Please help a newbie

[Ziggy_1]

Hi!

I am just starting my journey in this world and I see there is much to learn (of course). I have one question that has been bothering me. I will give an example to make it more clear what am I asking.

If I had the domain "carpartsshop.com" and I see a business has the website "thecarpartsshop.com", could I easily sell it to them? I mean, even if their website is on page 1 on Google. How does it work? Would they probably want it cause it is simply a better domain or if someone gets a new domain he loses his position in the Google search? Or one can keep the position from the old domain, but just change the name to the new domain.
Sorry if it's a stupid question, but I really need to know the answer. Or would they only accept if my domain has a lot of backlinks and ranks better on Google than the domain that they currently have?


Thanks!

 

[Ziggy_1]

Anyone?

 

[inforg]

You can always try to reach out, sometimes they would rather have it and just redirect to their old site. Better they have it than a competitor.

 

[VadimK]

It's possible, but it's not easy. If their name is pretty bad already, many times it means they don't care about the subject in the first place thus won't spend $10 to buy a ''better'' name.
But yes, it's a strategy too. Going to either ''longer'' versions or other extensions (if someone owns a .net or .de domain, they might be interested in .com).
It also depends on your pricing a lot, as well as whom you are going to.

 

[Ziggy_1]

You can always try to reach out, sometimes they would rather have it and just redirect to their old site. Better they have it than a competitor.

Thank you very much! Makes a lot of sense

 

[Ziggy_1]

It's possible, but it's not easy. If their name is pretty bad already, many times it means they don't care about the subject in the first place thus won't spend $10 to buy a ''better'' name.
But yes, it's a strategy too. Going to either ''longer'' versions or other extensions (if someone owns a .net or .de domain, they might be interested in .com).
It also depends on your pricing a lot, as well as whom you are going to.

Thanks a lot! Their name is actually not terrible, but it has "the" before the name and I have the version without it, which just sounds better. I just don't understand what happens if they transfer to the new domain. Does their Google search rank retain the value of the old domain? I mean, if not, I guess no one would ever change domains, especially if they come on top of the first page on Google with their old domain

 

[sharfab]

Welcome Ziggy_1...

 

[forge]

They may call you an extortionist. Not kidding, I've been there.

 

[johnn]

Number one mistake from newbie. Trying to buy a name and sell it to the owner. It’s called cybersquatting.
Think something else big and general to target a section of a market rather than a single company.
Welcome to the fun business.

 

[VadimK]

Thanks a lot! Their name is actually not terrible, but it has "the" before the name and I have the version without it, which just sounds better. I just don't understand what happens if they transfer to the new domain. Does their Google search rank retain the value of the old domain? I mean, if not, I guess no one would ever change domains, especially if they come on top of the first page on Google with their old domain

Well, it depends on the industry they are in. Maybe to get to page 1 on Google in their industry is a matter of a couple weeks... On top, many companies will simply put a redirect from a new name to their existing page. Anyways, leave this question to their SEO specialists (if there are any).
As @johnn mentioned (and listen to him, because his wife is never lying, and she is a big influencer in this community) if you buy the name only and exclusively to sell it to the specific business - this strategy is a failure. But if the name is good by itself and can attract many other clients apart from that particular business - then go ahead with such names.

 

[Allgoodnamesaretaken]

Thanks a lot! Their name is actually not terrible, but it has "the" before the name and I have the version without it, which just sounds better. I just don't understand what happens if they transfer to the new domain. Does their Google search rank retain the value of the old domain? I mean, if not, I guess no one would ever change domains, especially if they come on top of the first page on Google with their old domain

This is not the first time I've read that "the" in the name is bad, does it rank bad in google or something?

 

[VadimK]

This is not the first time I've read that "the" in the name is bad, does it rank bad in google or something?

It has nothing to do with SEO.
One of the main rules in domaining is ''the shorter - the better''. And any domain with ''the'' article is a longer domain name than without it.

 

[xynames]

Halloa. Read.

 

[TopBrandsForSale]

Number one mistake from newbie. Trying to buy a name and sell it to the owner. It’s called cybersquatting.
Think something else big and general to target a section of a market rather than a single company.
Welcome to the fun business.

Hey @johnn, can you please help me with these cases?

1) I own a domain which is AcquaFacile.it
Recently they opened a business called AquaFacile.it (in the Italian language the correct spelling is mine Acqua, not their Aqua)
It would be cybersquatting if try to sell it to them? I mean I own this domain way before they started their business.

2) It would be illegal if I register a domain "NameX.com" if there is a business called "NameX" that didn't renew its trademark? On the registry, it was canceled and never renewed about 2 years ago.

3) If I register a domain today and next week someone registers the same name as a trademark, what happens?

Thanks!