tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10642706.post61025983520682316..comments2024-02-25T03:52:26.176-06:00Comments on Signalwriter: Dear HugeDomains.com: $995 is Too Much for this Blog Name – Ya Pirates.Richard Laurence Baronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971141017467268455noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10642706.post-28706405637218486842011-12-10T01:35:46.484-06:002011-12-10T01:35:46.484-06:00I too have had the misfortune of trying to deal wi...I too have had the misfortune of trying to deal with this company. Reports that I have seen elsewhere that indicate they are willing to negotiate are BS in my view. Huge domains will not negotiate full stop, in fact they are likely to raise the asking price if you make an offer.<br /><br />I thik that there is very little difference between the domain resellers and a person scalping tickets to a concert, both should be illegal.<br /><br />IMHO this is not a legitimate business model its simply holding legitimate domain users to ransom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10642706.post-42762185998157046682011-12-09T20:18:54.937-06:002011-12-09T20:18:54.937-06:00I noticed they picked up 8 names I let expire, app...I noticed they picked up 8 names I let expire, appears they sweep up any name thats just expired thats at least a year old. Got to love this one "Glossary.com Only $7,500,000". This extreme squatting BS should be prohibited by ICANN. Come on, they sweep up recently expired names for $7 dollars then try to sell them between $2000 and up, all way to millions for doing nothing.hotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16597172265209170672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10642706.post-50379523694501491732011-06-06T11:33:34.768-05:002011-06-06T11:33:34.768-05:00Thanks for the note, Andrew. Even a year and a hal...Thanks for the note, Andrew. Even a year and a half later, the pirates still have the Signalwriter offer up - same price. (May their camels suffer from flies extravagantly!)Richard Laurence Baronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971141017467268455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10642706.post-33684807003919586792011-06-06T08:07:26.589-05:002011-06-06T08:07:26.589-05:00I just wrote a scathing note on this elsewhere, af...I just wrote a scathing note on this elsewhere, after a blogger's tale of getting a "deal" from these guys. Awful. Interesting Q, though: How is buying domains you don't intend to use different from placing trademarks you have no use for? I know there are businesses doing both. Pricing intangibles is an interesting concept.<br /><br />I have no love for the squatters (actually not an apt term - squatters usually intend to use the land they seize) and am amused they seem to *be* sleazy as well.Andrew W. Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589489164971617930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10642706.post-26279879846697436752010-07-26T07:41:20.754-05:002010-07-26T07:41:20.754-05:00The above guys, not the blogger, are very naive.The above guys, not the blogger, are very naive.Ron Jacksonhttp://www.DNJournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10642706.post-2637989863525057402009-12-29T13:05:19.174-06:002009-12-29T13:05:19.174-06:00Thanks Richard,
A belated MC and an HNY to you an...Thanks Richard,<br /><br />A belated MC and an HNY to you and your family as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10642706.post-12609606610787455462009-12-28T07:19:09.057-06:002009-12-28T07:19:09.057-06:00Sure enough, Anonymous - pathetic. But see my comm...Sure enough, Anonymous - pathetic. But see my comments in the post re capitalism. MC/HNY!Richard Laurence Baronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971141017467268455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10642706.post-40181072918965824752009-12-28T00:25:15.663-06:002009-12-28T00:25:15.663-06:00I wanted to purchase a name from one of these &quo...I wanted to purchase a name from one of these "squatters" (buydomains.com), made a reasonable offer, and they came back with an unreasonable offer. I said no, and moved on...<br /><br />Six years later (they bought it in '03 I offered in '04), the site I wanted still has ZERO traffic, is still for sale, and is of no interest to anyone (barely was of interest to me, & like 8 tracks is obsolete now), and 6 years later and I still have one of those clowns now offering what I was willing to pay to begin with (now I am not even willing to pay registration fees if they even drop it). One would think that after 3-4 years, maybe it's a good indication that nobody will buy it...but I guess not...<br /><br />There are very few names that are going to fetch a boatload (which is their hope), and 00758.com (?$2,495? R U kidding me) isn't one of them, and neither is 99.9% of the names for sale on hugedomains.com (I mean really CholestrolMedication.com $19,995.00) who is going to pay that? Do they even know who their target audience is?<br /><br />They are pathetic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10642706.post-82342202600261307362009-11-24T08:05:35.849-06:002009-11-24T08:05:35.849-06:00In Internet parlance, the term is not pirate but s...In Internet parlance, the term is not pirate but squatter. And yes...domain squatters are a HUGE problem. If you have the trademark/brand, you can petition for the release of the domain to you under the ICANN domain name dispute policy:<br /> http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/udrp.htm<br /><br />Essentially, the regulations state that if a domain name owner has done nothing with its domain and you have built the trademark or brand, you have more of a right to the domain than they do, even if they did spend the initial money to buy it. With your ownership of the trademark, it’s pretty much a done deal to take it back. Just requires filling out the forms and such.Neil Fusillohttp://neil.rustedmetal.comnoreply@blogger.com