information DomainMarket.com/Mike Mann’s Domains

[Arca]

Domains owned by Mike Mann, listed for sale at Domain Market:
GoogleMicrosoft.com
MicrosoftSystems.com
MicrosoftBrowser.com
MicrosoftInstaller.com
MicrosoftTech.com
GoogleOptimization.com
RankingOnGoogle.com
GetOnGoogle.com
GoogleAnalysis.com
GoogleTranslates.com
GoogleGrass.com
GoogleAnalyzer.com
GoogleAnalyticsTraining.com
RollsRoyceDealership.com
ToyotaExperience.com
ToyotaCup.com
ToyotaIndustrial.com
MercedesTrucks.com
MarlboroMarket.com
PepsiCup.com
SiemensElectric.com
SiemensElectrical.com
VerizonSupport.com
BudweiserBlog.com
VolkswagenTuning.com
MasterCardProcessing.com
iPhoneRadio.com
iPhoneReport.com
iPhoneCompany.com
iPhoneHeadsets.com
iPhoneAppsGames.com
iTunesi.com
iPodA.com
iPodDesign.com
iPodServices.com
iPodTouches.com
OculusVirtualReality.com
Photoshopa.com
YoutubeHits.com
YoutubePartnership.com
YoutubeCommunity.com
FedexWatch.com
FerrariLimousine.com
iPadUpdates.com
iPadEasy.com
iPadMovies.com
iPadWebDesign.com
SamsungZone.com
PorschePower.com
PayPalLA.com
Wikipedians.com
ProPorsche.com
OfficialDonaldTrump.com
SonyBluRay.com
FacebookServices.com
FacebookCommerce.com
FacebookAdverts.com
FacebookStrategy.com
WordpressCollege.com
WordpressManagement.com
WordPressCommunity.com
HomeRealtor.com
MarylandRealtor.com
FloridaHomeRealtor.com
EastBayRealtors.com
NikeHuarache.com
SkypeYou.com
SkypeTranslator.com
TheLinkedin.com
LinkedinProfiles.com
PlaystationE.com
eBayShipper.com
eBayApps.com
eBayRatings.com

 

[Asfas1000]

Even Estibot has a TM check, and they are rel small, how can someone with 300,000 domains not check for the most obvious TMs.......when they are immediately faced with a UDRP ? Let's be serious now

 

[Haris]

Even Estibot has a TM check, and they are rel small, how can someone with 300,000 domains not check for the most obvious TMs.......when they are immediately faced with a UDRP ? Let's be serious now

He wants us to talk about him.

 

[Arca]

He could take a list of the top 100-200 brands in the world, and in less than one hour he could weed out most of the names I listed above from his portfolio. Instead he renews them for years and continue to add more TM names to his portfolio. Don't think for a second that he is doing this unintentionally because his dropcatching software regged them for him.

Somebody that does not intend to cybersquat is not going to own that many TM names. He even regged more facebook names after losing an UDRP against them!

And his TM names are so contextually relevant that there seems to have gone some human thought into a lot of them. The TM word is often coupled with a word from the same industry as the TM.

 

[Haris]

I remember reading this article when I started domaining..

https://www.cnet.com/news/meet-the-mann-who-registered-14962-domains-in-24-hours/

Meet the 'Mann' who registered 14,962 domains in 24 hours

The date of domaininvesting.com article is March 25, 2011

The date of the above cnet.com article is April 21, 2012

"I'm just really greedy," said Mann, a man no one would describe as modest. "I want to own the world."

he's been buying an average of 300 names a day and selling them through his company, DomainMarket.com. That business, he said, brings in about $400,000 a month

So how did he do it? Part software power, part human power. He starts with a tool built in-house that, among other things, sifts through Google-friendly keywords, looks at traffic potential, filters out obvious trademark violators, and then ranks and scores possible names. Then comes the human part.

"We have a filter, but I'm the world's most efficient human filter for this sort of thing," said Mann, true to form. "I don't think anyone can read huge lists of domain names as quickly as I can and understand what they're reading. I'm a pattern reader. It's a huge pain in the ass, but it's what I do for a living."

Then the machines take over. "The robot just goes to the registrars -- buy, buy, buy," he said.

 

[xn--v4h.com]

BIG problem. As trademark holders, these companies are supposed to enforce them or be at risk of losing them. Sometimes Microsoft would allow training companies to use Excel trainers (they also own the trademark Excel) but that helps them make money. I doubt these companies would view domainers who profit from their names in good light, nor should they if they want to keep their trademarks.

 

[Arca]

Nearly all the domain blogs write up a new article every time Mann reports sales, 1-3 forum threads take off as well, and the NP blog also covers his sales. I have never seen any of the domain blogs take issue with his blatant cybersquatting, and if they really found it problematic, they wouldn't be covering his every move like he is a true leader of this industry. Mike Mann tweets or posts something on his Facebook page, the domain blogs treat it as news. And on NP, I've only seen two NP members calling him out on this on multiple occasions.

When Mann is constantly given so much positive press coverage and attention, it normalizes his approach to domaining and make it seem perfectly fine (yet everyone would rip into a newbie who intended to profit from the kinds of names Mann own, and tear them a new one if they refuse to change their ways - what's the difference when Mann tries to profit off microsoft/google/sony/facebook/samsung/etc. TMs year after year?). Mann would not be covered in the way he is if people had a problem with his approach to domaining.

The domain industry legitimizes Mann’s cybersquatting, as the domain blogs (“industry thought leaders”) and domainers do not take a strong stance against it. Instead there are new articles and threads praising his sales every other week. When there is such a consensus about his approach to domaining, his behavior comes to be seen as acceptable and normal.

 

[Arca]

BIG problem. As trademark holders, these companies are supposed to enforce them or be at risk of losing them.

Why are you putting the onus on the victims of cybersquatting?

The issue here is not that Microsoft has not sued Mike Mann yet, it's that Mike Mann owns a bunch of microsoft domains in the first place.

 

[xn--v4h.com]

I was not able to find a single big global brand TM domain among their inventory. This is so easy to avoid! Just create a blacklist filter and add all the big brands like google and microsoft to it.

However, Mike Mann actively cybersquats, so he will not do that: In 2013 he LOST an UDRP against Facebook, and he was ordered to transfer the domains he was cybersquatting to facebook:
aboutfacebook.com
facebookbabes.com
facebookcheats.com
facebookclub.com
facebookdevelopment.com
facebookfest.com
facebookintegration.com
facebookjournal.com
facebookking.com
facebookland.com
facebooksafety.com
facebookstudio.com
facebookstuff.com
freefacebookapps.com
friendsonfacebook.com
fundraisingwithfacebook.com
joinusonfacebook.com
killfacebook.com
moneyfromfacebook.com
moneywithfacebook.com
newfacebookapplication.com

What did Mike Mann do? Did he stop doing this, or at least stop cybersquatting the facebook mark?

No he did not, he went out and bought more Facebook domains!:
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Wow

 

[xn--v4h.com]

Why are you putting the onus on the victims of cybersquatting?

The issue here is not that Microsoft has not sued Mike Mann yet, it's that Mike Mann owns a bunch of microsoft domains in the first place.

I'm not putting anything on anyone. I'm saying that's what the US Trademark office clearly states:
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/enforcing-trademark-rights-29902.html
http://www.hayes-soloway.com/policing-and-enforcing-trademarks
If they don't defend and enforce, you have dilution and that's bad for them.

 

[tonyk2000]

When Mann is constantly given so much positive press coverage and attention

Does everybody open/read all "Mike does it again" and similar threads on this forum? I'd say it is unlikely. Tracking individual sales of any domainer is a timewaste (imho).

 

[ValleyRock]

It's automated, like HugeDomains.

Probably.

highly probable.

 

[urlurl]

Yeah, he owns GoogleMicrosoft.com since 2010. Could've given the domain for free to either company. Could've let it expire. Risk/reward maybe...

maybe that's why he still owns it - neither (google or microsoft) company can claim an exclusive TM and neither company would be allowed to own it - its kind of funny if you think about it

 

[johname]

I would think Google and Microsoft could co UPRP it, then agree to a third party brand protection company keeping off the shelf indefinitely.

 

[championshipforum]

This guy blows his own trumpet all over social media on how he he's the only real marketplace with real appraisals LOL.

 

[fatter]

Cant US companies sue for damages of up to 100k for cybersquatting if they prove damages, for each violation?

 

[shopman]

maybe that's why he still owns it - neither (google or microsoft) company can claim an exclusive TM and neither company would be allowed to own it - its kind of funny if you think about it

I was just thinking of the same. Who between Google and Microsoft files the UDRP for GoogleMicrosoft.com? This was perhaps a kind of intentional practical joke on the trademark holders.

 

[Arca]

maybe that's why he still owns it - neither (google or microsoft) company can claim an exclusive TM and neither company would be allowed to own it - its kind of funny if you think about it

I would think Google and Microsoft could co UPRP it, then agree to a third party brand protection company keeping off the shelf indefinitely.

Aside from GoogleMicrosoft.com, Google can still go after the more straightforward:
GoogleOptimization.com
GoogleAnalysis.com
GoogleUniverse.com
GoogleAnalyzer.com
GoogleGods.com
GoogleTranslates.com
GoogleGrass.com
googleanalyticstraining.com
GooglePartners.com
GooglePublisher.com
GoogleGaming.com
Googlehead.com
RankingOnGoogle.com
GoogleServer.com
GetOnGoogle.com
GoogleGrant.com
GooglePlusStrategy.com
googledoogle.com
GooglePlusTools.com
GoogleKiller.com
GoogleGod.com
GoogleGeneration.com
GoogleAppsDeveloper.com
OccupyGoogle.com
BeyondGoogle.com

And Microsoft can go after:
MicrosoftConsulting.com
MicrosoftBrowser.com
EverythingMicrosoft.com
MicrosoftSystems.com
MicrosoftInstaller.com
Microsofttech.com
MicrosoftLabs.com
DownloadMicrosoftWord.com
MicrosoftCertifiedPartner.com

 

[Arca]

This guy blows his own trumpet all over social media on how he he's the only real marketplace with real appraisals LOL.

Mike Mann's appraisals:

GoogleOptimization.com $94,888
GoogleAnalysis.com $50,000
SiemensElectric.com $29,888
FacebookFamily.com $49,888
FacebookStrategy.com $29,888
PlaystationE.com $94,888

Does anybody think these appraisals are accurate?

 

[Arca]

I was just thinking of the same. Who between Google and Microsoft files the UDRP for GoogleMicrosoft.com? This was perhaps a kind of intentional practical joke on the trademark holders.

Wouldn't surprise me. DomainMarket.com's business email address is not [email protected]. It's [email protected].

Definitions of the expression “who's your daddy?”:
- An assertion that one is the master in a relationship.
- Said to express pride in your power or authority
- The partner who plays the dominant or masculine role in a homosexual relationship
- It is also sometimes used as a derogatory claim of sexual dominance of a man over a woman or another man

 

[Haris]

Wouldn't surprise me. DomainMarket.com's business email address is not [email protected]. It's [email protected].

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Definitions of the expression “who's your daddy?”:
- An assertion that one is the master in a relationship.
- Said to express pride in your power or authority
- The partner who plays the dominant or masculine role in a homosexual relationship
- It is also sometimes used as a derogatory claim of sexual dominance of a man over a woman or another man

lmao

 

[Asfas1000]

Mike Mann's appraisals:

GoogleOptimization.com $94,888
GoogleAnalysis.com $50,000
SiemensElectric.com $29,888
FacebookFamily.com $49,888
FacebookStrategy.com $29,888
PlaystationE.com $94,888

Does anybody think these appraisals are accurate?

The respective buyers can afford them ha ha !

 

[ProDomanico]

Mike has some fat wallet, he just spends money... on anything he feels he can own :D its could be google, microsoft, verizon

 

[Josytal]

MikeLionHeart.com

 

[wormfood]

https://www.thedomains.com/2013/04/...ldings-loses-21-facebook-domains-in-one-udrp/
"didn’t even respond"

 

[Haykay2005]

I was not able to find a single big global brand TM domain among their inventory. This is so easy to avoid! Just create a blacklist filter and add all the big brands like google and microsoft to it.

However, Mike Mann actively cybersquats, so he will not do that: In 2013 he LOST an UDRP against Facebook, and he was ordered to transfer the domains he was cybersquatting to facebook:
aboutfacebook.com
facebookbabes.com
facebookcheats.com
facebookclub.com
facebookdevelopment.com
facebookfest.com
facebookintegration.com
facebookjournal.com
facebookking.com
facebookland.com
facebooksafety.com
facebookstudio.com
facebookstuff.com
freefacebookapps.com
friendsonfacebook.com
fundraisingwithfacebook.com
joinusonfacebook.com
killfacebook.com
moneyfromfacebook.com
moneywithfacebook.com
newfacebookapplication.com

What did Mike Mann do? Did he stop doing this, or at least stop cybersquatting the facebook mark?

No he did not, he went out and bought more Facebook domains!:
Show attachment 64143

Facebookfamily.. Lol