Typosquatting

J111000110000111 · Jul 9, 2019

Hi,

I read everything I could find from this forum on typo-squatting. Unfortunately I didn't I didn't get enough information
- I have a business registered in the European Union. We make a living out of affiliate advertising.
- Some companies are okay with us doing brand bidding on adwords and that's a nice part of our revenue. We started to bid on some typos too.
- I thought I could also buy some domains. If for instance we sell traffic to bestponyingermany.com, we could buy bestponiingermany.com and sell the traffic to them or to their competitors.

Why this is not a common practice?
Would selling traffic to their competitors legally problematic?
What kind of problems I could run into?

Regards

Willox Perez · Jul 10, 2019

Even though it seems to be a great way to gain that extra traffic and make money by selling it directly to the domain owner with correct spelling or competitors, you will run into legal issues. See below:

"Using misspelled domain names for profit, commonly known as typosquatting, was made illegal in the United States by the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) in 1999. ... Facebook's case was initially filed in 2011, however ICANN's process would not have allowed the company to receive monetary damages"

You may get away with it for a while but eventually they will be on to you and take legal action. The way i see this method as well as trademark domain techniques is similar to being a drug dealer. You will make a ton of money and maybe get away with it for a while but eventually you will get caught and go to prison.

- Will

J111000110000111 · Jul 17, 2019

Willox Perez said:
Even though it seems to be a great way to gain that extra traffic and make money by selling it directly to the domain owner with correct spelling or competitors, you will run into legal issues. See below:

"Using misspelled domain names for profit, commonly known as typosquatting, was made illegal in the United States by the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) in 1999. ... Facebook's case was initially filed in 2011, however ICANN's process would not have allowed the company to receive monetary damages"

You may get away with it for a while but eventually they will be on to you and take legal action. The way i see this method as well as trademark domain techniques is similar to being a drug dealer. You will make a ton of money and maybe get away with it for a while but eventually you will get caught and go to prison.

- Will

Thank you for your answer, Will.
As I mentioned in my first message, my business is registered in the EU. Would i be still affected by the ACPA?

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