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Domain slamming (also known as unauthorized transfers or domain name registration scams) is a scam in which the offending domain name registrar attempts to trick domain owners into switching from their existing registrar to theirs, under the pretense that the customer is simply renewing their subscription to their current registrar.
Registrant's offer to transfer, sell, or otherwise assign the domain name to the mark owner or a third party for financial gain, without having used the mark in a legitimate site; Registrant's providing misleading false contact information when applying for registration of the domain name;
Domain hijacking is analogous with theft, in that the original owner is deprived of the benefits of the domain, but theft traditionally relates to concrete goods such as jewelry and electronics, whereas domain name ownership is stored only in the digital state of the domain name registry, a network of computers.
This is a list of domain names that sold for $3 million USD or more. The list is limited to pure domain name and cash-only sales. Sales which included website content or involved equity deals are not listed.
After transfer, the domain cannot be transferred again for 60 days, except back to the previous registrar. It is unwise to attempt to transfer a domain immediately before it expires. In some cases, a transfer can take up to 14 days, meaning that the transfer may not complete before the registration expires.
On December 19, 2006, GoDaddy received a third-party complaint of invalid domain contact information in the WHOIS database for the domain FamilyAlbum.com. [6] GoDaddy wrote a letter to the owner of FamilyAlbum.com saying, "Whenever we receive a complaint, we are required by ICANN regulations to initiate an investigation as to whether the contact data displaying in the WHOIS database is valid ...
Microsoft offered to pay Rowe's out-of-pocket expenses of $10, the original cost of registering the domain name. [11] Rowe countered asking instead for $10,000, later claiming that he did this because he was "mad at" Microsoft for their initial $10 offer. [5] Microsoft declined the offer and sent a cease and desist letter
In late 2012, Namecheap relaunched the initiative and set the date for the second Move Your Domain Day as 22 January 2013. On that day, Namecheap announced that domain transfers would be greatly discounted, and between $0.50 and $1.50 per domain transferred would be donated to the EFF (depending on the total number of transfers). [16]