domain Pet.co

[Salvatore Giannone]

Please appraise. ThNk you

 

[BionicMan]

https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore

 

[Vivienne Mcgregor]

$1X,XXX

 

[Salvatore Giannone]

Ty

 

[coco77]

I really like this domain!

I think XXXX to right end-user IMO

 

[bmugford]

There is an obvious end user, who also has a pretty strong TM for the term.

Brad

 

[EmpireNames.com]

I really like this domain!

I think XXXX to right end-user IMO

I would not sell this below 5 figures...if i have to hold 5 years even

 

[coco77]

I would not sell this below 5 figures...if i have to hold 5 years even

After some quick digging there is an active TM for PetCo. Dunno if someone wants to compete with throwing so much money towards this domain, knowing there is TM issues.

My first few domains I thought were gold were all TM hehe. Was my very first lesson in the domain industry. Lol

 

[Salvatore Giannone]

The word in question is pet not Petco.
A vocabulary word.

 

[BionicMan]

Still very similiar with the co. It'd be risky imo.

 

[coco77]

The word in question is pet not Petco.
A vocabulary word.

If you plan on it being a store related to pets. There is a TM problem there.

 

[Daniel Owens]

After some quick digging there is an active TM for PetCo. Dunno if someone wants to compete with throwing so much money towards this domain, knowing there is TM issues.

My first few domains I thought were gold were all TM hehe. Was my very first lesson in the domain industry. Lol

Extensions are not usually if ever used as part of the TM process the extension is .co the difference between petco and pet.co are astronomical
Reseller Value: $15,000 End-User: $65,000 Hobbiest: $18,000

 

[coco77]

Extensions are not usually if ever used as part of the TM process the extension is .co the difference between petco and pet.co are astronomical
Reseller Value: $15,000 End-User: $65,000 Hobbiest: $18,000

So I guess, in your opinion, ex. gooogle.com is fine? (Cybersquatting) They are different.
Or petco.shop or petco.store would still be legal? And no TM Issues?

I had GearBest.shop and .store when i first started. Thought they were worth gold as that is a HUGE e-commerce store.

Just saying somebody who wants to get into that industry ....will think twice or more before spending 65k as you say.

Just saying it how it is. My opinions on this topic stops here.

 

[Daniel Owens]

So I guess, in your opinion, ex. gooogle.com is fine? (Cybersquatting) They are different.
Or petco.shop or petco.store would still be legal? And no TM Issues?

I had GearBest.shop and .store when i first started. Thought they were worth gold as that is a HUGE e-commerce store.

Just saying somebody who wants to get into that industry ....will think twice or more before spending 65k as you say.

Just saying it how it is. My opinions on this topic stops here.

No, those would not be ok but .co is the extension not the domain. Pet.extension of anything is not TM or cybersquatting.

 

[Salvatore Giannone]

COrrect. Pun intended.

 

[domainguy50]

Someone could theoretically open a pet store at that domain name legally it seems. I like it the domain

Edit: I’m wrong. Tes.co lost their domain name in wipo dispute

 

[Softbay]

Nice name and if I own this name than I set bin $30,000 at least.

 

[mahendraparab]

excellent name..

 

[blackjack21]

Very nice

 

[Henry Y]

For your reference, there was a real case simillar to your situation. The domain is tes.co, and the result is that the complainant (i.e. the trademark owner Tesco) won and the domain was ordered to be transferred to the complainant. (http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=DCO2013-0017)

Extension does matter because the Panel considers name and extension as a whole. So your pet.co is trademarked. If you would like to sell the domain to Petco, you are doing in bad faith and it is cybersquatting and illegal. However, there should be no problem if you use the name in ways other than animal supplies business.