Will Domainers ever be able to shake the “Squatters” label? (1 Viewing)

Not a week goes by that I don’t hear from a friend of mine in the startup world that a “squatter” as the domain name they want for their company. I usually respond the same way every time, “Oh, so you mean you Trademarked the name, started using it for your company, and someone read about it and bought the name?”

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Read the article here
https://morganlinton.com/will-domainers-ever-be-able-to-shake-the-squatters-label/

Morgan Linton is one of my favourite domain bloggers and I always look forward to his insights.

My favourite quote from the article...

After a confused pause they usually respond, “No, we just thought of the name yesterday, but someone’s squatting on it and wants way too much for it.”

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Hehe, the article hits the nail right on the head.

Yes great article

I think there will always be some 'squatter' sentiment among the general public for people who register and invest in domain names. Maybe it gets a little better over time.

Like the saying goes, 1 bad apple spoils the bunch. Unfortunately there will always be cyber squatters. All is takes is 1, it makes some news article somewhere about a domain owner being a squatter which in turn for people that don’t know better, we’re all labeled cyber squatters. I have been called a cyber squatter a few times for owning a generic domain.

A lot of people out there also don’t realize that this is indeed a business and a full one for a lot of people.