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Evicting Domain Cybersquaters

October 17, 2013November 2, 2009 by nicholas

Do you run a business that holds a trademark? Have
you gone to yourbusiness.com, only to find someone else has registered
the domain? If the domain is parked or is for sale, this may be what is known as
‘cybersquatting’.

Cybersquatting is where someone registers a domain
name they know is (or contains) a trademark, with the intent of selling it to
the trademark holder at an inflated price. Cybersquatting also includes any
other bad faith intent to profit from the use of a domain, containing a
trademark. There are practices similar to cybersquatting, such as typosquatting,
which is registering variants of popular trademarks or typos of trademarks
(hence the name).

Renting & Leasing Domain Names

October 17, 2013October 27, 2009 by nicholas

There are several
ways to make money from domain names. The most well know methods are domain
parking, and obviously selling domain names. But if you have a portfolio
containing generic domain names, you may have a third option, known as ‘domain
leasing’ or ‘domain renting’.

Domain leasing allows you to generate
revenue from your domain, while still holding on to the rights. This can be a
great option if you suspect that your domain name is going to appreciate in
the next few years and you are not yet ready to sell.

What Is Domain Parking ?

October 17, 2013October 20, 2009 by nicholas

Domain buying and selling has for long been a very profitable business. If a domainer (person who buys and sells domain names for a living) is lucky enough to buy a domain at the right time, predicting the upcoming trends, they could sell it for an astronomical profit. For example, the domain Candy.com recently sold for 3 million US dollars.

What does selling domain have to do with ‘Domain Parking’?
There are two kind of domain parking: monetized and non-monetized. The latter is a simple ‘Coming Soon…’ message displayed on the page. But what I am talking about is the former, which is where a domain owner converts traffic to a domain, into money. Most domain owners also offer the domain name for sale, and ‘park’ it while they wait for someone to offer the right price.

What is ‘Whois’?

October 17, 2013October 20, 2009 by nicholas

If you have been using the Internet for a while, you may have heard the word ‘whois’.
But what is it? What does it do?

Whois is basically an Internet function that allows you to query WHOIS databases for domain registration information. If you want to contact a domain owner, it can help you find contact details.

By performing a whois search, you can get information like when and by whom a domain was registered, contact name and e-mail, when it expires and what name servers the domain is pointed to. If you are interested in purchasing a parked domain, for example, this can help you find a contact e-mail address.