Registration and resale of popular domain - a new kind of business on the Internet

With the constant development of the World Wide Web has become more urgent "nice" domain names or to put it more simply, the names of sites. Given that the total number of sites now are approaching 200 million, to pick up a nice, short and free domain name is becoming harder and harder, and therefore register a domain with a short title or popular it is now very difficult.

In this connection formed the market selling domain names. It also includes companies that provide services for domain name registration, and those who are engaged in a secondary sale of domain names in their pure form. It also includes the companies that advertise on the network to the registered sites, hosting services, legal and judicial organizations and so on.

Perhaps someone is shocking, but 30% of sites on the World Wide Web does not contain information. They exist solely for the implementation of the advertising links. For example, it is believed that many companies would like to have your site for business.com. That's why this domain was sold for 360 million U.S. dollars.

Today, the commercial value possessed by all gTLD domains and part of the ccTLD zones (one of them is true. Ru), which are in tune with the commonplace of English nouns, singular, and the domain names of not more than three digits or letters. In addition, in the area. Com, after a free registration ended three-letter domains, are also of commercial value domains, which consist of four letters.

In the earlier days of the Internet domain name system was simply a more convenient form of addressing, which is easier to remember. As a result, the development of WWW, as well as by investing heavily in the development of online business, domain names have become a significant value. Like any other property, there is a need in their legal regulation.

Several countries have passed a series of trials in which the disputed domain name was. In some domain areas, disputes over ownership of the right domain name is not resolved only in court, but also on the procedure for UDRP, (a kind of arbitration).