All of mine got rejected. I dont get what process they use to choose what names will make it and what names do not. They obviously do not factor in Google Keyword tool for either Broad, Exact, or expected CPC otherwise they would have taken Giles FlashGame.co, ComputerGame.co, and my USBDrive.co Just my thought Cheers PS... seems that the auction is now closed to submitting names. I was going to try to add another one but I no longer see it listed to add. Cheers
Yes people with low reserves will cry if they sell for low prices and the value go up after the Super Bowl. that's one reason i didn't want to submit all my domains even though they would be rejected.
The auction is After the Superbowl. So if the SuperBowl has any affect on the value it would already be established Just my thought. Cheers
I acquired Cutter.co just after landrush. (nice one word generic + 112,220 Exact searches/Month) But I was too late in submitting it to the sedo .CO auction.
Yeah, Apple hasn't given a flip about any of the .com, .net, etc domains with their trademarks in it for the last 15 years, but all of the sudden they're going to go after freeappleipad.co
Vcize, Apple have "given a flip" about their trademark and take names away all the time, just check in Google for WIPO, trademark, apple, ipad, ipod etc Just because the other squatters haven't been caught doesn't make it right, its about doing the right thing and you are obviously blatantly infringing on their trademark with that name (twice)....squatters dont have/gain a very good reputation in the domaining industry and you would be better off getting rid of that name....its totally up to you though...just some advice!!
I dont think Apple trademarked iPad. I really do not think there is a TM issue there Just my opinion. From what I searched on the TESS I could not find where Apple trademarked the term iPad. They did trade mark, made for iPad and made for iPad,iPod but I could not find where they trademarked iPad exactly. Cheers
I don't own the domain, that was someone else up above. My quote about Apple giving a flip was with regard to the .com, .net, and .org versions of the same domain that guys has the .co of. Apple only gave a flip in the past (one time) because someone got greedy and tried to take macbookpro.com, which is a domain that Apple actually wanted to use. I highly doubt that Apple is ever going to have a need for freeappleipad.co, so they won't care. It's not a matter of "being found", it's a matter of so long as it's not something to damage their image (like a porn site on a domain with their trademark in it), they just have no reason to care and any promoting anyone does only benefits them. Google "free apple ipad" and what do you find? freeappleiphoneipad.com, freeipodsuk.com, freeipad.co.uk, freeappleipadhere.com, freeipadnow.org, winfreeiphonenow.info, freeipadmovement.com, freeipadforever.com, getfreeappleipad.net, ipadchip.com. And that's just on the first two pages. Yeah, freeappleipad.co probably isn't worth holding onto because trademark domains have little to no resale value even in the .com world, but if he wants to develop it with a nice keyword match why not? Apple's not going to go after some guy making 12 bucks a month on some long-winded .co domain when they're sitting around ignoring people that are making tens of thousands per month with variations of jailbreakiphone in their domains.
It is a trademark http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4006:jb8d7e.3.2 But the domain was freeappleipad.co, so it also has "APPLE" in it, you can't say APPLE isn't a trademark??? My apologies Vcize, my fault for not checking properly Thats not the point, they are benefitting financially from someone's trademark (especially if its getting parking revenue), and that where the problem lies...if you dont make a cent and then I guess you could be alright if they do come after you. Its just about doing the right things guys, just stay away from trademark names, the first rule of domaining, thats why we get the horrible "squatter" tag when trying to sell "legal" names to end-users...its usually noobs that come into the industry hoping to make a quick $$ off a companies trademark Go to NP or DNF and read the legal section which has good advice from very well-known internet lawyers and you will see what I mean, reputations have gone down the drain for people asking for appraisals on trademark names, experienced domainers just wont deal with them once they find out what sort of names you deal with Dont think Apple just ignore most of those names, its just there are thousands of names like that out there, they cant chase them all. I'm finished discussing this, its just advice, take it or leave it
I agree with you on the front that if he's looking to eventually flip it as purely a domain name there's no point, it will have no value. Even the .com would probably sell for 12 bucks on the resale market. I was talking more about development. As for the squatters label, I think that applies whether there's a trademark or not. Domain reselling is not a noble business. It's a dirty, sketchy one, even when we're using 100% non trademarked names and I don't think any of us should have delusions to the contrary. Every time we buy a domain that we have no intention of developing we're stealing a potentially helpful website from the internet in the hopes of holding someone else hostage monetarily. Go to NP or DNF and read the legal section which has good advice from very well-known internet lawyers and you will see what I mean, reputations have gone down the drain for people asking for appraisals on trademark names, experienced domainers just wont deal with them once they find out what sort of names you deal with[/QUOTE]
.CO defined a short version of .com by Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-godaddy-20110203,0,1771531.story Code (markup):
Just wondering - are there any useful statistics regarding type-in trafic for .co vs .com? What's the relative value of .co vs com?
.CO almost doesn't have any type-in traffic (with the exception of rare mispellings, for example visitor types by accident computers.co instead of computers.com in their browser) . Value of .CO should increase a bit after the superbowl due to the .co promotions going on but I still believe it's only valid as a short term investment.