Cameroon Squats Whole of .com

[ekal]

From CircleID

http://www.circleid.com/posts/nation_of_cameroon_typosquats_com_space/

The .cm (Cameroon) ccTLD operators have discovered that since their TLD is simply one omitted letter away from .com, that there is a gold mine in the typo traffic that comes their way. Accordingly, Cameroon has now wild-carded its ccTLD and is monetizing the traffic.

The upshot is that, if the Neiman Marcus / Dotster lawsuit over 27 domain names was properly characterized as “massive”, then the Cameroonians are now going well beyond massive, and are monetizing every conceivable typographic variation of “Neiman Marcus”, as well as the correct spelling thereof at www.neimanmarcus.cm.

Someone had better alert the emergency response team at OpenDNS to block off the .cm ccTLD and put up OpenDNS’s parking page so that unsuspecting users don’t stumble upon Cameroon’s, uhmmm, parking page.

 

[accent]

Soon will there be a Verisign page shown on every untaken .com !????

 

[johnny6]

yeah, but good luck buying a .cm domain...... you have to be able to waddle through the graft and corruption and have a few contacts in Cameroon.. and then bribe people... and bribe more people.... and more people....

It's a mess.

 

[Gerrit]

Why? I am not entirely sure, but as far as I know everyone can register .cm regardless if he has a local address or not.

I'd say it's a brilliant one. I must shamefully admit I often mistyped (in a rush) .cm instead of .com as well. Well-thought of those Cameroonese registry folks!

 

[seeker]

this is old news.
there was a discussion about this on another forum over a year ago.
the bureaucracy involved and the legitimacy of ownership is something to be taken very seriously.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

Not even a targetted parking page... so sad!

Meh, not a fan of this or the .com.org people.

All technically could have recoverable actions brought against them, but most probably aren't worth the time and/or energy

-Allan :gl:

 

[rome2ng]

they have the money,

soon, that's what divide the rich and the poor, we can only wait here and hope for more people to buy our domain

 

[Charley]

what divide the rich and the poor

Lol, have to agree with that.

 

[johnny6]

Why? I am not entirely sure, but as far as I know everyone can register .cm regardless if he has a local address or not.

QUOTE]

Ever tried to register a .cm domain? Ever accomplished it?

 

[irishmat]

i just love the fact that they have come up with the idea and are gonna sqaut .coms, absolutely hilarious

 

[gazzip]

lol - could be a very nice little earner if they get the big traffic type ins



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[quality]

Yep the next ones to follow are gonna be .co Columbia!!!!!!!

Gotta be a ton of money piling in on those typos......

 

[dnb8]

yes, this domain is like golden egg for this people

 

[wasistdas]

The next will be Columbians with their .CO

And then Oman with their .OM

 

[Kate]

The next will be Columbians with their .CO

And then Oman with their .OM

Hmmm not at this time.
I believe these TLDs are not available to the public at large under 2nd level.
You have co.om & com.om for Oman
and com.co for Columbia

So only .cm makes a good typo of .com

 

[Sam]

I tried registering a few .cm... No replys to my email

 

[kev]

I tried registering a few .cm... No replys to my email

i have been trying to reg a .cm for months but to no avail. i dont think the cm registry are accepting any regs at the moment

 

[gazzip]

i have been trying to reg a .cm for months but to no avail. i dont think the cm registry are accepting any regs at the moment

They must still be in hoarding mode making sure they don't miss any
good uns



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[Dave_Z]

It won't be surprising if all this talk and publicity is giving them more reasons
to "hoard" .cm domains. :D

 

[wasistdas]

They prefer to keep all type-in traffic for themselves