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Then does anyone really need the exact domain
They can always use Nissan.cars or Nissan.xyz
Then does anyone really need the exact domain
I'm sorry but I have to strongly disagree with you on this point. Brand dot com is most important and keyword domains are just supplementary - to own a killer name. It's how the world works, brand names are registrable as trademarks, keywords and descriptive names are not. It's actually detrimental to a company to name themselves with a keyword domain in this regard.Moreover I think the quite opposite way: using "brand dot com" for company website is a bad choice if "keyword dot com" or "keyword dot something" is possible.
Having a website that contains information that people are looking for aka SEO and recommendations from people.With a website on "brand dot com", how can you reach those who didn't hear your brand
"you find pages and pages of articles on the Nissan Motor vs. Nissan Computer lawsuit, taught in business schools and law schools as one of the most notable domain cases from the age of the dotcom bubble." - WoW!It seems like $15M was asking price after he already lost millions on lawsuits.
Interesting article
https://jalopnik.com/uzi-nissan-spent-8-years-fighting-the-car-company-with-1822815832
I never liked their cars in the first place. So, pretty easy decision for me.After that crap they pulled with Uzi Nissan (they literally tried to bankrupt him using spurious lawsuits) I will never buy a Nissan-branded car and I know a lot of people in the IT sector who won't either. They have a really bad name for techies in the know, and a lot of people hope their head office gets swallowed by an act of God.
And it's no big deal to boycott this type of low-IQ internet bully corporation, as there is a lot of choice out there from other vendors.
Then does anyone really need the exact domain
They can always use Nissan.cars or Nissan.xyz
Other than the Z, I don't think there was ever a nissan that appealed to me.
I have been aware of this case for a long time and have always thought a buyout would have been a better ending.
Nissan really is a sleazy company - and ruthless. They arranged to have their non-Japanese president arrested and sent off to jail over Christmas for 3 months - without charges. And he still faces prison in Japan. This was the guy who saved them from bankruptcy.
Between that and the way they harassed Mr. Nissan for his domain name, I wouldn't even consider buying a Nissan car, but most people don't care about this stuff.
Japanese have never been big buyers of expensive domain names, despite what some here have claimed. And companies like Nissan will never give in and pay $10 million for Nissan.com. They would rather spend $20 million suing the guy.
I wonder if Nissan fired the people who would have been responsible for making sure they secure digital assets of their brand, like domains.
Japanese businessmen do have different philosophies than western businessmen. It's quite possible they simply view it as a disgrace that they have to "buy" their own brand name.
I'm sorry but I have to strongly disagree with you on this point. Brand dot com is most important and keyword domains are just supplementary - to own a killer name. It's how the world works, brand names are registrable as trademarks, keywords and descriptive names are not. It's actually detrimental to a company to name themselves with a keyword domain in this regard.
Having a website that contains information that people are looking for aka SEO and recommendations from people.