information DomainMarket.com/Mike Mann’s Domains

[Arca]

Domains owned by Mike Mann, listed for sale at Domain Market:
GoogleMicrosoft.com
MicrosoftSystems.com
MicrosoftBrowser.com
MicrosoftInstaller.com
MicrosoftTech.com
GoogleOptimization.com
RankingOnGoogle.com
GetOnGoogle.com
GoogleAnalysis.com
GoogleTranslates.com
GoogleGrass.com
GoogleAnalyzer.com
GoogleAnalyticsTraining.com
RollsRoyceDealership.com
ToyotaExperience.com
ToyotaCup.com
ToyotaIndustrial.com
MercedesTrucks.com
MarlboroMarket.com
PepsiCup.com
SiemensElectric.com
SiemensElectrical.com
VerizonSupport.com
BudweiserBlog.com
VolkswagenTuning.com
MasterCardProcessing.com
iPhoneRadio.com
iPhoneReport.com
iPhoneCompany.com
iPhoneHeadsets.com
iPhoneAppsGames.com
iTunesi.com
iPodA.com
iPodDesign.com
iPodServices.com
iPodTouches.com
OculusVirtualReality.com
Photoshopa.com
YoutubeHits.com
YoutubePartnership.com
YoutubeCommunity.com
FedexWatch.com
FerrariLimousine.com
iPadUpdates.com
iPadEasy.com
iPadMovies.com
iPadWebDesign.com
SamsungZone.com
PorschePower.com
PayPalLA.com
Wikipedians.com
ProPorsche.com
OfficialDonaldTrump.com
SonyBluRay.com
FacebookServices.com
FacebookCommerce.com
FacebookAdverts.com
FacebookStrategy.com
WordpressCollege.com
WordpressManagement.com
WordPressCommunity.com
HomeRealtor.com
MarylandRealtor.com
FloridaHomeRealtor.com
EastBayRealtors.com
NikeHuarache.com
SkypeYou.com
SkypeTranslator.com
TheLinkedin.com
LinkedinProfiles.com
PlaystationE.com
eBayShipper.com
eBayApps.com
eBayRatings.com

 

[Arca]

Nearly all the domain blogs write up a new article every time Mann reports sales, 1-3 forum threads take off as well, and the NP blog also covers his sales. I have never seen any of the domain blogs take issue with his blatant cybersquatting, and if they really found it problematic, they wouldn't be covering his every move like he is a true leader of this industry. Mike Mann tweets or posts something on his Facebook page, the domain blogs treat it as news. And on NP, I've only seen two NP members calling him out on this on multiple occasions.

When Mann is constantly given so much positive press coverage and attention, it normalizes his approach to domaining and make it seem perfectly fine (yet everyone would rip into a newbie who intended to profit from the kinds of names Mann own, and tear them a new one if they refuse to change their ways - what's the difference when Mann tries to profit off microsoft/google/sony/facebook/samsung/etc. TMs year after year?). Mann would not be covered in the way he is if people had a problem with his approach to domaining.

The domain industry legitimizes Mann’s cybersquatting, as the domain blogs (“industry thought leaders”) and domainers do not take a strong stance against it. Instead there are new articles and threads praising his sales every other week. When there is such a consensus about his approach to domaining, his behavior comes to be seen as acceptable and normal.

 

[Kuffy]

Doesn't he own Microsoft and Google?

 

[Name Trader]

Mike Mann's TM infringement is so pervasive he could probably put up a legitimate defense the these TM holders have not been actively protecting their TM's

 

[imadoer]

what i learned from domaining is. ethics are only important to some. but sales trump everything.

 

[Arca]

It's automated, like HugeDomains.

Probably.

I was not able to find a single big global brand TM domain among their inventory. This is so easy to avoid! Just create a blacklist filter and add all the big brands like google and microsoft to it.

However, Mike Mann actively cybersquats, so he will not do that: In 2013 he LOST an UDRP against Facebook, and he was ordered to transfer the domains he was cybersquatting to facebook:
aboutfacebook.com
facebookbabes.com
facebookcheats.com
facebookclub.com
facebookdevelopment.com
facebookfest.com
facebookintegration.com
facebookjournal.com
facebookking.com
facebookland.com
facebooksafety.com
facebookstudio.com
facebookstuff.com
freefacebookapps.com
friendsonfacebook.com
fundraisingwithfacebook.com
joinusonfacebook.com
killfacebook.com
moneyfromfacebook.com
moneywithfacebook.com
newfacebookapplication.com

What did Mike Mann do? Did he stop doing this, or at least stop cybersquatting the facebook mark?

No he did not, he went out and bought more Facebook domains!:

 

[Arca]

Ironically, he also owns names like:

USTrademarkRights.com
TrademarkLegalServices.com
EuropeanTrademarks.com
TrademarkCheck.com

An end-user might buy TrademarkLegalServices.com from Mike Mann, start a trademark protection service, and then get hired to file UDRPs against him by some of the brands he cybersquats.

 

[Haris]

***Update***

Mike Mann posted a comment on Robin’s article today stating “we have 150,000 names many of which a machine registered.”

http://www.domaininvesting.com/techcrunch-article-domain-asset-holdings/

 

[nomen]

***Update***

Mike Mann posted a comment on Robin’s article today stating “we have 150,000 names many of which a machine registered.”

http://www.domaininvesting.com/techcrunch-article-domain-asset-holdings/

Yeah but it's unlikely that a machine prices those domains and adds them to his marketplace.

 

[Arca]

He could take a list of the top 100-200 brands in the world, and in less than one hour he could weed out most of the names I listed above from his portfolio. Instead he renews them for years and continue to add more TM names to his portfolio. Don't think for a second that he is doing this unintentionally because his dropcatching software regged them for him.

Somebody that does not intend to cybersquat is not going to own that many TM names. He even regged more facebook names after losing an UDRP against them!

And his TM names are so contextually relevant that there seems to have gone some human thought into a lot of them. The TM word is often coupled with a word from the same industry as the TM.

 

[urlurl]

Yeah, he owns GoogleMicrosoft.com since 2010. Could've given the domain for free to either company. Could've let it expire. Risk/reward maybe...

maybe that's why he still owns it - neither (google or microsoft) company can claim an exclusive TM and neither company would be allowed to own it - its kind of funny if you think about it

 

[Arca]

What is cybersquatting?: According to the United States federal law known as the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, is registering, trafficking in, or using an Internet domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. The cybersquatter then offers to sell the domain to the person or company who owns a trademark contained within the name at an inflated price.

 

[Haris]

It's automated, like HugeDomains.

Probably.

 

[JB Lions]

Search for realtor on his site. There are dozens of domains with the Trademark term "realtor". And everybody knows these realtor guys are very aggressive. How can he possibly sell these domains? It's automated.

I do remember those trademark domains were brought up on some domain blog and he posted something about software/automated. I was wondering then why not just put those names in some filter or delete them. I go back to risk/reward.

I was trying to find it, found something else:

"I said they can have them free, what else can one do"

http://www.domaininvesting.com/techcrunch-article-domain-asset-holdings/

 

[Haris]

I remember reading this article when I started domaining..

https://www.cnet.com/news/meet-the-mann-who-registered-14962-domains-in-24-hours/

Meet the 'Mann' who registered 14,962 domains in 24 hours

The date of domaininvesting.com article is March 25, 2011

The date of the above cnet.com article is April 21, 2012

"I'm just really greedy," said Mann, a man no one would describe as modest. "I want to own the world."

he's been buying an average of 300 names a day and selling them through his company, DomainMarket.com. That business, he said, brings in about $400,000 a month

So how did he do it? Part software power, part human power. He starts with a tool built in-house that, among other things, sifts through Google-friendly keywords, looks at traffic potential, filters out obvious trademark violators, and then ranks and scores possible names. Then comes the human part.

"We have a filter, but I'm the world's most efficient human filter for this sort of thing," said Mann, true to form. "I don't think anyone can read huge lists of domain names as quickly as I can and understand what they're reading. I'm a pattern reader. It's a huge pain in the ass, but it's what I do for a living."

Then the machines take over. "The robot just goes to the registrars -- buy, buy, buy," he said.

 

[Arca]

This guy blows his own trumpet all over social media on how he he's the only real marketplace with real appraisals LOL.

Mike Mann's appraisals:

GoogleOptimization.com $94,888
GoogleAnalysis.com $50,000
SiemensElectric.com $29,888
FacebookFamily.com $49,888
FacebookStrategy.com $29,888
PlaystationE.com $94,888

Does anybody think these appraisals are accurate?

 

[JB Lions]

I've never understood that, it's something that always gets brought up. Why register obvious trademarks. Maybe it's just risk/reward and he's sold those type of domains in the past.

 

[guilty]

I just hope no new domainers would see this list and think it's okay to register trademark domains. nothing really justifies registering such domains. It's like he is looking for trouble!

 

[Arca]

I was just thinking of the same. Who between Google and Microsoft files the UDRP for GoogleMicrosoft.com? This was perhaps a kind of intentional practical joke on the trademark holders.

Wouldn't surprise me. DomainMarket.com's business email address is not [email protected]. It's [email protected].

Definitions of the expression “who's your daddy?”:
- An assertion that one is the master in a relationship.
- Said to express pride in your power or authority
- The partner who plays the dominant or masculine role in a homosexual relationship
- It is also sometimes used as a derogatory claim of sexual dominance of a man over a woman or another man

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

Nearly all the domain blogs write up a new article every time Mann reports sales, 1-3 forum threads take off as well, and the NP blog also covers his sales. I have never seen any of the domain blogs take issue with his blatant cybersquatting, and if they really found it problematic, they wouldn't be covering his every move like he is a true leader of this industry. Mike Mann tweets or posts something on his Facebook page, the domain blogs treat it as news. And on NP, I've only seen two NP members calling him out on this on multiple occasions.

When Mann is constantly given so much positive press coverage and attention, it normalizes his approach to domaining and make it seem perfectly fine (yet everyone would rip into a newbie who intended to profit from the kinds of names Mann own, and tear them a new one if they refuse to change their ways - what's the difference when Mann tries to profit off microsoft/google/sony/facebook/samsung/etc. TMs year after year?). Mann would not be covered in the way he is if people had a problem with his approach to domaining.

The domain industry legitimizes Mann’s cybersquatting, as the domain blogs (“industry thought leaders”) and domainers do not take a strong stance against it. Instead there are new articles and threads praising his sales every other week. When there is such a consensus about his approach to domaining, his behavior comes to be seen as acceptable and normal.

To sum up in short, Mike Mann is knowingly cybersquatting and ruining the genuine domainers and domain industry's image. No matter how many other clean domain he owns but on the other hand he is a cybersquatter as well.

 

[AuctionBio]

This is not a good sign for new domainers probably. Domainers like him are like heroes for all in the industry, but if this comes from one of the top domainer than its definitely not going good.
Just checked namebio with google keyword and produced following;

• customizegoogle.com 3,000 USD 2014-04-20 GoDaddy
• wwgoogle.com 2,750 USD 2016-09-28 DropCatch
• googlephone.com 2,615 USD 2009-08-26 NameJet
• googlecreate.com 2,300 USD 2013-12-15 Afternic
• google.top 2,014 USD 2015-04-09 MarkMonitor
• googlechromeupdates.com 1,250 USD 2017-05-30 DropCatch
• googlemail.nl 1,150 USD 2006-02-07 Sedo
• fgoogle.com 1,136 USD 2014-10-02 GoDaddy
• googleglassapps.com 805 USD 2013-05-23 GoDaddy
• googlemodules.com 690 USD 2016-09-30 NameJet

I don not know who the buyers and sellers are, but see the platforms (also no idea, if these platforms are liable to not sell these famous TM domains), all are well known and on top of the industry. I would say, there are many (top players) are doing cybersquating to some extent. Bad examples for any one in this industry.

 

[james bin]

Names are not TM?

 

[Mark White]

He knows something we don't?

 

[Hemanttilotia]

It drives traffic to his marketplace. Period.

 

[Haris]

Yeah but it's unlikely that a machine prices those domains and adds them to his marketplace.

Yeah, he owns GoogleMicrosoft.com since 2010. Could've given the domain for free to either company. Could've let it expire. Risk/reward maybe...