MySpace .com 600-2000 uniques per day (SE Traffic) for sale !

The domain MySpacePortal.com is for sale.
The domain regged at GoDaddy (Expire: 9/22/2006)
The site can be included in the sale.
The site is not working properly in the last few days due to high server load because of the site's script, which my host doesn't allow...

Most of the traffic is coming from search engines as you can see in the stats. The domain managed to get high rankings for several keywords and while it has no PR yet it'll get it as soon as it'll get out of the "box".

Stats:
Jan 2006
Nov,Dec 2005 Summary
Nov,Dec 2005 SE

The numbers you see are inflated of course (have to ignore the tracker.php file), but not the SE ones. By these numbers and by the Adsense numbers (600-2500/d), i estimate the traffic avg 1300 uniques per day.

Starting Bid: $900

Payment: Escrow (Many Payment Methods. Buyer pay fees) or Neteller
Please PM or Post your offers. BIN might be posted later.

Thanks,
E-A.

 

Have you received a Cease and Desist yet from MySpace? They are sending them out to owners of domains/site that are infringing on the MySpace trademark.

-Adam

 

No, Haven't recieved anything from them...

 

How are the stats inflated?

 

You will, or the new owner will. Not trying to be negative, just honest.

 

MySpace considers any domain with the words "MySpace" in it as trademark infringement if the site has anything remotely related to their business. They are now in a massive effort to shut down these sites. If the domain has nothing to do with "MySpace" or their trademark classification, they you could be ok.

 

cpvr - The page tracker.php is being loaded also from the other sites in the topsites (this is how this script work), so to get the real picture you should estimate what the real traffic is without tracker.php

mattevers - it's been discussed everywhere let's not open it here...

 

What other reason would you use this domain? The site is about MySpace's business.

 

Exactly mjewel ! That's why i prefer to sell it as a domain only (but i will include the site if the seller asks) , so someone could benefit from the traffic, Because without the site i don't think MySpace will ever have anything to say about it...

Mattevers, They can't claim anything about the domain only. It can always be a Space Portal (My Space Portal).

E-A.

 

Since clearly they're legal liabilities, I'll bid $50.

And no, you're wrong. No matter what you name it, it's still trademark infringement.

 

That's not always true. Trademarks are granted by classifications - and there are over 40 different ones. If you have a trademark on "BlueWidgets" as a perfume, you can't do anything about someone using the name "BlueWidgets" for a computer manufacturer.

Large companies like Coke and IBM want broad protection, so they register for trademarks and servicemarks in every classification. IBM produced a jewelry line - not because they want to get into the jewelry business, but to have broad protection. Broad protection can run hundreds of thousands of dollars.

I own several Federally Registered trademarks - one is a four letter word. I don't own the .com and can't do anything about it because the site isn't being used for anything related to the classification of my trademark. I was using the name years before they did, but don't have rights to that classification. If they attempted to use the trademark for something related to my classification, I could claim infringement.

A lot of the time its the content of the website that determines on whether or not it is infringement. There are several Trademarks on "MySpace" - with different owners. Each owns rights to a particular type of usage for the name. The well-known "MySpace" has specific usage rights which can be found in their filing on the USPTO site. They may even claim expanded usuage - that is something that should be discussed with an attorney who specializes in intellectual property rights. It's not always a black and white area of law.

What you can't do, is add words to a domain name and get around infringement for the same classification - i.e. if "BlueWidgets" is a trademark for a computer business, you can use "MyBlueWidgetsComputerProducts.com" - it's any use of "BlueWidgets" that relates to computers which is protected. Even misspellings and foreign spellings can be infringement.... i.e. "bluwidgets" or "blewwidgets". Microsoft went after a guy with the real name of Mike Rowe who registered MikeRoweSoft.com - as it was infringement.

Many people don't realize that large companies go after infringement to protect their rights to the name, not because they are worried about losing business to some little guy who runs a small business out of his house. If they don't go after people who infringe, they can lose their trademark.

 

Calm down people.. We all know the TM issues. I didn't hide anything and explained everything about the sale.
I'm not a criminal. Just a guy with a nice domain with decent traffic. You want it ? make an offer. You don't ? Nobody puts a gun to your head.. Just move on to the next thread.

Highest Bid (Recieved by PM): $1000

BIN: $1600

Thanks,
E-A.

 

Aspirin & thermos are examples of trademarks that weren't protected and now they are in public domain

 

The auction will end within 24 hours from this post.

E-A.

 

BIN Reduced to $1000.

 

What happened to your phantom "$1000 bid Recieved by PM"?

 

The guy change his mind (in DNF) when i PMed him about his winning and initiating the transfer.
Do not accuse me in false accusations.. Man, Members of this forum are so negative, and it's not the first time. I won't post any more sales threads in here...

 

Sounds good to me...

$1,600 for a domain that has trademark issues... we don't need that here.