question Front Running Domains

[mr-x]

Interested in others opinion on contacting companies to sell a domain you don't own. Either miss-representing ownership or exclusive opportunity.

In example, Mr Blue calls Company X and negotiates as the owner of the domain. Then tries to buy the domain from the real owner without disclosing his identity, using a service like a Godaddy domain broker.

Not quite front running but didn't know how to describe the method.

 

[promo]

Oh OK.

But in domain sales context front running has always been interpreted as being: trying to sell a domain before you own it. At least in my network. Not that its a daily topic.

We got a huge amount of "brokers" making offers, getting names in Escrow at a certain price point and THEN trying to sell them higher. Not making payment before( and if) their other sale goes through. Thats the classic domain front running scenario and that is what makes knowing your business partners paramount in this industry.

 

[mr-x]

Front running or as I described it, Man in the Middle Attack could be classified as

Tortious interference, also known as intentional interference with contractual relations, ... and the other specific to business relationships or activities (irrespective of whether they involve a contract).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortious_interference

This allows for legal recourse. So front running SOB's trying to sell other peoples names without a contract might consider if bankruptcy is worth a few thousand dollars.