[thelist] Domain Name Problem - OT

[michael ensor]

Don't waste time agonising over it.Both of you have the legal right to your
respective domain names.

They have extended an olive branch/share to the feast - turn it into a plus,
reciprocal links, mutual http header redirects etc.

The worst case scenario is that your site might move up in some search
engine rankings.

The best case is that you might develop some sort of mutual working
arrangement, after a period of testing each other out, which will aid both
of your sites and businesses
 in their marketing efforts
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Lloyd Parker" <david at image2image.co.uk>
To: "thelist-request at lists.evolt.org" <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 8:30 PM
Subject: [thelist] Domain Name Problem - OT


> Sorry list - this is OT, but would very much appreciate any feedback on
the
> following from any learned colleagues in the UK that may have come across
the
> following problem -
>
> I've been in business as 'Image 2 Image' in the UK for about 5 years,
> and have the .co.uk and .net names registered. The .com address was not
> available when I started, and in any case was registered to a US company
selling
> Christmas products, so no problem. I've kept my eye on the domain but
never seen
> it for sale. I've just had an email:
>
> "Dear David, (I assume)
>    have just been browsing the net, and came across your site.my interest
is
> that i've just started up my own web design company, which happens to be
> image2image.com.I havn't come across any people going to each others sites
by
> mistake yet, but if they do start to do so,perhaps we can arrange some
kind
> of mutually agreeable arrangement.Don't ask me what, but i'm sure that as
our
> fields cross and we do diverge in some regards.We may be of use to each
other
> in the future.
> I'm not in any way 'testing the competion' or anything other than friendly
> contact with a company that may share some traffic!
> I look forward to hearing from you.
> Yours"
>
> and I responded with :
>
> "I have to say I was pretty annoyed about this! I've been Image 2 Image
for
> around 5 years now, and image2image.com was a US based christmas shop when
I started. I
> periodically checked the domain but never found it for sale. My old site
clearly
> showed that I did web stuff, and my new one even more so. Surely you
checked for
> other Image 2 Image sites before you set up?"
>
> and they responded with:
>
> "  Thanks for replying so soon,I understand your feelings about this.When
we
> registered this domain, it was initially for the propmaking /scenepainting
> business that my wife and I set up. We eventually changed the name of that
> company though and image2image was left sitting idle.When we decided to
> branch out into the web area, it was only sensible that we used this
domain
> name that was going to waste!
>   As I said I understand your feelings on this, and if there is some kind
of
> soloution for any mistaken traffic, then I would be willing to
> participate.The danger of course is losing business to each other which we
> obviously both wish to avoid.
> If you have any ideas then please don't hesitate to contact me.
> yours"
>
> My company is 'sole proprietor' only.
>
> If anyone has any practical legal advice on this I would very much
appreciate an
> email off-list. Thanks in anticipation.
>
>
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