new gtlds Selling keyword1.keyword2 to the owner of keyword1keyword2.com

[bluebox]

If you own a nTLD name in a form of keyword1.keyword2 have you tried to contact the owner of keyword1keyword2.com?

What's the usual response?

More importantly - what arguments do you use to convince them to buy something they don't really need and what is (if you think about it) inferior...

Just curious...

 

[bluebox]

I'm asking because I just send an email to the owner of keywordtech.com about my keyword.tech (their company owns com, net, org and info.)
Selling for only $95 but I still wouldn't be surprised with "F** off squatter" response...

 

[Blueforever]

Yeah,
With the new 2 letter gtld released I was contemplating buying la.fitness but then hesitated in case lafitness.com use a UDRP against me. Could that have been the case?
Anyhow another domainer purchased it at the higher price

 

[gunwitch]

then hesitated in case lafitness.com use a UDRP against me

Can they really do that? I mean for this particular case.
That's not a trademark like applestore.la, just a generic wording -- "fitness in LA".

 

[garptrader]

If the KeywordKeyword.com registrant is asking five figures for their domain name and you hold the Keyword.Keyword equivalent for sale for $349, perhaps years from now someone might be opt for the nTLD version. In 2015 the .COM registrant is likely to care less about the nTLD version as most will view them as basically worthless. NTLD registrants also should not too heavily weight their portfolios toward new TLDs because a few years from now they may very well turn out to be practically worthless.

How many people on this forum would take a significant portion of their savings and throw it in a fire just for fun? Looking at many of the registrations in the nTLD thread this is essentially what you are doing.

 

[bluebox]

I don't want to turn this into discussion about new extensions (we've been through this ad nauseum).

The question is - have you ever contacted the owner of keyword1keyword2.com about your keyword1.keyword2 domain...

 

[garptrader]

I have generally found end user marketing to companies / website owners with similar domain names or Facebook / Youtube profiles to be a waste of time - even if you own a two-word .COM and they own a hyphenated .COM or a three-word version or the .Net or .Info or .CCTLD etc. Those with low-quality domains generally have low-quality budgets which is why they register alternative TLDs in the first place which also means if you invest in alt TLDs you need to keep acquisition and renewal costs low because the sales price will be rather limited.

I will note however that a full-time real estate investor I know actually focuses on beat up low-rent fixer-upper type properties rather than high-end ones where there is more competition to acquire premium beachfront (Palm Beach county FL) properties. So the Domainingtips blogger who acquired Stocks.xyz can probably make money off it assuming he paid reg fee as long as he places a realistic resale price of low $xxx rather than a pricepoint of $xxxx where far fewer aftermarket transactions occur - particularly for an XYZ.