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Originally Posted by MudGrab  Hey there, I own a domain that is the title of a couple small locally owned businesses around the US (found via Google Maps) and I'm considering calling the business owners and asking them if they would be interested in buying my domain. Any tips on what to say? Should I ask for an offer or already have a set amount in mind? Any help would be appreciated. |
So you bought the .com domain names that correspond to the names of a couple of mom and pop stores, and you want to call them to sell them these names? Genius!
Why don't you tell them how dumb they were for not registering it and that you'll forward it to porn if they don't pay you an exorbitant sum of money. Oh... wait... it's not 1998 when people were actually doing this BS crap - which is one of the main reasons the Anti Cybersquatting Act was created. Sounds like you are going to be on the front cover of their local newspaper, with a lead article, "Cybersquatter tries to extort local business by holding domain name for ransom."
IMO, it's 2009, and if they wanted their domain name, they would have already bought it. What you did was buy a domain name simply because it's the name of someone else's business (as you had knowledge of their business) and are going to try and profit from it, which is cybersquatting at its worst and gives legitimate domain owners a bad reputation - thanks.