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Tips on regaining domains from squatters?
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Seattle, WA
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My brother owns a small service shop that he acquired a year after he was started working there. At the time that he became the owner it, the business had one other employee whom my brother and the former owner were friends with. This employee was a nice guy but a pretty mediocre employee, and at the time of the transfer of ownership, the my brother decided that it was best if they part ways. Understandably, the employee wasn't so pleased about this. As this was happening my brother was planning to transition the business to a new name/brand/etc. A couple weeks after deciding on a new name, my brother went to register the domain name, only to discover it had been registered about a week prior. He's pretty sure it was the former employee who did it, but the whois info is all "Private Info" etc.
Regardless of who is was, someone he knows is squatting his domain name. There's a parked holding page on the site, and it's not being used.
I'm not sure if my brother has much of a case against whoever is squatting it, but I thought I'd check in here to see if anyone had any advice or experience as to what he might do to regain the domain.
(Last edited by GSixZero; Apr 25, 2008 at 05:09 PM.
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With no agreement, there's not much he can do. Anyone has a right to purchase a domain. You could make an offer, but I think I would brainstorm a new name.
I had a client who wanted a domain (actually a pretty good one) that was for sale at $1,500. Neither of us thought it was worth that much for the intended use, so I suggested making an offer. He offered $300 and the guy sold it without a hesitation.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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I agree that anyone can purchase a domain name, but squatting on a domain name is against the law. (see: Cybersquatting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) I'm not sure if my brother has much of a case since it was really just an idea at the time, but maybe he does? I don't know. Hopefully my bro will learn to keep his mouth shut regarding such ideas until he has the registrations in his pocket.
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Your brother can either come up with a new name, or sue the other party.
Depending how good and ingenius the name is, the latter option might make sense.
In most cases, he's SOL and should start thinking about a new name.
-t
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