Affiliates registering mistyped sponsor paysite domains ? - GoFuckYourself.com

Sausage · 03-23-2006, 11:32 AM

Eg .. we have www.sexonsecuritycam.com and and someone grabbed sexonsecuritycamS.com ... but just sent it through with their affiliate id to our site. Personally we don't have a problem with it, and all power to them for grabbing it before us.

But what to other sponsors feel about when affiliates register mistyped domains, also what about when they send to your competition ???

I know WM boards really get nasty, as do many of the larger tgps, but what about sponsor sites?

Opinions please.

u-Bob · 03-23-2006, 11:41 AM

It's fair game.

Jellybeen · 03-23-2006, 11:46 AM

My feeling is if it's an affiliate using it to send traffic (and signups) to you, then it's okay. They're just picking up on traffic that you would be missing anyway, and sending it over to where it originally should have gone. (After all, you still make $$ off of it thanks to their efforts.)

If it's someone trying to obviously exploit the popularity of your site to send traffic to a competitor or their own crap (anything other than to your original site) then it's not okay... it's an exploitation of your brand.

Make sense?

BlingDaddy · 03-23-2006, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by u-Bob

It's fair game.

Brujah · 03-23-2006, 01:37 PM

Could you email or icq me with any new site domains you feel like registering ? Thanks

p]mpdogg · 03-23-2006, 01:39 PM

I may be gay, but I love man ass!

skinnay · 03-23-2006, 01:45 PM

i say be glad for it, you're still making money off it, what if some other cam site registered it? fair game IMO

Sly · 03-23-2006, 01:48 PM

Fair game. Plus that affiliate ran the risk of buying flop domains. I have a bunch of misspells that never did anything, so I lost out. I know I'm not the only one. Furthermore, I highly doubt the site name is trademarked so it isn't exactly illegal, though you could TOS it out of course.

Manowar · 03-23-2006, 01:50 PM

It's all good

Theo · 03-23-2006, 01:50 PM

it's easy,we buy them 1st

polish_aristocrat · 03-23-2006, 01:50 PM

http://www.gofuckyuorself.com/

Sosa · 03-23-2006, 01:50 PM

fair game for sure. atleast they are sending the traffic to you.

jimthefiend · 03-23-2006, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soul_Rebel

it's easy,we buy them 1st

You're a bright guy.

MikeVega · 03-23-2006, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellybeen

My feeling is if it's an affiliate using it to send traffic (and signups) to you, then it's okay. They're just picking up on traffic that you would be missing anyway, and sending it over to where it originally should have gone. (After all, you still make $$ off of it thanks to their efforts.)

If it's someone trying to obviously exploit the popularity of your site to send traffic to a competitor or their own crap (anything other than to your original site) then it's not okay... it's an exploitation of your brand.

Make sense?

I feel the same way .. we try to buy whatever we can that is close but don't always ..

Sausage · 03-23-2006, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soul_Rebel

it's easy,we buy them 1st

Sometimes you don't think of obvious ones straight away, but this case was a no brainer

Will brainstorm variables before the next site is advertised for sure.

Wiggles · 03-23-2006, 03:05 PM

fair game for all, i need to do the same for one of my sites.

03-23-2006, 11:32 AM	#1
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Sly Let's do some business! Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 31,360	Fair game. Plus that affiliate ran the risk of buying flop domains. I have a bunch of misspells that never did anything, so I lost out. I know I'm not the only one. Furthermore, I highly doubt the site name is trademarked so it isn't exactly illegal, though you could TOS it out of course. __________________ Vacares - Web Hosting, Domains, O365, Security & More - Paxum and BTC Accepted Windows VPS now available Great for TSS, Nifty Stats, remote work, virtual assistants, etc. Click here for more details.

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03-23-2006, 11:41 AM	#2
u-Bob there's no $$$ in porn Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: icq: 195./568.-230 (btw: not getting offline msgs) Posts: 33,063	It's fair game.

03-23-2006, 11:46 AM	#3
Jellybeen Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 86	My feeling is if it's an affiliate using it to send traffic (and signups) to you, then it's okay. They're just picking up on traffic that you would be missing anyway, and sending it over to where it originally should have gone. (After all, you still make $$ off of it thanks to their efforts.) If it's someone trying to obviously exploit the popularity of your site to send traffic to a competitor or their own crap (anything other than to your original site) then it's not okay... it's an exploitation of your brand. Make sense?

03-23-2006, 01:39 PM	#6
p]mpdogg So Fucking Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 58	I may be gay, but I love man ass!

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Manowar jellyfish Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 71,528	It's all good

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Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	it's easy,we buy them 1st

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Sosa In Tushy Land Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nebraska Posts: 40,149	fair game for sure. atleast they are sending the traffic to you.

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Wiggles Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 14,423	fair game for all, i need to do the same for one of my sites. __________________ no sig