Mis-spell of a Generic Domain - DNForum - Domain Sales, Domain Forum, Domain Appraisals, Domain Registrars

**elbst23** · 04-12-2005, 08:19 PM

Hello,

I may be invloved with the purchase of a mis-spell of a generic domain. By generic, I mean a common used term in the Enlgish language, with a clear meaning. By generic domain, I could be speaking of paper.com, cup.com, book.com, schedule.com. This is not one of the domains, I just want to show that I mean a generic dictionary term.

At any rate, this domain is a common mis-spell of the generic term. The generic term is obviously already owned in the .com, and the traffic is sent to a Pay Per click page which is similar to what I would do.

Is there any risk at all here involved with a mis-spell of a generic domain whereas the generic domain is only re-directing the traffic to PPC advertisers.

Thanks, and the sooner you can help me out, the better!

**ParkQuick.com** · 04-12-2005, 10:36 PM

Not much risk, the way you describe it. Not all typos get traffic, though. Be sure that the generic that is misspelled is not registered as a trademark, though. That ups the risk.

**elbst23** · 04-13-2005, 09:45 PM

I know that not all typos get traffic, but this one does. Now you said be sure that the generic that is mis-spelled is not registered as a trademark. How could I find out that generic.com is not a registered trademark? And is it generic.com that I need to look for a trademark on or is it just the generic term?

thanks