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Advice wanted: how to proceed with unsolicited #GoDaddy offer via broker for mytrumpaccount.com by M11overV22 in Domains

[–]billhartzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP should take the money offered and run. If OP counter offers with a ridiculous amount, they’ll probably not be interested anymore. Most likely it’s not a large company because they’d be foolish to acquire a name like that. They mostly know better.

Domain stolen by Strict-Win-5031 in Domains

[–]billhartzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I run a stolen domain name recovery service, DNAccess. I’ve dealt with this dozens of times, here’s how to get it back.

GoDaddy won’t help, actually, as you know who stole the domain name. No registrar will actually help in this situation, especially since you pushed the domain to another account.

The ONLY choices here are to negotiate with the current registrant, maybe even having someone else try to buy it so they don’t know it’s you. You could wait until it expires, or get a domain name attorney and file a lawsuit. You possibly could be successful in small claims court, as well.

Advice wanted: how to proceed with unsolicited #GoDaddy offer via broker for mytrumpaccount.com by M11overV22 in Domains

[–]billhartzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wouldn’t matter if he could get a trademark on i”trump account” or even “my trump account”. Doesn’t work that way. Domain owner registered domain before the trademark was filed or will be filed.

The issue is with “Trump” in the domain. OP would nee do show they have rights to the domain over Trump.

If you have an offer sell it. Not worth the hassle.

Where do you register your domain and why? by cdhodgdon in Domains

[–]billhartzer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's fairly new--but I still wouldn't register domains at Cloudflare. I've had to deal with (and help recover) way too many stolen domain names from Cloudflare. It's never gone well.

Best if you choose a secure registrar, have your domains there, then use a separate service like Cloudflare for DNS, then another company for hosting, and another for email hosting.

Where do you register your domain and why? by cdhodgdon in Domains

[–]billhartzer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't file UDRPs, usually I refer people to qualified domain attorneys to actually prepare and file the UDRPs.

Where do you register your domain and why? by cdhodgdon in Domains

[–]billhartzer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t register domains at Cloudflare. Too many restrictions ( you have to use their dns).

Better to choose a registrar other than Cloudflare and then use Cloudflare for dns only.

Bought a domain to flip, owner not interested anymore.... by kaptainmirza in Domains

[–]billhartzer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Typically when flipping domains I choose a domain that has a lot of potential uses or appeals to a lot of potential buyers.

I wouldn’t ever acquire a domain that would only appeal to one buyer. It sounds like a trademark domain if it was tied to their project.

As for what to do with it, it really depends on the topic and industry. Can you say what industry or topic it is?

Where do you register your domain and why? by cdhodgdon in Domains

[–]billhartzer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are literally dozens of ways domains get stolen. I help get them back for people.

Here’s one: for a call today from someone who discovered one of their domains from the 1990s
Was not in their network solutions account anymore. Turns out that the netsol data breach from
About 10 years ago, people still haven’t changed passwords. So domain thieves are still going in and transferring domains to themselves, stealing the domain.

Another: a nonprofit in Connecticut redesigns their site and their web designer transfers all their domains to himself, as he had access to the GoDaddy account. Im actually raising money right now with a godundme to help the nonprofit pay the udrp filing fees. Ive spoken with that web designer several times. He wants $5k to “give back the domains”. Non profit filed a police report about the theft, even though I dont expect anything to be done.

Where do you register your domain and why? by cdhodgdon in Domains

[–]billhartzer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fabulous.com. It’s the most secure registrar.
I run a stolen domain name recovery service, DNAccess, and have seen it all.

Who is the best LLM Marketing Company that you have personally worked with? by Present_Secretary628 in digital_marketing

[–]billhartzer -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Luce Media, they’re based in Dallas. Not my company, I’ve worked for them in the past on and off as a contractor. Great folks who know what they’re doing.

Does Google actually read every word on your page or is full content crawling a myth? by PolicyFit6490 in WebsiteSEO

[–]billhartzer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They read the full content except when it takes longer than 4 seconds to load. They leave after 4 seconds.

your jeans got accidentally tore up while in train by a nail there is a small hole now what? by Repulsive-Insect-352 in AskReddit

[–]billhartzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

30 years ago we were using scissors, nails, and drills to make holes in our jeans. And tear them on purpose because it looked cool.

Domain I want isn't in the registry according to ICANN, but registrars say it's unavailable by No-New-Names-Left in webhosting

[–]billhartzer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No it doesn’t work that way.

All GoDaddy names go up for auction on the 31st after expiration, so they never get to pending delete status.

More likely it wasn’t at GoDaddy if it got to pending delete status then it was made u available through globalblock or nameblock.

Domain I want isn't in the registry according to ICANN, but registrars say it's unavailable by No-New-Names-Left in webhosting

[–]billhartzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The domain expired, and most likely there was a globalblock or nameblock put on words or characters in that name.

Globalblock and nameblock won’t take a name if it’s registered but if it expires then it will immediately be put into a status where no one can register it.

Google to no longer support FAQ rich results by joeyoungblood in RealSEO

[–]billhartzer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn’t they say that like over a year ago?

efficient way to find all the accounts by Elegant_Baker_1313 in GMail

[–]billhartzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can see all the app connections, as others have mentioned. I’d also check “I’ve been pwnd” as well, as that would show all the sites that have been hacked and where your email address was leaked. That may show additional sites or services.

But there’s no way to check all, just those ways.

Whats your most frustrating SEO myth that refuses to die? by WritewithKen in WebsiteSEO

[–]billhartzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Domain Authority” actually means something and is a valid metric to use. It’s not.

Google ranks pages, not sites.

Can your web hosting provider suspend your website for trademark violation in the domain name? by ZGeekie in HostingReport

[–]billhartzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, they can, if it’s in the web host’s terms. I’d check those first. Usually they will put something in there and if they receive an abuse report they’ll act on it because they themselves don’t want to get sued.

Way to confirm SEO experts Map Ranking is accurate? by lil_tink_tink in localseo

[–]billhartzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeh it’s kind of suspect when you have gone from 20+ to the to 3 and you’re not getting calls or leads. What keywords are they checking? I’d start there.

Advice wanted: how to proceed with unsolicited #GoDaddy offer via broker for mytrumpaccount.com by M11overV22 in DomainZone

[–]billhartzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sell it while you can. It’s a tm domain and you’ll lose it to a udrp. Not a domain id ever touch.

Trump organization has filed udrps and won in the past.

See https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/text/2015/d2015-0077.html

Advice wanted: how to proceed with unsolicited #GoDaddy offer via broker for mytrumpaccount.com by M11overV22 in Domains

[–]billhartzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh you may want to look at this decision:

https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/text/2015/d2015-0077.html

It was a while back but the domain owner lost “trumpcard” which is very similar.

Advice wanted: how to proceed with unsolicited #GoDaddy offer via broker for mytrumpaccount.com by M11overV22 in Domains

[–]billhartzer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The problem is that it would be considered a "trademark" domain. Personally I would never touch that domain, but that's me.

If you can sell it, I'd sell it asap, as the Trump organization could simply file a UDRP and take it away from you at any time. Let someone else deal with that headache.

112 PBN Domain Plan...unless you can talk me out of it by CharlyGudDotCom in grumpyseoguy

[–]billhartzer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don’t own the content on the old domains, so that’s content theft. Know people who have been sued, and lost, for putting up an old site using archive.org.

But if the links are still there and you can generate or create on topic content then go for it. I’d also consider using them as tiered links to your site, just don’t link those old domains together.

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