mistyped domains

[heatfan]

Hi !

Is it worth to register mistyped domains to catch traffic ?
for example wwwwhatever.tld or other typos ...

Thanks !

Edit: rephrased the question...

 

[heatfan]

anyone ?

 

[MattyP]

Sorry mate, may just be me but I don't quite understand what you are asking!

Are you asking, do domain name owners get upset if people register mis-spellings of their names?

Matt

 

[heatfan]

yep

 

[EroGenius]

Originally posted by heatfan
yep

Goes without saying... I'm still trying to get a mispelling of a big name site. The domain unfortunately exists in the twilight zone however. Very mysterious situation. I wonder if it was some tradename dispute that put it there, I'll keep waiting for it to drop anyway...

~ EG

 

[Kazam]

removed

 

[pixelman]

I heard someone earned a million by reselling the misspelled domain names of those celebrities quite a long time ago...

I think it does worth something if the original name is easily misspelled to other spelling. e.g. accommodation.com vs accomodation.com, harry.com vs hary.com...

For non-English speaking people like me, I always mistyped domain name.

 

[DotComster]

Edited by myself - Way off topic

 

Originally posted by heatfan
Is it worth to register mistyped domains to catch traffic ?
for example wwwwhatever.tld or other typos ...

You have to be careful that your typos aren't infringing on any TM's. One of the costliest fines in domain history ($500,000, via ACPA) was related to "typosquatting:"

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39888,00.html

Miles

 

[heatfan]

Originally posted by Namethink


You have to be careful that your typos aren't infringing on any TM's. One of the costliest fines in domain history ($500,000, via ACPA) was related to "typosquatting:"

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39888,00.html

Miles

I see, he was registering company names, what about generic names ?

 

Originally posted by heatfan


I see, he was registering company names, what about generic names ?

Who owns the generic? I wouldn't want to register a typo of business.com or loans.com. The well-funded companies behind those generics could want to take legal action if they feel you're "stealing" from their prime generics.

Whether or not they would win a legal action is iffy, but while they're in the process of finding out, it could cost you a lot of money in legal fees.

Personally, I would stay away from typos.

Miles