Benefits of -com Names TRAFFIC!!!

[larryscott2559]

I was first introduced to this idea by a member of Flippa. He registered Datehookup-com.com and added a few pages with words related to the actual site and added adsense to it. Because of the original website and i can't explain the technical part of this, he was able to steal traffic from the original site and he made $150 average per month from adsense.

Ever since then I experimented this myself and YES it really does take some of the traffic from the original sites. I noticed that all or most of the bank names were already taken such as Chase-com.com and the better example right now is BankofAmerica-com.com (check that site now to see what im talking about). Most of the financial institutional ones are already taken. They were smart.

This method because it steals traffic and many of it from the original sites when adding adsense to it is waaaayy better than purchasing a domain and cash parking it and receiving cents for it. Its another way of making money from it.

I owned Kickass-to.com now BRACE YOURSELF (seriously this may shock you)...what i am going to show you is actual traffic I received with a simple related contents i added on the site. Im even going to show you the pages these users were actually visiting and I swear I did absolutely 0 promoting this website. The traffic just came. Here are the stats below ( i was also getting clicks to adsense like daily but becaus of the weak niche i was mking like 25 cents the entire day, still better than parking though.)

This is from September 2015 to November 2015 (1 Quarter)

As you can see this can also be very beneficial because you are also gaining massive traffic from google (somehow?) along with direct traffic and referrals.

You may say well they may all be from bots...Im going to debunk that right now

These were the search queries that lead them to us

The 990+ referrals were mostly bots

But even The direct Traffic to the website was legit (As you can see the bounce rate was 75% as there was not many words but I added a few Torrents to test this site out)

Because of this wonderful trick I've registered almost 50+ names like these dealing with all niches Government sites (White House, Nasa for example) , gambling sites some porn sites. etc In fact Xvideos-com.com worked just equally as well And i posted self made ads that would redirect to my site and users would end up clicking them. It was bringing in thousands of traffic per week.

I also own most of these sites dealing with domaining Sedo-com.com, Flippa-com.com etc and redirected them to one of my sites. the traffic showed up there as well but they were not as interaction, maybe because the site held little information.

I at least hope this post was informative and give me your thoughts of issues that may present itself as well as other benefits.

 

[silentg]

You're registering TM typo domains. That's a big No No.

 

[larryscott2559]

A big no no to whom? So is bank america a TM, and Chase bank, and Citi Bank

 

[hawkeye]

A big no no to whom? So is bank america a TM, and Chase bank, and Citi Bank

uhh..YEAH!!! duh.

 

[aramyus]

Many of your suggested domain names have a very high risk of infriging trademarks (even though bank and america are common english words). Ask a lawyer for confirmation.

Datehookup-com.com is unlikely to infringe a trademark (however, I did not seriously check). More generally, something like BigCommonKeyword-com.com is probably not infringing trademark too.

Now, what business would like to be named Datehookup-com.com ? The potential buyers for this domain are seo experts who plan to monetize with adsense. The value of a developped site like Datehookup-com.com might not be more than a couple months revenue.

The value of an undevelopped such site is close to zero (check namebio: only one site like that did sell in ~10 years)

I personally wouldn't pursue this model

 

[larryscott2559]

Many of your suggested domain names have a very high risk of infriging trademarks (even though bank and america are common english words). Ask a lawyer for confirmation.

Datehookup-com.com is unlikely to infringe a trademark (however, I did not seriously check). More generally, something like BigCommonKeyword-com.com is probably not infringing trademark too.

Now, what business would like to be named Datehookup-com.com ? The potential buyers for this domain are seo experts who plan to monetize with adsense. The value of a developped site like Datehookup-com.com might not be more than a couple months revenue.

The value of an undevelopped such site is close to zero (check namebio: only one site like that did sell in ~10 years)

I personally wouldn't pursue this model

Many and most likely all of these domains are likely to be Trademark.

The whole thing with Trademark is yeah, they could file for a Cease & Desist..but its on a case by case basis. For Example one of the Largest company in the world Google. You think Google doesn't know about Google-com.com or other typos that redirect people to spam? They are the highest traffic website and Google-com.com has been live for more than 5 years.


These names are not meant for resale and many people do not know about these traffic domains. It just look like dumb domain names. But smart companies know know tho secret. Take Amazon for example. Amazon-com.com redirects back to Amazon.com. Godaddy is another one Godaddy-com.com redirects to Godaddy.com even stuff like auctions-godaddy-com.com redirects back to godaddy. They know the potential loss of traffic to their website.

 

[dordomai]

Many and most likely all of these domains are likely to be Trademark.

The whole thing with Trademark is yeah, they could file for a Cease & Desist..but its on a case by case basis. .

Trademark infringements can go to court and cost you up to $100k per domain. If your domain makes $100/month but could turn out to be a $100k liability not sure if that is a good business.

In theory they could ask even more than 100k.

 

[Kate]

This is an awful idea.

 

[enlytend]

So basically you're squatting on big companies' intellectual property and deceiving your traffic for your own personal gain.
This is why the domain industry has a bad name.
You also put yourself at risk for expensive lawsuits, as others have pointed out. If it comes to that, you won't win.
PS - the domains that direct back to the actualy site? The Amazon one is under the management of brand-protection company MarkMonitor. That should tell you something.

 

[hawkeye]

Here is an NP member that openly gloats about his use of blatant TM infringement practices, and then steadfastly defends it as those companies 'could know and don't really care' about it, and yet is allowed to continue on here at NP as he proudly promotes and shares this cybersquatting scam to all the other members. ???

Well at least his posts will be indexed for eternity with his admissions, for 'one' of these infringed upon companies to use as proof of his intent to deceive and profit. Should be a slam dunk for their lawyers when they do come.

 

[dordomai]

Here is an NP member that openly gloats about his use of blatant TM infringement practices, and then steadfastly defends it as those companies 'could know and don't really care' about it, and yet is allowed to continue on here at NP as he proudly promotes and shares this cybersquatting scam to all the other members. ???

Well at least his posts will be indexed for eternity with his admissions, for 'one' of these infringed upon companies to use as proof of his intent to deceive and profit. Should be a slam dunk for their lawyers when they do come.

To be fair, some people have misconceptions about TM domains and simply don't understand the system. Don't know if this is the case here.

http://www.domainsherpa.com/do-not-register-trademark-domains/

If you want to do TMs you should at least try to keep a low profile and be based in an jurisdiction where it's harder to prosecute you, unless you enjoy getting sued. Bragging about it in public forums is not a good strategy.

At worst, blatant cybersquatting can result in jailtime. It's very unlikely but not impossible. I have read of two cases so far

 

[RTM]

With all due respect... actively and openly promoting typosquatting in 2016 ? It was dangerous already 10 years ago...

 

[larryscott2559]

Actually I wasn't bragging at all. I wasn't sure other people knew about the traffic of these domains. I thought it was informative but since this came out to be a negative thread, I will say no more on this subject.