Observed arrival · 2026-09-28
Domain Squatters Suck investigates the domain aftermarket
An independent research project separates trademark-based cybersquatting from the broader market in buying, parking, brokering, and reselling domain names.
- For
- Domain buyers, policy researchers, and affected name-seekers
- Worth noticing
- It explicitly distinguishes a high resale price from the evidence needed to establish a U.S. cybersquatting claim.
Field notes
The homepage separates three standards: the U.S. trademark-based ACPA claim, ICANN’s three-part UDRP test, and the project’s broader critique of lawful but potentially extractive holding. Its resources point readers toward ownership, registration history, expiration, parked pages, buyer checks, and asking-price evaluation; a comparison section proposes carrying cost as a benchmark. The page says allegations should be distinguished from legal findings, and that resale price alone is not the legal test.
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