Comments on: Tip for Buying Valuable Domain Drops

By: Lol

Lol — Fri, 20 May 2011 01:48:09 +0000

@Elliot,

I stand corrected. I did not catch that you were talking about descriptive names.

LOL

By: Elliot Silver

Elliot Silver — Fri, 20 May 2011 01:07:56 +0000

@ LOL

On a descriptive/generic domain name? Come on… LOL is what I’d say.

Sure, it would be an issue if you buy a trademark .com where the holder owns .net, but a name like DrugDefenseLawyer.com or PawtucketAttorney.com? That’s a very defensible UDRP if it came to that.

The premise is that you’d need to buy descriptive domain names, not trademark names.

By: Lol

Lol — Fri, 20 May 2011 01:05:57 +0000

Good point BullS.

This strategy looks like a roadmap for a bad faith UDRP. Sorry Elliot.

By: Adi

Adi — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:39:24 +0000

Elliot,

I see that a few names are listed at DynaDot. I have never used them. Have you ever used them and what was the experience like?

Thanks,
Adi

By: theo

theo — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:47:34 +0000

Personally i stay clear of these “law” firm domain names..

Maybe it is that i work with ccTLD’s but these law firms only gave me headaches…They have no idea what they are doing … they make alot of fuss .. And they start ADR’s and those are a bad thing for the domain owners in some countries…

Maybe i am just discouraged by the WIPO’s in the past .. The last one i seen was from Carlos Slim….Took me 30 minutes to go thru all the claims and whatever they send…

By: Domain Michael

Domain Michael — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:11:56 +0000

yeah, I’ve sold many domains like that. Works better for cheaper domains, don’t ask too much, great for $$$ sale.

By: Elliot Silver

Elliot Silver — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:45:44 +0000

@ wanna

It’s actually 42 days:

http://www.elliotsblog.com/enom-names-won-on-namejet-subject-to-45-day-auction-lock-1522

By: wanna develop?

wanna develop? — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:44:30 +0000

The “auction lock” and registry freeze placed by eNom on names registered/managed with eNom won via NameJet is not 60 days or 45… It is around 39/40 days tops.

By: Elevator

Elevator — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:09:27 +0000

Thanks for this clue; there is sense behind it. Cheers.

By: BullS

BullS — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:58:16 +0000

Why don’t you just contact the owner of dot net that the dot com is available for registration or bid on it…

IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO!!!

By: Elliot Silver

Elliot Silver — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:27:04 +0000

@ Bill

I think it’s around 42 days at Enom. When I win Net Sol names, I transfer them immediately.

By: Nameclerk

Nameclerk — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:15:45 +0000

Elliot,

Good info. I’ve been successful at this a few times. Beware of the 60 day auction lock placed on Enom domains won in Pre-release Namejet auctions. You can’t even push domains to another Enom account during that 60 day period. Basically, you have to wait two months before you can try and flip it. This can easily tie up your funds, especially if your participating in the big dollar auctions.

-Bill