How Do I Sell A Domain?
 

To a company that i own theirname.com while they:

a) own the trademark
b) has unlimited legal funds

it was definately registered in bad faith, generates next to no traffic, but heck..i want a few bucks out of it.

They do not know I have it.
Best plan of attack?

Send a letter by mail? saying what?
Email ??

How does one approach these touchy deals?

ummm, wait for them to sue you and then offer it in settlement

do not approach them
they will come to you or not come at all

First, park it on Afternic: http://www.afternic.com/index.php?ref_id=32572
Then, send an anonymous email to them announcing that the domain is up for auction there, bid a few times on it yourself, and watch them play.

i would rather it not get to this point...

from what i have read a lot of companies will fight all they can purely on principles.

there is an anti-cybersquatting law in USA which allows companies to go after the cybersquatter ........ *gets worried*

i was thinking maybe emailing them a "complaint letter" posing as a "customer" informing that their site..BLAH.COM was not working... perhaps sparking some interest to higher levels of management...

any more ideas would be appreciated... i have a LOT of these domains in my scope.......... =)

bump for the cybersquatting foo

Dude you are so fucked! The $8.95 you spent to register it is going to cost you. However, there is always a solution that makes both parties happy. This is what you need to do. Establish a website based on the domain name that has absolutely nothing to do with the company in question. I don't care if you have to reach deep within your asshole to come up with something but do it fast. For example, say the company is cbs.com, start a website that is cbs.com and have content for Cock, Bitches and Sluts. If its ACDelco.com have content for Ass Cocks Dildos Enemas Lactating Cum Orifices. Needless to say you have to protect yourself so you are not cybersquatting.

In the end if they litigate they may well win. If they do threaten to sue you ask them what would be a means of stopping any and all litigation. You don't want to be the next www.nissan.com. LOL. Maybe after you get a website hooked up at the domain at the top of the page say this domain is for sale.

Anyway, just my :2 cents:

Register a trademark in your state for the same company name ;)

Also, send out a few invoices with that business name on it, that way you can prove you have a legitimate interest in the domain if they do get to the lawsuit stage ;)

You will also be able to contact them once you have the business name reistered in your state by telling them you are closing the business and that you want to liquidate the assets including the domain and how much do they wanna pay you for it :thumbsup

We have done this several times as a company and trust me, it works REALLY well ;)

Regards,

Lee

Interesting interesting..... wouldnt their global trademark take presidence over my basic common law trademark if i went down this path??

BTW: if anyone is interested in targetting a few non-US companies.. I have a list of 2000 odd domains I want to register and "sell" =) All 1st world country business names...30% are trademarked...

I honestly dont know we've never used that method on companies with global trademarks.

Regards,

Lee

Establish a legitimate website offering services completely unlike those of the trademarked company. Contact a broker.

Have the middle man/ broker contact the company. keep your hands clean.

very interesting thread

nothing interesting about it, you can be homeless if the company is serious enough to come after you.

solution: contact www.pimpspromo.com and ask him to sell it for you . . .

no a good idea.

that's for sure