realestates.com.au

[DavidL]

Big one dropped today - $5K to Drop!

 

[James]

won't realestate.com.au come knocking for this domain as they chase any thing similar? Or is it possible for them to get by?

 

[FirstPageResults]

Wouldn't be surprised given the Prohibited Misspellings:

reaestate.com.au
reakestate.com.au
realaestate.com.au
realastate.com.au
realastates.com.au

http://www.dntrade.com.au/they-took-my-realsestate-com-t1875.html

 

[morganp]

IMO i wouldnt have touched it. Good luck to the buyers, didn't really like the plural anyways. 'realestates' isnt really a common term said or written.

 

[FirstPageResults]

On second thoughts, they are probably clients of Web IP

 

[FirstPageResults]

They don't look very domainer friendly..

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[snoopy]

IMO i wouldnt have touched it. Good luck to the buyers, didn't really like the plural anyways. 'realestates' isnt really a common term said or written.

Only value is as a typo of the site in my view, "realestates" makes very little sense, would not have called this a plural even though it is probably in some weird dictionary somewhere.

 

[Ashman]

...We perform a detailed back ground registrant investigation ...

As far as I am aware to advertise the services of investigators a business requires an inquiry agent licence.

 

[aus11]

better than those fake estates...

I can't see the new owners holding on to it for very long. Especially if they build something property related on it.

 

[DavidL]

Well you would argue that it's entirely generic. Just because another company is using a high profile generic domain, doesnt render all misspellings/variations bad faith.

In fact that's one of the few disadvantages of generic domains

PS aus11, if the owners of grannyflats.com.au came at you and said you were infringing on their domain, what would you do? Give it up?

 

[findtim]

Well you would argue that it's entirely generic. Just because another company is using a high profile generic domain, doesnt render all misspellings/variations bad faith.

In fact that's one of the few disadvantages of generic domains

PS aus11, if the owners of grannyflats.com.au came at you and said you were infringing on their domain, what would you do? Give it up?

i agree its just to generic to have a hope in litigation. + the domain name sucks.

as for domain recovery, (been to the website) i wouldn't be making those sort of claims and promises, they make out they can fix any problem and save you from every mishap, god help them when they stuff up and let a domain drop !

tim

 

[aus11]

PS aus11, if the owners of grannyflats.com.au came at you and said you were infringing on their domain, what would you do? Give it up?

Fair point, but I would argue that it is a generic phrase and that the owner of GrannyFlats.com.au company isn't called Granny Flats, it is a building company that also does granny flats.

The problem I see with RealEstates.com.au is that no one uses that phrase. So to me it seems more of a typo (of RealEstate.com.au) than a generic.

 

[snoopy]

Well you would argue that it's entirely generic. Just because another company is using a high profile generic domain, doesnt render all misspellings/variations bad faith.

In fact that's one of the few disadvantages of generic domains

PS aus11, if the owners of grannyflats.com.au came at you and said you were infringing on their domain, what would you do? Give it up?

One can "argue" till the cows come home, what do you actually think is likely to happen with this name in a dispute?

 

[DavidL]

One can "argue" till the cows come home, what do you actually think is likely to happen with this name in a dispute?

Complain Denied.

Don't you? and what's with the inverted commas? You spoiling for a fight snoopy?

 

[snoopy]

Complain Denied.

Don't you? and what's with the inverted commas? You spoiling for a fight snoopy?

I think it would probably be lost (or deleted even before that). I see it as a misspell of realestate.com.au not something with any real meaning.

Personally think it would fall under this,

a) the domain name is a misspelling of an entity, personal or brand name that does not belong to the registrant; and.........

4.2 For the purposes of the prohibition, a domain name will be regarded as a misspelling if it falls into one of the following categories:

a) the singular version of a plural name, or the plural version of a singular name (eg. woolworth.com.au, safeways.com.au);

http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2008-09/

 

[Shane]

I think it would probably be lost (or deleted even before that). I see it as a misspell of realestate.com.au not something with any real meaning.

I agree. If it was a genuine plural then maybe it has some merit, but "realestates" or "real estates" is a nothing word/phrase.

And the real point here - why the **** would you bother with such a rubbish domain? How are you going to make money out of it? Anyone wasting their time on domains like this is doing it wrong.

 

[snoopy]

And the real point here - why the **** would you bother with such a rubbish domain? How are you going to make money out of it? Anyone wasting their time on domains like this is doing it wrong.

Parking I think. Wouldn't say it is usable for much else.

 

[Lorenzo]

waste of money