{"id":1186,"date":"2010-08-25T13:01:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T19:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webii.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/domain-purchase-tricks\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:54:07","slug":"domain-purchase-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webii.net\/blog\/domain-purchase-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Domain Purchase Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you recently get an email about a \u201cdispute\u201d for your \u201ctrademarked domain\u201d in another top-level domain<\/a>?<\/p>\n

I have seen a lot of these types of notices received by our customers, boldly urging the owner of a .com domain about the \u201cpending purchase\u201d of a similar domain with another country\u2019s extension \u2013 such as \u201cmycompanyname.cn\u201d (a China extension). The verbiage is a bit sneaky, sounding as if someone is just on the edge of buying your domain if you don\u2019t do something quick!<\/p>\n

Be wary of these \u2013 they are scams. Most likely, no one is on the verge of buying your domain name. In fact, you probably have no interest in owning a domain name that is located in another country where you may not even do any business. A couple of my customers did attempt to reply to the message asking for more information, only to receive a more urgent and stern reply (in a threatening tone). My recommendation is to ignore the email and delete it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did you recently get an email about a \u201cdispute\u201d for your \u201ctrademarked domain\u201d in another top-level domain? 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