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How much money do you think there is in misspelled domains?
If I misspell/mistype an URL, more often than not I get garbage. Occasionally, I get redirected to the website I was looking for. How much money do you think there is in purchasing commonly misspelled words or mistyped words and waiting around for the corporation to want to purchase the misspelling?
I think it would depend on how often the name would be misspelled in that particular way, and how important it is to the owner of the real site to ensure that customers find the correct site. When I have got a site name wrong I have sometimes found a page full of advertising, it must be worthwhile for someone to spend time creating it.
I don't know how much money would be in it. I suspect that the larger the company, the more misspellings would be covered, like in the case of Disney or Toys R Us for example.
Really? I guess I knew it was a strategy by the ads, but I haven't ever heard it discussed. It does make sense too that larger companies would be more interested in buying out the domain. I bet when the internet was just getting off the ground this was big business, but not so much anymore. Most of the misspellings have probably been found by now.
I would think it is worth looking into. I know that many of the big companies have this covered but not all by far! I also think that is a smart thing to think about when you are starting your own small business.
There is (or was) a company that a friend of mine used to work for outside of Toronto that actually dealt with misspelled domain names as an entire business. It's definitely a strategy that can make money.
Yeah I thought it was pretty interesting when I had first had of it as well. They had to spend a lot of time developing the misspelled domains (hence having an entire company) but it paid off well for a while.
Well, I guess if the misspelling is a parked domain, maybe there will not be too much money. But if you keep it and it is filled with ads, then probably there us ome money to be made!
It really depends on how common of a misspelling it would be. There's potential there if you can snatch up a really good domain, but otherwise, it could very well be a waste of your time.
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