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Experience with Fighting Domain Farming
Lost_my_regs writes "I had a .com domain name relevant only to me, no legal trademark, registered and hosted at a provider that went bust. When attempting to re-host the domain I discovered, to my unpleasant surprise, that the domain is now registered by a domain farming company (name removed). My question is: Is there any way to claim back my domain?"
You are being very broad to what the name of the website was. Unless it was something like your fullname.com and the other person doesn't share the same name the only way you could get it back is from buying it from them.
I'm sure the legions of pinkfud-fuckers could explain it to you, except at this point in history they're still in the closet
Excuse us non-native English speakers, what does "pinkfud-fuckers" stand for? I could not find it on Google.
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Perhaps you've heard of it. Happens all the time: Real estate speculators buy up property (perhaps the property *you* had your eye on), and watch to see what happens to it. If it's a dud...they dump it. If it appreciates, a smart investors hangs on.
House flippers do the same thing: They buy up houses (perhaps the house *you* had your eye on). They spend some money, hoping that their investment brings returns.
I'm sure you can think of your own example. The point? Domain name speculators (call them what you want) look for domains they can make money with. It's no different from any other speculator (real estate, stock, arbitrage, etc.). With speculation, there are always winners and losers, because it's a zero-sum game.
My suggestion: If your domain wasn't taken from you via nefarious means, then get over it, learn from your mistakes, and move on. This is the way life is. Bitching about it on Slashdot won't change things.
Those of you who will mod me down for this know, deep in your hearts, that I'm right, but just can't get over the fact that someone else thought of the idea before you did.