-selling-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-20006 John Gill Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:07:13 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=5498#comment-20006 Someone who is trying to corner the street I live on went and registered many different addresses including mine so that now I can't use this idea to sell my house with. Some very desirable addresses are being snapped up by domain squatters. Someone I know went and registered an expensive foreign tld with its capital city in the form capitalcity.countrytld but no one was interested in it and he let it go. Someone who is trying to corner the street I live on went and registered many different addresses including mine so that now I can’t use this idea to sell my house with. Some very desirable addresses are being snapped up by domain squatters.
Someone I know went and registered an expensive foreign tld with its capital city in the form capitalcity.countrytld but no one was interested in it and he let it go.

]]> By: domain guy http://www.thedomains.com/2009/09/28/godaddy-spots-a-new-domain-trend-registering-your-homes-street-address-is-this-the-secret-to-selling-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-20002 domain guy Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:01:20 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=5498#comment-20002 no a street address can't be trademarked anything in a public data base ie the phone book can't be trademarked. now what we have here is an industry that is more than 10 yrs behind the times.realtors,and their educated real estate brokers.and the reason we even have this idiot archiac idea is because the entire real estate industry 60 billion in annual commissions is a failure.the castillo brohers own nashville.com and palmsprings.com this is where the buyers go to. because the real estate industry is ten yrs late they informed their brokers to list the street name and number a failed domain strategy.this is why 60 billion in annual real estate commissions is rapidly evaporating....and the backward advice given to agents from their corresponding agencies.any questions here just ask the castillo brothers and compare the backward nar. no a street address can’t be trademarked anything in a public data base ie the phone book can’t be trademarked.
now what we have here is an industry that is more than 10 yrs behind the times.realtors,and their educated real estate brokers.and the reason we even have this idiot archiac idea is because the entire real estate industry 60 billion in annual commissions is a failure.the castillo brohers own nashville.com and palmsprings.com this is where the buyers go to. because the real estate industry is ten yrs late they informed their brokers to list the street name and number a failed
domain strategy.this is why 60 billion in annual real estate commissions is rapidly evaporating….and the backward advice given to agents from their corresponding agencies.any questions here just ask the castillo brothers and compare the backward nar.

]]> By: Snoopy http://www.thedomains.com/2009/09/28/godaddy-spots-a-new-domain-trend-registering-your-homes-street-address-is-this-the-secret-to-selling-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-20000 Snoopy Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:39:43 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=5498#comment-20000 It has been done for a while for top end properties here, $4million+. It is a good extra marketing tool when someone has a high advertising budget and wants to offer more information than would be listed on standard real estate sites, plus the sites tend to give the house an exclusive feel. I don't think it is something people would care about once the property is sold (there is usallly a few alternatives *street.com versus *st.com) etc nor would I think people have any interest in this kind of thing for email and seo. I would be surprised if many people were concerned about disputes either, it is too small scale. Regarding geo names generally, city names etc I don't think realestate co's are the most logical owners of those names, probably best suited to media outlets. It has been done for a while for top end properties here, $4million+. It is a good extra marketing tool when someone has a high advertising budget and wants to offer more information than would be listed on standard real estate sites, plus the sites tend to give the house an exclusive feel.

I don’t think it is something people would care about once the property is sold (there is usallly a few alternatives *street.com versus *st.com) etc nor would I think people have any interest in this kind of thing for email and seo. I would be surprised if many people were concerned about disputes either, it is too small scale.

Regarding geo names generally, city names etc I don’t think realestate co’s are the most logical owners of those names, probably best suited to media outlets.

]]> By: JZ http://www.thedomains.com/2009/09/28/godaddy-spots-a-new-domain-trend-registering-your-homes-street-address-is-this-the-secret-to-selling-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-19999 JZ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:35:01 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=5498#comment-19999 Trademark on a street address? I don't see how that could be done, since a particular street address can exist in many cities and countries. I'm a Real Estate agent in Texas and am using that method see: www.7434Leightonfield.com and there is no problem with privacy because the way I do it is, that I create a Single Property Listing, by forwarding the domain to the active listing with the association of Realtors, when the property sells, or is taken off the market, the website disapears because the listing is no longer active. Since I will have no more use for the domain, I just let it expire. Trademark on a street address? I don’t see how that could be done, since a particular street address can exist in many cities and countries.

I’m a Real Estate agent in Texas and am using that method see: http://www.7434Leightonfield.com and there is no problem with privacy because the way I do it is, that I create a Single Property Listing, by forwarding the domain to the active listing with the association of Realtors, when the property sells, or is taken off the market, the website disapears because the listing is no longer active.

Since I will have no more use for the domain, I just let it expire.

]]> By: stephen douglas http://www.thedomains.com/2009/09/28/godaddy-spots-a-new-domain-trend-registering-your-homes-street-address-is-this-the-secret-to-selling-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-19975 stephen douglas Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:36:52 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=5498#comment-19975 Hi Mike, This article, although interesting, is like saying: "the logging industry is buying up land where they're cutting the trees down." The real estate industry should have been the FIRST offline industry to embrace domain investing, and they're among the last to respond. And this is their answer? Register the street addresses of the homes they're trying to sell? Once the home sells, who gets the domain name? Is it included in the purchase by the new home buyers? If not, so much for privacy. Real estate brokers just don't get it. They should be buying geo-specific domains related to property, a la Elliot's Burbank.com, and CCIN.com, some of the best among the top geo domain builders. Hi Mike,

This article, although interesting, is like saying: “the logging industry is buying up land where they’re cutting the trees down.”

The real estate industry should have been the FIRST offline industry to embrace domain investing, and they’re among the last to respond. And this is their answer? Register the street addresses of the homes they’re trying to sell? Once the home sells, who gets the domain name? Is it included in the purchase by the new home buyers? If not, so much for privacy.

Real estate brokers just don’t get it. They should be buying geo-specific domains related to property, a la Elliot’s Burbank.com, and CCIN.com, some of the best among the top geo domain builders.

]]> By: Worlds Best Domain Names http://www.thedomains.com/2009/09/28/godaddy-spots-a-new-domain-trend-registering-your-homes-street-address-is-this-the-secret-to-selling-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-19973 Worlds Best Domain Names Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:36:56 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=5498#comment-19973 Nice article... If there is a will there is a domain! It is nice to see the Real Estate Industry starting to get crawling again. Think I should go ahead and develop LocalRealEstateOptions.com now that things are picking up a bit? Nice article…

If there is a will there is a domain!

It is nice to see the Real Estate Industry starting to get crawling again. Think I should go ahead and develop LocalRealEstateOptions.com now that things are picking up a bit?

]]> By: Black Hat Domainer http://www.thedomains.com/2009/09/28/godaddy-spots-a-new-domain-trend-registering-your-homes-street-address-is-this-the-secret-to-selling-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-19968 Black Hat Domainer Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:33:11 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=5498#comment-19968 We all know domain registrations trend has been going south, but this is desperate Bob. Do you really think we would buy this? We all know domain registrations trend has been going south, but this is desperate Bob.
Do you really think we would buy this?

]]> By: MHB http://www.thedomains.com/2009/09/28/godaddy-spots-a-new-domain-trend-registering-your-homes-street-address-is-this-the-secret-to-selling-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-19958 MHB Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:51:28 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=5498#comment-19958 Steve I don't know if they would have any trademark rights to their address, nor any legal grounds to fight use but it could be interesting. More likely, what if your like me and live in a condo and registered your address? Steve

I don’t know if they would have any trademark rights to their address, nor any legal grounds to fight use but it could be interesting.

More likely, what if your like me and live in a condo and registered your address?

]]> By: Rob Sequin http://www.thedomains.com/2009/09/28/godaddy-spots-a-new-domain-trend-registering-your-homes-street-address-is-this-the-secret-to-selling-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-19957 Rob Sequin Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:48:48 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=5498#comment-19957 I noticed this in May 2008 when two houses near me were for sale. Here are some pictures of two different realtors using the domain in their sign. Good idea but didn't help sell the houses. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/05-16-08.htm I noticed this in May 2008 when two houses near me were for sale. Here are some pictures of two different realtors using the domain in their sign.

Good idea but didn’t help sell the houses.

http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/05-16-08.htm

]]> By: Steve M http://www.thedomains.com/2009/09/28/godaddy-spots-a-new-domain-trend-registering-your-homes-street-address-is-this-the-secret-to-selling-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-19954 Steve M Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:15:03 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=5498#comment-19954 . . . and consider this: Might homeowners have trademark and/or other IP/legal rights in domains of their address? Before you answer, consider how you'd feel if someone registered your address and posted hurtful statements about you and/or your family on it? Or pornography? . . . and consider this:

Might homeowners have trademark and/or other IP/legal rights in domains of their address?

Before you answer, consider how you’d feel if someone registered your address and posted hurtful statements about you and/or your family on it? Or pornography?

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