Comments on: The Trademark Typo Linkdin.com Sells For 22K at SnapNames.com

By: Natan

Natan — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:34:36 +0000

I have foursquare.com typos. There are many Foursqaure websites. I’d sell. Wonder what it would fetch.

By: Mr T

Mr T — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:22:33 +0000

If a complaint is filed they can always say LinkDin.com is a “norwegian” domain which translates into “Link Your Dot Com”

By: Dropped Domains

Dropped Domains — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:27:57 +0000

This domain will make $100 + easily on any given day

By: Isaac

Isaac — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:13:40 +0000

Dudes what is for me 22 K is like 2 bucks for you, so do not try to understand this biz because you are somewhere else and you will not get it anyway, K ? and thanks

By: xorgate

xorgate — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:45:32 +0000

thanks mhb.

you wrote: “the seller fails to pay”
did you mean if the *buyer* fails to pay?

i am not a participant in these auctions and it appears i was missing something obvious. you’ve given me an idea for some new research.

By: John Berryhill

John Berryhill — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:39:07 +0000

Great name for a social networking site for cybersquatters.

It’s like those online “sex offender” registries.

Am I the only person who realizes that public sex offender registries allow all of the child molesters to hook up and organize?

Figure… Joe X is busted for possession of child pornography. The sex offender registry lets him find Jim Y in order to share material and tips on not getting caught.

By: MHB

MHB — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:40:41 +0000

Xorgate

On Snapnames.com or namejet.com if the sale is not completed because the buyer fails to pay they re-auction off the domain.

It seems to happen on NameJet.com more then Snap IMHO.

In snaps case well less than .1% of the auctions I’m involved with

On namejet.com I would say 5-10% maybe of domains that sell for $10K or more

By: MHB

MHB — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:37:30 +0000

Daryl

I personally don’t see typo trademarks domain selling for $20K “everyday” on Namejet or Snap.

I see them rarely sell at that price and that’s why its news.

If you know of other recent such sales that you followed feel free to post a few.

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BreakingNewsBlog.us for CNN FOX CBS NBC NYT ABC — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:35:05 +0000

if the domain’s owner is an expert domainer surely hasn’t paid so much without be sure to earn a profit in some ways

By: xorgate

xorgate — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:52:20 +0000

i honestly wonder if each and every one of these “sales” that are so often mentioned here and on other sites are actually *consummated*. this is not exactly sothebys. what happens if things do not move forward after the “sale”? with an illegitimate domain name like this one, would the buyer even consider trying to enforce the sale? one could argue it should be void for illegality or policy reasons. i’m sure others have asked this sort of question, but i have not seen any answers. and i see list after list of these purported “sales”. personally, given the circumstances of some, perhaps most, of these transactions (e.g. anonymous buyer and seller who may never see each other face to face) i think there needs to be a further level of verification than simply the inherently self-interested statements of the auctioneer. show me some documentary proof that “$22K” or at least the ownership of the domain name has in due course passed from party A to party B (might they be the same party? how can we know?). otherwise i file these lists of sales under spurious/hype.

note i am *not* questioning every sale (certainly some, and maybe all, are consummated), but i am questioning the ability to easily *confirm* the consummation of any given sale. caveat emptor.