Definition of "Domain Squatter" from Reputation.com

[MeanerDomainer]

They used to be reputationdefender.com until fairly recently. They have apparently acquired reputation.com.

They have the following helpful definition:

Domain Squatter
The definition of domain squatter is one who purchases domain names with the intent to sell them later to individuals or companies for a profit. Domain squatters will buy an un-owned domain name hoping that a company or individual will later find it pertinent to their business or simply important to own. The domain squatter can then sell the URL for a profit.

Not sure if related to their discovery that reputation.com was taken and subsequent purchase of said name....:D

This is, of course, nothing new. I just find it interesting that they use this specific definition in spite of the fact that they should know perfectly well how things work.

Edit: And for the home-schooled crowd, I am not agreeing with or endorsing their definition.

 

[dragtastic]

the only wrong doing in the domaining world is registering a copyrighted domain

end of story

everything else is called capitalism - welcome to america

 

[dnbknowledge]

The Reputation.com Definition Has Been Changed!

Here's what happened:

1) After reading about this incident, I blogged about this situation on DomainingTips.com (of course, I linked to NamePros and quoted it as the source). Here is my first blog post.

2) One of my readers (Christine) contacted Reputation.com through their live chat after reading my post. Even though she was very reasonable, she only received canned responses and the chat was ended abruptly by Reputation.com. She posted the transcript of the conversation on my blog and as a reaction to what happened, I wrote another blog post and got the first one to rank for their name.

3) The next day, Rob from Reputation.com emailed me and also posted an official apology on my blog. Here it is btw. They also edited the definition and the current one can be found on this page.

Conclusion: thanks to this thread, to my blog posts as well as to committed domainers like Christine, the problem was solved and this just goes to show you that if we as domainers actually stick together for a change, good things can happen.

 

[the_poet]

Conclusion: thanks to this thread, to my blog posts as well as to committed domainers like Christine, the problem was solved and this just goes to show you that if we as domainers actually stick together for a change, good things can happen.

Great news! I couldn't agree with you more, we always need to join our forces to let others hear voice.

BTW DomainingTips.com is currently down for me.

 

[dnbknowledge]

Great news! I couldn't agree with you more, we always need to join our forces to let others hear voice.

BTW DomainingTips.com is currently down for me.

I noticed that DomainingTips.com was down for a few minutes and was getting ready to contact the company it's hosted at (I'm not hosting it on my main server since in case something happens to the server my other important websites are hosted on, it's good to be able to provide updates through my blog without having to change name servers, move files and so on) but the site was running smoothly again just as I was about to submit a ticket

 

[DubDubDubDot]

There are TM squatters and there are speculative squatters. That means we are all squatters.

 

[bmugford]

"Squatting" implies you do not own, or have the rights to own something. It is basically not your property that you are using.

Domain investing in generics is not squatting, just like buying land is not squatting.

Buying domains you have no permission to own (TM infringing) is squatting.

It is a pretty basic concept to understand.

Brad