Comments on: Facebook Introduces “Social Inbox” & SocialInbox.com Recently Sold to HubSpot

By: TomekL

TomekL — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:55:17 +0000

I wouldn’t sell it to them anyway , since I registered it with my own bussiness in mind (believe it or not – not related to FaceBook) Thanks for thw warning thou . . . All the best

By: Elliot

Elliot — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:36:35 +0000

Perhaps, but what you posted here would show their lawyers that you bought it to profit off of their brand.

Nevertheless, I don’t think it’s a name that would be worth anything to them. Had they any interest in the Social Inbox branding, I am sure they would have bought SocialInbox.com.

By: TomekL

TomekL — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:32:38 +0000

UDRP ?? For FB ? Or Social Inbox ? They dont have trademark for any of this !

By: Elliot

Elliot — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:23:35 +0000

Let’s just hope that risk doesn’t turn into an expensive UDRP liability.

By: TomekL

TomekL — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:22:39 +0000

You’re “probably” right but I was willing to “risk” my $8 to see where it all goes

By: Elliot

Elliot — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:11:41 +0000

Something tells me they won’t be calling you.

By: TomekL

TomekL — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:10:48 +0000

Or I could sell them FBSocialInbox.com for 50K which I registered toady

By: nr

nr — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:32:28 +0000

just read this story that shows 20 large screen shots of the new service in action

http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-email

looks like it is still just called messages for now

By: Poor Uncle

Poor Uncle — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:45:07 +0000

@nr
$5K and $500K is not the same thing regardless how big the company is. People works within the organization maybe wasteful and incompetent..but they don’t announce to the world like that. Be careful what you say if you are lucky enough to hold a job at this time. Just a friendly reminder..people are watching.

By: Elliot

Elliot — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:06:20 +0000

@ nr

Not the same thing, but I do understand your point.

Unfortunately for Facebook, HubSpot would be in the negotiation power seat, and could say they wouldn’t sell the domain name without selling the entire company, and that could cost way more than $500k. They could also tell FB it would cost $10m for the domain name. They may not need the cash, so the ball is in their court.

By: nr

nr — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:04:00 +0000

spending $5k a couple months ago or spending $500k a couple months from now is the same thing for a company making $500 million a month in revenue.

By: Elliot

Elliot — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:59:36 +0000

Yes, but if they brand it Social Inbox and constantly refer to it as Social Inbox (which is TBD at this point), people will naturally type it in to their browsers. Had they gone to buy it a couple of months ago, it would have been less than $5k and they would control the domain name to match their product name.

I don’t think owning ProjectTitan.com was important, but if they refer to it as Social Inbox, then this domain name would have been something they should have thought about buying. Too late now.

By: nr

nr — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:56:48 +0000

just because they are referring to the technology as a social inbox doesnt mean they need to own a domain called socialinbox.com, its all run through facebook.com and apps. facebook also launched Places but didnt buy places.com and they are a social network but didnt buy socialnetwork.com and they just launched a deals service but didnt buy Deals.com.