What would you do?

[DN7055]

A fairly large .com company unknowingly let the .net expire. I grabbed it for $10 so even if I lose it no big deal. I realize they can take the domain from me but I am hoping to sell it them and make a decent profit. I know some of the higher up people in this company so I'm going to contact them and see what happens. Is it a standard practice in this situation for the company to just legally take the domain from me or might there be a chance that they will just pay me x,xxx to save themselves the trouble?

Any thoughts?

 

[DNQuest.com]

 

[AndyR]

Dear Sirs,

We have caught the domain name that you have inadvertantly let drop, probably through an oversight or pressure of business. We realised this when researching the history of the domain for our own intended use of it. Please let us know what you would like us to do with this domain name. We would be pleased to restore it to you at minimum expenditure if this is your wish. The domain has been registered for a further 12 months and is at xxx registrar. Our expenses only cover the registration and fees which we would like to recover at your discretion.

Yours Faithfully

etc.

 

[flamewalker]

Hm... "play with fire, you get burned?"... if they did decide to forcefully take it through udrp, you would be forever labeled a squatter and would risk losing future cases for that reason.

You stepped in the muck... do you go deeper or get out while you can?

 

[Marck]

A fairly large .com company unknowingly let the .net expire. I grabbed it for $10 so even if I lose it no big deal. I realize they can take the domain from me but I am hoping to sell it them and make a decent profit. I know some of the higher up people in this company so I'm going to contact them and see what happens. Is it a standard practice in this situation for the company to just legally take the domain from me or might there be a chance that they will just pay me x,xxx to save themselves the trouble?

Any thoughts?

You're a cybersquatter.

 

[WeeksNevin]

Why not try?
You will get the result after try it,
I support you.

Wish you good luck!



WeeksNevin

:talk: :talk:

 

[Meongtae]

outright squatting gives them more ammo against us with each case....

 

[flamewalker]

That is horrible advice WeeksNevin... he is unnecessarily taking huge risk both financially and risking his ability to keep future domains do to his being labeled a cybersquatter (should they take it by force).

Unless you want to risk being hung out to dry or worse, drop it asap. If you want to possibly garner some goodwill, you might email them telling them that they dropped it, and you picked it up, and will transfer it to them for your registration cost.

But even that comes at a risk...