Domaining: A Field Guide
By Saul Hansell
Here then is an updated field guide to some of the activities of “domainers,” as they call themselves, with references, mainly from Wikipedia.
Cybersquatting: Buying domain names that include names of existing companies or brands in hopes of reselling them to the companies that use those names.
Typosquatting: Buying domain names that are misspellings [...]
More Than Just Squatting (on Domain Names)
–Saul Hansell, Bits Editor
One of the less reputable sectors of the Internet economy that has been growing rapidly is domain name parking. Entrepreneurs register names that are either misspellings of common domains, like amazo.com or generic titles like www.chicagodoctors.com. They fill these sites with ads from Google or Yahoo, getting paid for every click. This [...]
How To Search for Domain Names For Sale Wish List or Thrift Shop
There are two ways to search for domain names for sale. One way is to
make of list of desired domains names – a wish list. Then working from
the list, you research the names. Is someone using the domain name?
Does the name have trademark problems? Is the domain name for
sale? Most owners are willing to sell [...]
Reported High Prices Paid for Domain Names
It’s a matter of supply and demand. There are 30,000 words in a small
dictionary and 150,000+ words in a college dictionary, but not 10,000
businesses are willing to pay $4,000 for a domain name.
Since there are no comprehensive statistics on the prices of domain
names sales, a few reported sales can skew perceptions. These high
prices are from:
Domain Name Prices How much does it cost?
Teenage juvenile drug dealers often make boastful claims that they
make $10,000 a week, which are reported in the press. Likewise,
domain name speculators often make claims to have made $10,000+
and the most extreme claims are reported in the press.
Have 15-year-old drug dealers made $10,000 in a week? Maybe one
out of a hundred had a $10,000 week, [...]