has anyone tried to go to hotmail.cm not COM just CM. It redirects you to a page with some google ads on it. I bet this guy makes a fortune. How do they do that?
You can order .cm sites at this site... http://www.combell.com/en/domains/extentions/country.asp?landcode=124 He must have bought it from them or something. I'm not sure how legal the .cm domains are though?
Most .cm names now point to agoga.com pages. It's this domain guy from Vancouver and he makes a killing. There are tons of trademark issues but he's fine because his are redirected - it's not like he owns the name. It's a loophole that will probably get filled in the future. Skinny
The website itself is clearly MFA, and I'm confident that Google will terminate that account when they review the website in question.
There was an article about this a few months ago.. Ill see if I cant find it. Supposably the guy has a deal with whatever country .cm belongs too..
i know, there is some great domains available. It would almost be worth it to buy one. I just dont know if i trust that website....
.cm is the TLD for cameroon. Some domain squatter has made millions by cutting a deal with the gov't of cameroon so he could get .cm for a lot of popular domains like ebay, etc - and then squats on them and makes the ad revenue from the mis spellings.
he has not actually bought those names he its just using a catch-all kind of service. therefore if u type in adjhadkdjasd.cm then also it will take u to his advertisements.. and ya he is making a killing..
I don't think they make a fortune. Have your seen how spammed that page is. It's ridiculous. People will just hit the back button on their keyboard surely!
There was an article in Business2.0 magazine recently. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/06/01/100050989/index.htm Cheers!
I never saw .cm,maybe someday when there is not character aiviable for domain,people will accept .cm.