New app is named the same as my domain. What to do?

[lotk.com]

I have a domain (.com) that has been registered since '02 and a fairly new app has come out with the exact name as my domain. The domain is currently parked but my question is, can I get in trouble if some of the advertisements on my parked page advertise apps? The same app? If so, should I just put a "this domain is for sale" page up?

I'm not going to post the domain but it is the female version of BurgerKing. If you don't get it, pm me. And please do not post the domain in the thread.

 

[Jilo]

I'd put up a 'this domain is for sale' notice with a contact form. No ads. Then, sit tight and wait for the female equivalent of burgerking to contact you.

 

[domaingeneration]

You may promote non-related products and services on your domain.
Set up your own website, instead of parking it (ads you can't control).

You can also add a search (like Google Adsense searchbox), so visitors
may search for what they want (those looking for the app can search it
since you don't advertise that product).

Hope it helps,
Alexander

 

[Gerry]

This shows a clear circumvention of conventional wisdom when sites/apps were appropriately named and resided at the domain name and accompanying URL.

I look for this to be an ongoing and getting to be a larger problem in the here-and-now and future.

You can call you app anything, just pick a name. Nobody cares about the app's URL because if the app is properly promoted and downloaded, no one is going to give a rat's ass what URL they are visited when they are redirected to DOWNLOAD NOW or DOWNLOAD HERE.

The end game is the person downloads the app, uses the app, and never has to return to the URL again. Therefore, the URL is a total non-factor in this example I used.



Having a domain that is the same as an app but the app is not yours and the domain is not theirs - well, appears to me that if the app becomes popular and is downloaded quite frequently no one will ever care about the domain you own.

The only way the domain will get hit is when people do not know the URL of the download site and search for/type in the URL, which is your domain.

Yes, you can probably get into trouble by advertising apps on your parked page or lander. But, seriously...which came first? Half of me wants to say screw it! Post apps on your site and the other half says no-no.

The rational me says contact the app owner for a potential sale.

And out of curiosity, see if you can find where the app download link resides...

 

[hugegrowth]

Build a webpage for it around a subject other than apps, put affiliate links on there related to the subject, and a 'domain may be for sale' link at the top of the page. For example, make it a page about website hosting and use affiliate links for hosting and domain name registrations.