How
successful is our staff at capturing domains? We
will only contact you if we are already fairly sure that we will
successfully capture a domain. Our current success rate is
99%.
Why would a speculator be interested in my
domain? Whether you agree or disagree with the
rights and wrongs of domain speculation, it has become a
multi-billion dollar marketplace. Most of these domains are
reregistered less than 1 second after they expire because of the
generic value of the domain, the personal value, or the traffic
value.
A company that we recently consulted accidentally let their domain
expire and are looking at paying $1300 minimum to buy the domain
from the cyber squatter or to pursue a domain dispute. So, if you
think that people won't have any interest in your domain, and
you'll just wait and register it yourself, you could be wrong.
Cyber squatters will register the domain within a second of it
expiring just to turn around and sell it to you. 99% of the
time, we can grab the domain first.
If I own the trademark, can't I just sue the
speculator to obtain the domain? Not if your
trademark contains generic words. Generic word trademarks can
only be trademarked for use in a non-generic, specific way.
For example, a company owns the trademark for FIRST LINE THERAPY
for its use in educational material and seminars related to health
and nutrition. Our staff successfully captured and sold
firstlinetherapy.com for approximately $2000. We did not
infringe on the company's trademark simply because we did not offer
any educational material or seminars related to health and
nutirition. First Line Therapy is a generic term. Most
cybersquatters who infringe on trademarks conceal their identity or
reside outside of the United States, so who will you sue?
It will cost you a minimum of $1500 to file a dispute on a domain
name. It's best to obtain the domain now, while you can,
rather than wait and sue, which has no guarantee of
success.
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If domain speculation is so easy,
why don't I just start my own business? There is a
steep learning curve. We lost thousands and thousands of
dollars the first month we started speculating. Many, many
months later, we now use custom, specialized software that keeps us
out of the red. If you're interested in licensing our
software, please inquire about it.
What size budget should I have to acquire a premium domain name?
The minimum recommended starting budget is $1000 US.
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