Dell Refused To Spend $750 A Month On Adamo.com

[Donald Aquilano]

Here's the link....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30188423/

His ad agency Enfatico LLC doesn't have a clue but Michael Dell seems to get how valuable domains are. Kudos to him for buying adamo.com:approve:.

 

[myst woman]

the leasing offer was good faith, more than reasonable.

 

[Arrogance]

Perfect example of a competent CEO; good move by Dell

 

[JMJ]

He needs to pass this down to his managers. The two that I interviewed with treated me like I was scum of the earth for being a domainer a few years back.

 

[broe-foe]

"Yummy Domains General Manager Bill Sweetman said he initially approached Dell in February, about three weeks before the launch. Yummy Domains had noticed a spike in traffic after Dell gave a preview of the Adamo at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, he said.

He offered to lease the name to Dell for $750 per month or sell it for an undisclosed amount."


Isn't that cybersquatting? I thought if you approach a trademark holder and offer to sell them their trademark it's called "cybersquatting." What am I missing here?

 

[MikeinFlorida]

When the names is owned prior to a product going mainstream and or not known publicly yet it is not cybersquatting.

 

[Arrogance]

Domain has history dating back to 1996; no bad faith here. Also seems that the seller is more reasonable than some on the forum :lol:

 

[checknme]

Domain has history dating back to 1996; no bad faith here. Also seems that the seller is more reasonable than some on the forum :lol:

He is a very nice guy actually

 

[TheLegendaryJP]

That's Tucows

 

[Theo]

Will he sue?

http://www.adamosalvatore.com/

 

[RTM.net]

and, prior to the DellAir laptop, Adamo was simply the neame of a premium... pizzeria in my general area

Rob

 

[HuntingMoon]

i can understand why $750/month forever was not agreeable. this article has kind of a lame spin on it imho.