Learn from My Mistake! Purchase Your Domain the Moment You Can!

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  • Michael
    Founder & Owner-Daycare.com
    • Aug 2007
    • 7946

    #31
    Originally posted by laundrymom
    Holy crap!! So, Michael is buying the whiskey for Christmas? Lol. Just kidding.
    Champagne.com !

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    • Mike
      starting daycare someday
      • Jan 2014
      • 2507

      #32

      Right now, I'd be very happy with 1% of that. That would be enough to give my woodworking business a good start.
      Children are little angels, even when they are little devils.
      They are also our future.

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      • Unregistered

        #33
        Originally posted by Michael
        Wait a second. I've been selling internet property for 20 years. No different than anybody else purchasing extra property to flip. Domain names are a lot like property but are virtual. I build businesses on them (Daycare.com) sell them (Whisky.com), rent them (Adopt.com) and park them.

        If you are talking about cyber squatters who register a trademark to extort money, that's a whole different story.
        I'm ignorant about this kind of stuff. Can you explain what's different between purchasing, holding and selling a domain name, and purchasing, holding and selling a trademark? Please and thanks

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        • CityGarden
          Daycare.com Member
          • Mar 2016
          • 1667

          #34
          Congrats on the sale!!!

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          • Michael
            Founder & Owner-Daycare.com
            • Aug 2007
            • 7946

            #35
            Originally posted by Unregistered
            I'm ignorant about this kind of stuff. Can you explain what's different between purchasing, holding and selling a domain name, and purchasing, holding and selling a trademark? Please and thanks
            Here is my take. I've been paying lawyers for many years for intellectual property law matters. Trademarks are a different issue than generics. With a name like Rate.com, which is generic, there are few problems with trademarks as long as you are not infringing on one. Pepsi.com is not a generic and anyone that registers a name with it will automatically be considered a cybersquatter and get a Cease and Desist letter or get sued.

            I use to own Igloo.com which is a generic name. As long as I didn't sell coolers, I was not infringing. I sold it to a Domain Name brokerage firm for good money.

            I am using Daycare.com for daycare and childcare related business. No problems there. You can't get a trademark for what a name if defined as. If I were to get a trademark for the word Daycare. No one would be able to use it for business but me. So I can't get one. I can get a service mark for my Daycare.com logo though.
            Last edited by Michael; 06-01-2016, 02:33 PM.

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            • Unregistered

              #36
              Thanks, that makes sense!

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