Tactic

**domaingenius** · 08-27-2008, 01:19 PM

I have a .com domain and I see that recently a large rich company have regged the .net. How would it be viewed, in a UDRP, if I was to write and say along the lines "...I noticed that you have registered the domain name xyz.net and
since I own xyz.com I wonder if you would like to sell your domain to me ....?".

Could that be twisted around and them plead that I was in fact trying to sell them the .com ? John ,anyone ,what do you think.

DG

**Acro** · 08-27-2008, 01:24 PM

What happens if they respond with "sure, we will sell it"?

**domaingenius** · 08-27-2008, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Acro

What happens if they respond with "sure, we will sell it"?

I'll offer a tenner.

DG

**flamewalker** · 08-28-2008, 04:45 PM

Offering to buy THEIR domain imo should be fine... just don't offer to sell yours, and make sure you dont infringe any tm's they may have!

**Carter** · 08-28-2008, 04:55 PM

Send them a letter where you say you are a lawyer and they obligated to transfer the domain to you for free

**msn** · 08-28-2008, 04:58 PM

Consider using a third party - a broker

- who is not linked directly to you so that you do not create potential issues down the road. Larger corporate acquirers use a dual layer approach to very quietly go out and purchase target domain names.

Since you already tagged the .net company as "rich" and you are a member here, they may have already decided the domain is not a priority and may simply wait you out or simply use their .net as a market tag and nothing more.

If you find out that they own x number of similar domains in y number of markets, then you have something cooking. Either way, tread carefully and either use a broker - ahem - or avail yourself of some of the good lawyers on this board. The investment is worthwhile.