discuss The NFC & Mobile Tech Discussion and Showcase (Tap / Wallet / Money)

[ljmcwilliam]

Another trend on the way with tapping phones hitting the masses. Especially with Google Wallet launching and NFC phones becoming the norm. Here are a few of my best. Most have gone. "Tag" is also a key word... Anyone else have any?

TapAndPIN.com
Buy-Tap.com
MateTap.com
TapPurchase.com
NFCTap.It
PayTap.It
PurchaseTap.com
TagNTap.com
Tap2Fight.com
Tap2Follow.com
Tap2Pay.It
Tap2Share.It
Tap4.It
Tap4Discount.com
TapFollow.com
TapX.It
TransferTap.com
XchangeTap.com

 

[Jason.tv]

just checked tapshare/com - they don't look like they are doing anything with nfc or mobile.

J

 

[mrcurly]

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[ljmcwilliam]

Sale via Sedo -

speedydollar.com £2,000 USD

Not sure if this is related to mobile payments yet, but I bet my bottom dollar it is.

Cheers

More likely to be offering quick loans with nasty interest rates (payday loans) :imho:

 

[mrcurly]

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[gilescoley]

WalletCo.com
WalletPros.com
WalletExperts.com
WalletSpecialist.com

those look like my cloud names lol

 

[lennco]

WOW! tapstuff.com here!!

J

I think Jason yours is better.

 

[Jason.tv]

I think Jason yours is better.

ya, if anyone has interest and wants to develop as a nfc generator please shoot me a message

J

 

[carob]

More likely to be offering quick loans with nasty interest rates (payday loans) :imho:

Bingo! That is where there may be a market for all these moolah-related domains. There are a lot of these services.

For example, mobilequid.com says it will give you £100 by text for a mere £112.

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I don't think anyone has used it since Minder, or Loadsamoney come to think of it even in the UK:

http://youtu.be/ON-7v4qnHP8

Used at the 2 min

Priceless.

Seriously, dosh is still in use in London and is taken in all extensions and the .tv is for sale for a mere $4588.00 (not mine). I was surprised the Barclay's research described dosh as a new shorthand for money, but I guess the point they were looking at is what short terms get used on Twitter nowadays. Dosh is pretty slangy, wouldn't work in the days before bankers became gamblers.

But just read on Dnjournal that quid.tv sold for $18,500 on Sedo. Quidco is a big UK discounts site, quid being short for GBP.

My mouse donated to t*pquid and quidt*p, sounds a bit like Cupid really. And I liked the sound of nfcaudiO.com for use with tags and chips that talk to you via your phone.

Also just read in 2012 all UK banks together will introduce a national payment system where you can pay to a telephone number or email address, without NFC. Barclays was just a little ahead of them. So there is an ongoing debate about just how or whether NFC really will be big in payments.

 

[mrcurly]

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[gilescoley]

I must have copied off you then Giles , or maybe ive copied off one of the the other 100,000 names with - pros, experts, co or specialist in.

Easy Stu...not mentioning anything about copying, just saying you have some names with the same keywords as my cloud names, thats all

 

[mrcurly]

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[mrcurly]

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[lennco]

- you can bet a lot of attention will be on payments."

I'm glad I own Paymentzilla.com

And I just picked up using my GD $1.49 coupon and got
TapandSpend.com

I was surprised it was available.

 

[mrcurly]

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[Blastoff]

This falls under wishful thinking...

http://www.tapbase.com which claims

...they are trademarking Tap.

Really, a trademark on Tap??

Q. How many other Apps have Tap in the name?

A. Too many to be able to trademark the word Tap.:lol:

 

[lennco]

This falls under wishful thinking...

...they are trademarking Tap.

Really, a trademark on Tap??

Q. How many other Apps have Tap in the name?

A. Too many to be able to trademark the word Tap.:lol:

This is what I dont understand about trademarks.

Earlier in this thread we talking about POP and how POPMoney is trademark but its a service trademark and some say its only pertains to the graphic.

Other say it pertains to its trademark category and no one will be able to use POP in that type of online payment category.

So what now, Tap will be limited?

How is it that Pay can be used in other online payment services if PayPal is trademark in the same category?

 

[Keith]

How is it that Pay can be used in other online payment services if PayPal is trademark in the same category?

My guess would be because the word "pay" in PayPal is exactly what you do when you send money.

The word "pop" in popmoney is part of the branding for a certain service. They are building a company around a made up combo of words. Therefore, someone who thinks they can register a "pop" domain and use it like popmoney is going to have big issues.

Lots of money wasted in this thread IMO.

 

[lennco]

My guess would be because the word "pay" in PayPal is exactly what you do when you send money.

The word "pop" in popmoney is part of the branding for a certain service. They are building a company around a made up combo of words. Therefore, someone who thinks they can register a "pop" domain and use it like popmoney is going to have big issues.

Lots of money wasted in this thread IMO.

But as Pay is short for Payment, POP in this category is short for "Point of Purchase".
And I dont find a trademark on "Point of Purchase"

 

[carob]

Trademarks only refer to specific classes of goods.

They are also specific to countries.

You could not trademark a generic term for the actual item, in other words you can't trademark a "computer" brand of computer.

Bear in mind trademarks applying to domain names is about how WIPO interprets this, and they consider if a domain is confusingly similar to a trademark (open to interpretation). Trademarks in everyday life ie away from domains is a lot more serious - selling a product and making it seem to be another person's trademarked product or brand is called "passing off" and can get you in expensive trouble.

So the point about pop is that in the USA the phrase popmoney is trademarked for certain categories of financial services (Still not sure if the graphic only was trademarked or the phrase too, check for yourself). So a cereal called Pop Money should be fine. Definitely they have not trademarked the word pop on its own.

The problem with the domain would come with confusingly similar stuff, say a service in the same category of goods called PopWallet or PopPurse. This is open to interpretation, but as someone pointed out, the doubt is enough to keep people away. I guess you could hope someone outside the USA could want - and legitimately use - a potentially confusingly similar domain.

 

[Keith]

But as Pay is short for Payment, POP in this category means Point of Purchase.

You're grasping at straws. Look up the definition of pay and then pop.

All of the registrations in this thread were done in bad faith IMO. Companies have spent loads of money to brand their services under certain names. It's not right to note that, as many here have, and then register tons of similar domains. By the way, most here have stated their newly registered domains would be great for uses similar to the established companies.

It would be like buying cashpal.com and thinking I could use it as a payment site. No way PayPal would stand for that!

 

[carob]

All of the registrations in this thread were done in bad faith IMO.

All?

For them to be in bad faith the person registering them has to be aware of someone having a mark on the term BEFORE registering it, and intending to profit from the person's mark, for example selling it to the mark holder.

Some people in this thread have been told AFTER they registered a name that there might be a conflict. We're now discussing this and some people are taking on new info.

 

[Keith]

All?

For them to be in bad faith the person registering them has to be aware of someone having a mark on the term BEFORE registering it, and intending to profit from the person's mark, for example selling it to the mark holder.

Some people in this thread have been told AFTER they registered a name that there might be a conflict. We're now discussing this and some people are taking on new info.

I'm saying anyone here who registered a domain based on another companies service and related name have done so in bad faith.

If someone registered a similar domain long ago and is simply inquiring here then that's different.

 

[lennco]

All?

For them to be in bad faith the person registering them has to be aware of someone having a mark on the term BEFORE registering it, and intending to profit from the person's mark, for example selling it to the mark holder.

Some people in this thread have been told AFTER they registered a name that there might be a conflict. We're now discussing this and some people are taking on new info.

Exactly, well said.

I bought my POP domains after reading the Barclays article about new payment terms and POP was one of them and I noted that earlier in this thread, and then a few days later I came back and mentioned that I had seen a commercial for POPMoney.

If it hadnt been for the Barclays article I would have not bought them.

Not all of us acted in bad faith.

 

[Keith]

Exactly, well said.

I bought my POP domains after reading the Barclays article about new payment terms and POP was one of them and I noted that earlier in this thread, and then a few days later I came back and mentioned that I had seen a commercial for POPMoney.

If it hadnt been for the Barclays article I would have not bought them.

Not all of us acted in bad faith.

Nice try but you're the worst offender here. I see daily updates with your new registrations.

Honestly I'm trying to help you save money. Concentrate on true generic domains which aren't centered around newly branded companies. You'll have more success that way!

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LOL....Exactly

Good find on the article Carob, POP looks like a good one

I donated some more money to godaddy and got,
PopNPay.com
PopandPay.com
PopPayday.com
PopNCash.com
PopandCash.com
PopNFC.COM
PopTransaction.com
PopTransactions.com

Clearly registered recently!

 

[carob]

OK just register popmoneycash and create a site with no ads on it about soft drinks. Legitimate use of the term popmoney and if you do not offer it for sale the domain is relatively safe, even if useless. If someone wants to claim they knew what was in your mind when you registered the domain, well, they have only their imagination to go on.

TM domains are not an area to try and make money, it is worth understanding the issues and concentrating on the domains you can readily sell.

BTW I have seen some pop domains quoted in this thread that imo would NOT be covered by the categories of goods the trademark covers (if it is in fact a trademark, not just a graphic).