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- Pepin, on 11/05/2009, -0/+30Uhhh... what's going on in that thumbnail?
- oneups, on 11/05/2009, -0/+28Psshhh... just make sure you never search for available domains at networksolutions, if its available, they'll register it before you get a chance and then charge you 5 to 10 times the going rate
at least that's what happened to me - phpld, on 11/05/2009, -0/+20Somehow this doesn't surprise me. I remember trying to help a lady who had accidentally allowed her dance studio domain to expire, and she got very stressed, had to call her lawyer, etc. It's a dance studio. They don't make that much money. It sucks when the deck is stacked against people so unfairly.
- bkdeamon, on 11/05/2009, -0/+19What has a guy stroking a horse got to do with domain name auctions?
- legendxx, on 11/05/2009, -0/+12Take your spam and get out. Reported.
- avianeddy, on 11/05/2009, -1/+10Companies (or individuals) shouldn't be allowed to register THOUSANDS of domains. It's obvious that they wouldn't be USING them but rather selling them and creating an artificially-inflated market, or worse: illegal practices like here.
This is *****, there ought to be a limit to the amount of domains you can register. - jeffwmartin, on 11/05/2009, -0/+6I've had that happen too. I was considering a few different domain names for a project I was working on and searched and had a list of available ones. The next day half of them were registered.
- Bobby1978, on 11/05/2009, -2/+8We're diggers, not women.
- iconnor, on 11/05/2009, -2/+8Trademarks trump domain names. If you want real protection - buy the trademark.
see: http://uspto.gov - CynicalTyler, on 11/05/2009, -0/+5He's hoping to snap up manhorselove.com when it expires.
- moulin1, on 11/05/2009, -0/+5It's not "inexcusable that they let this happen, and didn’t catch it for years". It's implausible and unbelievable. So one guy takes the blame, says he's sorry, SnapNames says oops and gets away scott free. They should refund 100% of their commission for every auctioned name since inception and, if they were the seller, 100% of the price. As it stands they made out very well and have every reason to continue doing it as soon as the heat is off.
- Brahstradamus, on 11/05/2009, -1/+5This has been going on for over a decade it's not news.
- iconnor, on 11/05/2009, -0/+4already done that before - the registry was USA based so was not an issue
- doublsh0t, on 11/05/2009, -0/+4I've generally seen a lot of these squatted pages, and this one company I keep coming across, "wynwyni" - or "what you need, when you need it" seems to own a huge amount of them, and they make a ton of money simply off of Google Adsense. Pisses me off. /rant
- avianeddy, on 11/05/2009, -0/+4what a tool
- rpatrick819, on 11/05/2009, -0/+4Hope that was sarcasm, haha.
- MySteamID, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3That's not real protection. Trademarks are country-specific, while domain names are global. Good luck trying to wrestle back your trademarked name from a squatter in another country.
- AndrewMoyer, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3Also always make sure to register domains yourself! Don't trust your ISP/web host to register a domain name for you if you have hosting through them.
This happened to me. I was going to buy "wowvault.com" (wanting to beat the other owners of *vault sites to the punch - I was actually going to build the site though, not just squat it). I submitted my order through a shoddy web form on my ISP's website and it said it would be registered soon. A few days passed and I got no response, I inquired a few times, and next thing I know, the domain was registered by somebody else with private info. I believe it was too fishy to just be a coincidence. I just looked at the site and it's parked at a squatter site. What a waste. - aizvek, on 11/05/2009, -1/+4@oneups lol godaddy sells searched domain names for sure. Yahoo small business domain check is the only one I trust.
- nepidae, on 11/05/2009, -1/+3The domain name business should never have been created.
- R3publican, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Pinyan
- darkened, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2I mean the domain holding market in general, these people were through shill bidding but that also I believe fall under fraud, which would be illegal.
- scooterbaga, on 11/05/2009, -0/+1Horsey!
- jsuther, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1So you'd prefer to go to http://64.191.203.30 for your news?
- darkened, on 11/05/2009, -4/+5/shrug
People need to manage their businesses. The only thing I don't agree with is when courts force people to return the domain names. If you let them expire, it's expired period. Also every single service sends you numerous emails as your domain approaches expiration.
I feel no sympathy for people that this occurs to. - pharmokan, on 11/05/2009, -1/+2agreed.
- darkened, on 11/05/2009, -1/+2They are not artificially inflating the market, they are making the domains equal the value they are. It's pointless to create rules like that since then a company will just have 100s of shell companies or all the domain purchases will be made by individual employees in the companies and reimbursed. Or they will conscript agents to do the actual purchases for them and pay them a small commission on it.
- FunFactor100, on 11/05/2009, -0/+1I got an email from SnapNames yesterday about this. They are refunding money to people who bought domains where this guy was involved.
- FunFactor100, on 11/05/2009, -1/+2I don't like the practice...but they are certainly using the names...just not how some people would like to see them used. The issue of people owning multiple domains and just parking them with paid links is one thing.....but I think the bigger issue is how some obtain those domain names with unfair advantages such as tasting and front running.
- avianeddy, on 11/05/2009, -0/+1this whole article PROVES how artificially-inflated it can be.... shill bidding IS inflating a price artifcially... :-/
- FunFactor100, on 11/05/2009, -1/+2How about property? Should companies (or individuals) not be allowed to own THOUSANDS of homes? It's not like they can LIVE in all those homes.
Having an inside advantage to obtain domain names....now that's wrong. - avianeddy, on 11/05/2009, -1/+1thats an entirely different argument
- stasis88, on 11/05/2009, -0/+0I have had a few people have this happen with register.com too. I wouldn't trust "reputable" places either. Just try going to the URL first, usually there will be at least something there like a parked page if someone owns it. Don't do your checks with a domain register until you are for sure ready to buy.
- JoeF8577, on 11/05/2009, -2/+1NO U!
- oneups, on 11/05/2009, -3/+1yeah, i always check somewhere reputable now, like godaddy or domainbank
- DallasCowboys94, on 11/05/2009, -13/+8What is this ***** at the top of DIGG now?? Stop with the LOST clock countdowns and let people digg ***** on their own.
- Kyan, on 11/05/2009, -21/+4It's quiet in here and should stay that way.
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