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Old 10-03-2005, 11:39 AM THREAD STARTER               #1 (permalink)
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Worth to register a famous site's .net version?


Is it worth it to register a famous site's .net domain? Possible trademark issues?

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Old 10-03-2005, 11:41 AM   #2 (permalink)
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If you don't have trademarks issue(I doubt), yes why not!
But if the webiste is not too famous i don't see any value
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If the site is too big, then they may sue you for using there copyrighted keyword.

If the site is not too big, then it has a little value. Anyways in this condition you may get some free hits.
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at least it is a heavy traffic site, otherwise i don't see much value on the .net version.
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if the site .com is down, some browsers jump to the .net version

......or maby its just me....so it may have traffic
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Old 10-03-2005, 03:52 PM   #6 (permalink)
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.net version usually worth about 75% of the .com version (from my experiences). Can be more if potentials are wider
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I would say ...if no trademark issues then you gotta jump on it
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keep in mind that if it is trademarked they can legally reverse hijack the domain from you..
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No matter the size or popularity of the site, if they are making money from it, and have some sort of identity, then they can sue you.
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Old 10-08-2005, 08:01 PM   #11 (permalink)
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If you ask me, all .net version of .coms = 80% of the original. (That's how I sold some of mine. at least)
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In my experience.. net versions of the .com are typically worth 30% or so...
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you may get sue....due to copyrights issue...as u c..if thats a really big...they will had bought all extensions for ther site...a example is google and yahoo site..
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Is it worth it to register a famous site's .net domain? Possible trademark issues?

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I'd reg it just for the traffic, but if you are going to resell, then avoid TM issues.
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why not? u can gain trafic with that domain...
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