childrensroom.co.uk

[John Jupp]

childrensroom.co.uk (brokered)

Offers over £500 please email domaini@hotmail.co.uk

[Elaine]

mmm - what do I think about this? Why do I feel as though I'm being held to ransom and vaguely threatened?

Lee Owen, formerly an active member of A4U, contacted Childrens Rooms offering this domain for sale yesterday, I replied and offered £100, which wasn't accepted and wished him good luck with the sale.

Does Lee work for Jess Luthi now?

We're going through a massive change at Childrens Rooms, having recently split from our partners, moved premises and knee deep in training staff and new Christmas Stock - besides still trying to get the new version of Allkids up and running and updating all my toy pages - so no time to breathe let alone worry about similar domains and repercussions - was I wrong?

What I didn't expect was that it would be offered for sale on here by Affiliate Program Advice - who obviously know that I'm an over-active member here - seems somewhat shabby to me and not what I would have expected from that company.

Am I being over anxious here?
Does this pose a threat to our business?
Would it have been etiquette to contact me first and explain what they were intending to do?
or should I just ignore it?

ps - not training the new Christmas Stock - just the staff

[Ditzy]

childrensroom.co.uk

Offers over £500 please email domaini@hotmail.co.uk

Having spent a while trying to compose myself rather than charging in to a reply at the peak of my I'm actually still at a loss for words ...

I can't believe my eyes!

[Ditzy]

Still completely at a loss for words ...

Perhaps inspiration will hit me while I'm registering mothercares.com, jonlewis.com or woolworth.co.uk

[John Jupp]

Hi Elaine

Lee didn't get a reply to the email declining £100 as too low and that he did state he would seek a sale elsewhere. Please email Lee to discuss.

I broker some of his domains, he's nowt to do with anything else. Nothing to do with APA and this post has nothing to do with them either.

[rob.co.uk]

mmm - what do I think about this? Why do I feel as though I'm being held to ransom and vaguely threatened?

Lee Owen, formerly an active member of A4U, contacted Childrens Rooms offering this domain for sale yesterday, I replied and offered £100, which wasn't accepted and wished him good luck with the sale.

...

Am I being over anxious here?
Does this pose a threat to our business?
Would it have been etiquette to contact me first and explain what they were intending to do?
or should I just ignore it?

It is listed on Acorn, have linked to this post.

I have warned Lee previously that his actions will get him into trouble one day in the form of DRS or something far more serious.

At least this time its with one of his own names rather than trying to 'presell' other peoples names - see my previous post on Acorn about that

Cheers,
Rob.

[rob.co.uk]

I broker some of his domains, he's nowt to do with anything else. Nothing to do with APA and this post has nothing to do with them either.

It could be worth, for clarity, cleaning up the posts to make it blatent its brokered and not related as posts show up as :

childrensroom.co.uk

Offers over £500 please email domaini@hotmail.co.uk
__________________
Read Our Blog, Backdoor Investments Ltd, Affiliate Program Management - Contact Us For Information,
My Contact Details: Terrasip: 21100004227 @ terrasip.net Skype: john_jupp

ie. nothing to suggest otherwise / unrelated.

[John Jupp]

End of the day it's between Lee and anyone interested I just broker them and others for a % on the sale.

Any issues are his to address.

[John Jupp]

It could be worth, for clarity, cleaning up the posts to make it blatent its brokered and not related as posts show up as :

childrensroom.co.uk

Offers over £500 please email domaini@hotmail.co.uk
__________________
Read Our Blog, Backdoor Investments Ltd, Affiliate Program Management - Contact Us For Information,
My Contact Details: Terrasip: 21100004227 @ terrasip.net Skype: john_jupp

ie. nothing to suggest otherwise / unrelated.

Done. also done on acorn.

[rob.co.uk]

Still completely at a loss for words ...

Perhaps inspiration will hit me while I'm registering mothercares.com, jonlewis.com or woolworth.co.uk

Nothing wrong with registering those at all. All legit names, I am sure there would be a generic site on Mothers that Care... bloke called Jon Lewis , and a Mr Woolworth.

If you tried to use them abusively or infringe on rights , then thats when your 'inspiration' kicks in.

Done. also done on acorn.

Nice one - just trying to help out to avoid future hassle :tup

[John Jupp]

Hey no worries mate. It's never easy....me being just the messenger boy. :blush

Hope everything turns out satisfactorily.

[renegade]

There's enough domainers on here to agree a ball park fair price for this domain and hopefully enough goodwill between forum members to give her first refusal.

Elaine; the reality is you really do need that domain and it's worth considerably more than £100 and unless you have trademarked the term (unlikely as it's generic) the owner does have you over a barrel. My advice would be to buy it ASAP, it will only appreciate in value.

Lee, I wouldn't make an enemy of Elaine, she has a lot of friends in this industry.

I'll butt out now, just trying to help.

[KieronD]

This has left a bad taste in my mouth. I don't like the idea one little bit of someone trying to make a profit out of a domain name that is very similar to a forum members. Frankly I don't care what the legal implications are here and personally I would give the domain to Elaine for free as a gesture of goodwill.

[D-Mac]

it's worth considerably more than £100

I disagree.
Suppose somebody buys it for £500, and sticks an affiliate redirect on it.
Suppose the average order value is £40. 7.5% commission of £40 is £3. £500 divide by £3 = 167 orders.

Suppose the conversion rate on type in brand traffic is 10%. That makes 1670 clicks to break even on the £500 outlay. That won't happen in a hurry.

If I was the affiliate manager I would ban the affiliate anyway

£100 is a fair offer. £150 tops. No offence, but it's not a massively recognised brand, so there is no point in forking out and wasting money.

I doubt any future buyer of childrens-rooms.co.uk is unlikely to worry too much either.

[John Jupp]

This has left a bad taste in my mouth. I don't like the idea one little bit of someone trying to make a profit out of a domain name that is very similar to a forum members. Frankly I don't care what the legal implications are here and personally I would give the domain to Elaine for free as a gesture of goodwill.

That's not down to me though Kieron, it's a matter for the domain holder. I just advertise them. Whether anything is resolved or not, again not down to me. It's not my domain.