domains BarclaysBank.com begging for a UDRP or a good buy?

[equity78]

Good buy, Bad buy, Crazy buy? BarclaysBank.com sold for $3,003 on NameJet a couple days ago. Barclays is a British multinational investment bank and financial services company. One of the most powerful institutions in the world. Back in 2015 we wrote about Barclays redirecting their .com to .barclays. They said they would be transitioning away from the .com and the .co.uk. They said … [Read more...]

 

[Brian L.]

It’s not just Barclays. Chaseonline.com and quite a few other big bank related domains expired recently. It would be interesting to know if they all came from the same portfolio. Perhaps there was a UDRP and the respondent let their entire portfolio of bank related domains drop.

 

[equity78]

It’s not just Barclays. Chaseonline.com and quite a few other big bank related domains expired recently. It would be interesting to know if they all came from the same portfolio. Perhaps there was a UDRP and the respondent let their entire portfolio of bank related domains drop.

Barclays has filed many but never on this name.

 

[Brian L.]

Incidentally, dropcatch just picked up
chaseonline.com today.

 

[bmugford]

Someone has more dollars than sense.

Brad

 

[equity78]

It’s not just Barclays. Chaseonline.com and quite a few other big bank related domains expired recently. It would be interesting to know if they all came from the same portfolio. Perhaps there was a UDRP and the respondent let their entire portfolio of bank related domains drop.

The owner of ChaseOnline.com had every right to own the name.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200205084501/http://www.chaseonline.com/

 

[Brian L.]

The owner of ChaseOnline.com had every right to own the name.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200205084501/http://www.chaseonline.com/Show attachment 154744

Good point. At any rate, it’s up for auction now.

 

[Samer]

Dont mess around with UDRP...

Samer

 

[Brian L.]

Like Jaguar (.)org?

Anyone see TM problem with Car company?

“Bank” next to Barclay makes explicitly worse?

ChaseOnline (.)com? These all live auctions

(Chase Bank) How is Chaseonline bid in $xxx?

@equity78 does make a good point. If your name is Chase, you should be able to use chaseonline.com for anything non banking related. Jaguar.org could be used to represent the Jaguar cat. However Barclays and bank together clearly would infringe on a trademark.

 

[Samer]

@equity78 does make a good point. If your name is Chase, you should be able to use chaseonline.com for anything non banking related.

Always wanted to know, liked & agreed ur post

hsf changed edited post to not cause trouble...

Best of both world’s Thanks!

Samer

 

[equity78]

Roy just posted at TheDomains

roy e messer says

May 18, 2020 at 6:50 am

I tried multiple times to GIVE the name to Barclay and no one from the bank followed up on the transfer, thus, i let exprire.

 

[NickB]

It is forwarding to a scam affiliate site - Bitcoin Bank is a scam, do not get sucked in.....

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2019/11/beware-this-celebrity-bitcoin-scam/

 

[NickB]

no wonder they

1 - could afford it
2 - don't give 2 sh*ts about UDRP

 

[bmugford]

This domain is so egregious when it comes to infringement, I would just bypass UDRP and sue the owner in court. This is the type of thing that gives all domain investors a bad name.

Ones like Chase Online could have a generic use. As could one like Jaguar.org.
This one has zero generic use. The "Bank" part just makes it more infringing.

Brad

 

[equity78]

This domain is so egregious when it comes to infringement, I would just bypass UDRP and sue the owner in court. This is the type of thing that gives all domain investors a bad name.

Ones like Chase Online could have a generic use. As could one like Jaguar.org.
This one has zero generic use. The "Bank" part just makes it more infringing.

Brad

Then you get people Brad who say this (at TheDomains)

I love all the people here who, as usual, claim the buyer’s a sucker, that it’s not a good buy, and that it’s a slam dunk UDRP. The later may be true, but if the affiliate’s earning a $100+ CPA or high % rev share, it doesn’t take long to pay off $3,000. If the buyer can run their site for a few months between now and a UDRP, they stand to make more than they paid for the domain.

Have none of you done any affiliate marketing?

https://www.thedomains.com/2020/05/18/barclaysbank-com/#comment-262118

 

[bmugford]

Then you get people Brad who say this (at TheDomains)

I love all the people here who, as usual, claim the buyer’s a sucker, that it’s not a good buy, and that it’s a slam dunk UDRP. The later may be true, but if the affiliate’s earning a $100+ CPA or high % rev share, it doesn’t take long to pay off $3,000. If the buyer can run their site for a few months between now and a UDRP, they stand to make more than they paid for the domain.

Have none of you done any affiliate marketing?

https://www.thedomains.com/2020/05/18/barclaysbank-com/#comment-262118

(2) Brad's in the domain world is too many

That is just a ridiculous mindset IMO. You expose yourself to serious potential liability. I just don't see any defense of owning this type of domain.

The other examples given could have other legit uses. This one does not.

Brad

 

[jideofor]

It’s not just Barclays. Chaseonline.com and quite a few other big bank related domains expired recently. It would be interesting to know if they all came from the same portfolio. Perhaps there was a UDRP and the respondent let their entire portfolio of bank related domains drop.

A lot of names are dropping this period.

 

[equity78]

Again ChaseOnline.com was an appropriate use nothing to do with the bank.