i put a lot of work into it and when it saturated google it when crazy in a great way.
I went back to godaddy to buy the subdomain name and some body obviously saw it in google just after it hit the index and bought it, now there redirecting to my subdomain.
A) Is there anyway i can get this name back as they bought it just after site hit the index. there are dates to prove this time period through domain archives.
B)Why try and jack my subdomain will it hurt me!
I really want this name back!
[edited by: Webwork at 6:07 pm (utc) on May 10, 2006]
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Could it be a user trying to help you out? if they are pointing to you they are not trying to make from it.
You could rebrand (buy the domain first)
You can't buy a subdomain from GoDaddy or any other registrar.
I could be wrong but that's the way I read it.
Buy a sub-domain? Maybe the original root domain - controlled by the website operator that allows sub-domains to be developed by 'member/affiliates' - is registered at GD and that excited the thought that the member developed sub-domain was something to be purchased - in order to secure its control?
Interesting world. We've all been there, one way or another, in the course of our education and growing up. :)
Any useful info would help.
[edited by: Webwork at 2:20 am (utc) on May 15, 2006]
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You can't use real domain names, so please use "example.com", etc.
What I gather so far, is that you are an affiliate of some company that gives their affiliates a sub-domain within their domain. Such as:
mysite.example.com
Is this correct so far?
Now, you want your own domain name? Is that correct? You'd like to register your own domain name through a registrar?
If so, what domain name do you want?
Surely, not:
mysite.example.com
That's impossible. example.com belongs to the Example Company. YOU can't register mysite.example.com. They can set-up a sub-domain, and do whatever they'd like with it - use it for their own purposes, give it to you to use, rent/lease it to you or somebody else, etc. It's totally under their control.
Do you want to register some SIMILAR domain name? For example,
mysite-example.com
If so, you first have to think about whether you are violating the Example Company's trademark and if they are likely to sue you over it.
In any case, if somebody else has beat you to the punch, and registered mysite-example.com, then you are out of luck. That's the way the system works - first come first served.
As far as them redirecting traffic to your site - I'd be happy for the free traffic!
Can you clarify whatever I've gotten wrong here?
Oh - maybe I've got it now. You want to register "mysite.com"? The prefix that you had used as the subdomain name?
Unless you have a trademark on this term, you are out of luck. The fact that you used this as a subdomain name within somebody else's domain doesn't give you any special status. The only thing that MIGHT get you this domain is a prior trademark registration.
Nicely done, jtars, as always. Nicely done. :)
Ditto that. This peon now understands a wee bit better. :D
