Tactic

domaingenius · Aug 27, 2008

I have a .com domain and I see that recently a large rich company have regged the .net. How would it be viewed, in a UDRP, if I was to write and say along the lines "...I noticed that you have registered the domain name xyz.net and
since I own xyz.com I wonder if you would like to sell your domain to me ....?".

Could that be twisted around and them plead that I was in fact trying to sell them the .com ? John ,anyone ,what do you think.

DG

Theo · Aug 27, 2008

What happens if they respond with "sure, we will sell it"?

domaingenius · Aug 27, 2008

Acro said:
What happens if they respond with "sure, we will sell it"?

I'll offer a tenner.

DG

flamewalker · Aug 28, 2008

Offering to buy THEIR domain imo should be fine... just don't offer to sell yours, and make sure you dont infringe any tm's they may have!

Sonny Banks · Aug 28, 2008

Send them a letter where you say you are a lawyer and they obligated to transfer the domain to you for free :lol:

msn · Aug 28, 2008

Consider using a third party - a broker :smilewinkgrin: - who is not linked directly to you so that you do not create potential issues down the road. Larger corporate acquirers use a dual layer approach to very quietly go out and purchase target domain names.

Since you already tagged the .net company as "rich" and you are a member here, they may have already decided the domain is not a priority and may simply wait you out or simply use their .net as a market tag and nothing more.

If you find out that they own x number of similar domains in y number of markets, then you have something cooking. Either way, tread carefully and either use a broker - ahem - or avail yourself of some of the good lawyers on this board. The investment is worthwhile.