March 1, 2007

Whoopsie - check first before promoting yourself

From the Guardian comes this story of domain fun and games:
Domain pain for film website
The UK Film Council-backed social networking and community website, myfilms, has run into a hitch after it emerged it cannot use the .com version of its web address - despite using the name in publicity material.

Myfilms, which is backed by £3m of National Lottery funding, aims to be a "film-centric social network" that will boost the range of films cinemagoers decide to watch.

The website, which is to launch in mid-March, has been dubbed myfilms.com in press material. But myfilms.com is registered and hosted in Washington, in the US and cannot be used until it is moved to the UK. The site is currently using myfilms.co.uk as its web address.
Wonder who the genius was that thought they could use the domain without bothering to check its availability... MyFilms.com is owned by Bellevue, WA namesquaters eNom who currently have ownership of over 8 million registered domain names. It would be fun to see how much they want for it, get myfilms.com and turn a bit of a profit by selling it to the Brits... Posted by DaveH at March 1, 2007 12:53 PM
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