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

 

[shopman]

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

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.

 

[Arca]

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

I would think Google and Microsoft could co UPRP it, then agree to a third party brand protection company keeping off the shelf indefinitely.

Aside from GoogleMicrosoft.com, Google can still go after the more straightforward:
GoogleOptimization.com
GoogleAnalysis.com
GoogleUniverse.com
GoogleAnalyzer.com
GoogleGods.com
GoogleTranslates.com
GoogleGrass.com
googleanalyticstraining.com
GooglePartners.com
GooglePublisher.com
GoogleGaming.com
Googlehead.com
RankingOnGoogle.com
GoogleServer.com
GetOnGoogle.com
GoogleGrant.com
GooglePlusStrategy.com
googledoogle.com
GooglePlusTools.com
GoogleKiller.com
GoogleGod.com
GoogleGeneration.com
GoogleAppsDeveloper.com
OccupyGoogle.com
BeyondGoogle.com

And Microsoft can go after:
MicrosoftConsulting.com
MicrosoftBrowser.com
EverythingMicrosoft.com
MicrosoftSystems.com
MicrosoftInstaller.com
Microsofttech.com
MicrosoftLabs.com
DownloadMicrosoftWord.com
MicrosoftCertifiedPartner.com

 

[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?

 

[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

 

[Haris]

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

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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

lmao

 

[Asfas1000]

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?

The respective buyers can afford them ha ha !

 

[ProDomanico]

Mike has some fat wallet, he just spends money... on anything he feels he can own :D its could be google, microsoft, verizon

 

[Josytal]

MikeLionHeart.com

 

[wormfood]

https://www.thedomains.com/2013/04/...ldings-loses-21-facebook-domains-in-one-udrp/
"didn’t even respond"

 

[Haykay2005]

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!:
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Facebookfamily.. Lol

 

[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

 

[zeff]

In a recent article on dnjournal (http://dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm) we can read that Mike Mann's company DomainMarket sold a domain through sedo.
I was wondering why Mike Mann's company needs sedo (and pay sedo's 15% fee) to sell a domain ?
Any of you has an idea ?

 

[Asfas1000]

In a recent article on dnjournal (http://dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm) we can read that Mike Mann's company DomainMarket sold a domain through sedo.
I was wondering why Mike Mann's company needs sedo (and pay sedo's 15% fee) to sell a domain ?
Any of you has an idea ?

Perhaps he has negotiated a smaller fee.

 

[zeff]

Yes you're probably right but that's still doesn't explain why he needs sedo as DomainMarket has its own transaction page

 

[Asfas1000]

Transaction page yes, but maybe the buyer found the domain via Sedo and paid via Sedo.

 

[zeff]

I see your point but why does he need to list his domains on sedo ? He has his own sale Platform

Does that mean that powerful and famous domainers like Mike Mann need sedo to sell their domains ?

 

[Asfas1000]

More exposure doesn't hurt I guess. If he doesn't list them on Sedo, someone who searches there will not find his domains. He also has some domains listed at Flippa : https://flippa.com/users/859307/listings

 

[baseballworld]

Not like it matters anyways. I know people who move 20 or so tm a year even.

 

[zeff]

It's true that exposure is important to sell domains mainly if the buyer is an investor. If the buyer is an end user, the end user knows what he wants to buy so i don't think that it's that important to list on sedo as end user will search for the right domain by different ways.
If an important domainer like Mike Mann needs sedo to sell his domains, why would he build a company ? I mean he would just create a blog and list his domains on platforms. That would mean that the most important and famous domain sellers can't do without domain platforms like sedo, godaddy, flippa and others ?

 

[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.