Typo domains - must declare

[binny]

Originally Posted by HariSeldon

I don't see it as being nanny state at all. For me it reinforces that this is a community where many of us are in competition but are also prepared to help each other (especially newcomers) out in a variety of different ways.

Newcomers to reading?

If you are buying a domain then first and foremost you are buying a word or words followed by an extension, if you haven't the intelligence to make sure the word is the correct spelling of the word then get out of the game.

Have you thought about where this ends? If a multi-word term offered up is not most commonly used variant then do we need to flag that up?

[admin]

There are other angles to this, such as color.co.uk and colour.co.uk, it's not a typo - so should domain sellers also point out when it's a non-UK selling?

I can add something to the rules but for me and the mods to check long lists of domains and check spellings on all of them is a lot of work.

Admin

[julian]

does the samwe rules apply for this J0BS.co.uk or is that a hack?

[mat]

You do have to laugh though when you see prebids of £xxx on sites such as domainlore for typos. Some people obviously have more money than sense!

[HariSeldon]

Originally Posted by binny

Newcomers to reading?

Have you thought about where this ends? If a multi-word term offered up is not most commonly used variant then do we need to flag that up?

Julian posted a good example of J0BS.co.uk where a newbie could be misled regardless of whether they can read or not...

I'm not in favour of it being a forum rule as I don't see it being workable however I do think the community could do its bit to make sure no-one gets caught out. And the community can use its collective common sense as to what's appropriate and what's not.

[Edwin]

I think we can all agree that J0bs (with a "zero" not an "oh") is pretty much worthless. Certainly not worth starting a sales thread for. It's so very 1999 to have domains that are look-alikes-but-junk-really...

[HariSeldon]

Originally Posted by Edwin

I think we can all agree that J0bs (with a "zero" not an "oh") is pretty much worthless. ... It's so very 1999 to have domains that are look-alikes-but-junk-really...

Agreed, there's an irregular Acorn member who touted a zer0 one last year and was still trying to sell it on Sedo last time I checked.

Reflects poorly on the seller and on domainers in general in my humble opinion.

[Edwin]

Originally Posted by HariSeldon

Reflects poorly on the seller and on domainers in general in my humble opinion.

I think it's about time that stuff that reflects poorly on domainers be given a big thumbs down, at least on Acorn. It would be great if these forums led by example in being cleaner and more "pro" than other domain forums (already true to a degree, btw!).