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Re: Reply regarding CyberSquatting comments

I think a couple of facts have been missing from this recent Stephen Booth
'flaming':

1.  How do you know he didn't purchase the domain names with the intention
of using them for a business enterprise.  He may have now abandoned that
idea and is left with the domains for a couple of years - he may just want
to give up ownership of something he no longer needs.

2.  No mention of price has been made - how do you know he wanted to sell
them at a highly inflated price?  He may just want to get his money back on
the previous investment.

3.  Who's to say that someone out there isn't delighted that these domain
names are now being made available - they may have been gutted when they saw
the 'Unavailable' sign come up when they searched for them, but now they can
take advantage of them being openly available again.

4.  To stress a point about the financial side of selling domains, it was
commented that it only costs 10 to register a domain ..... I'd be delighted
to find out where you can register more than one .com domain per household
for 10 when the standard registration fee imposed by the US registrar for
.com domains is at least $60.  On top of that, if an agent had been used for
the initial registration it is possible that a service charge and/or a
webspace or webforwarding fee was also incurred.

5.  As a prime example, I find myself in a situation where I purchased a
domain name and webspace with a 'fantastic' business idea .... nothing
happened, someone else had already beaten me to it and I'm now left with a
domain name and webspace I don't need or want - I didn't purchase it to
annoy someone, to intentionally force an inflated sale price, I bought it
because it was useful to me ... and now it's not - I'd like to get my money
back, and the only way I could do that is to advertise it as being
available.  I could do this on the site itself, but a sales forum dedicated
to selling domain names is one of the more effective routes, or at the very
least announcing its availability within an appropriate arena that may have
an interest in it.

Before everyone tries to black mark someone regarding the sale of domain
names, perhaps it is wise to think about all the possible reasons why they
may be wanting to sell them.

I think as a conclusion to this debate, it may be interesting and
educational if Steven Booth could tell us when someone buys any of his
domains and how they found out about them being for sale.  When we see the
result of his endeavours, maybe we can clarify our assumptions on morality
issues versus business issues - I think it will all boil down to a matter of
supply and demand.

BTW,  If this mailing has annoyed anyone who may have been interested in
coming on the Clacton Band trip to Winschoten on 4th-7th May, please ignore
it completely and give me a call straight away!! (mobile: 07949 123 069)

CLAIR TOMALIN
Email: c.roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Alias Queen Wuss!
Email: queen.wuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Website: http://www.justselect.co.uk/wussbrass2000


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