vBulletin.net :)

[SkuZZy]

Well, 2 months later and I still haven't done anything with the name. I'm wondering, is anyone interested in buying www.vbulletin.net from me? If you're interested, PM me or e-mail me at dejaray@shaw.ca - I might put it up on eBay if I get enough interest, since I don't have the desire to build anything on it anymore and I don't like to see it go to waste. It would make a nice templates site to go with vb.com and vb.org

[Neo]

I just emailed / PMed you.

[nuno]

What about selling it to Jelsoft?
[high]* nuno thinks you should email John [/high]

[Erwin]

vBulletin probably has trademark rights to that domain name in any case... if they decide they want the domain, they will be able to get it since vBulletin is a commercial product... this is based on past and recent WIPO decisions...

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/

[Boofo]

Having trademark rights to the name and having it to the domain name are two different things. I think they will have a harder time getting it if they want it than you think they will. I know of a site that used a trademarked name with NET instead of COM and when the COM site tried to stop it, they couldn't even though the name was trademarked. It gets real touchy and confusing with domain names.

[SkuZZy]

I don't think John has any intentions to pursue action against anyone using his "trademark" in domain names unless they are using it to slander his company. Of course, this is just my educated opinion. Seeing as there are many vbulletin domains out there (vbulletinboard.com, vbulletin.org, vbulletinskins.com, ect.) in use, I don't see why John would have motivation to go after this domain name; especially if it was being used to help increase his sales. A community offering free templates and button sets to vbulletin members provides a whole new set of features to attract new customers to the vbulletin software. This is why I want to possibly sell the name, cause right now it's not doing any good with me not having time to develop it

... of course, everything said above is just my opinion. No guarentees that John wouldn't suddenly decide to go after it, but i'd like it if anyone could give me any motive as to why he would out of the blue decide to do that after the domain has been registered for over a year and a half.

[SkuZZy]

I've decided to post this on ebay (infact, I already have). It will start tommorow at 6:45pm PST on ebay and end on Monday, January 27th @ 6:45pm. I will post the URL here tommorow. There is no reserve and whatever it sells for, it sells for..... I mainly just want to see it become a big big site like vb.org

[Tony G]

Official-ness would be the key to more success.

[Xenon]

@Erwin and Boofo: It depends on the rigth of the country also.
For example the domain vbulletin.de is not in the hands of jelsoft, it just links to vb.com, but if jelsoft would want the domain, the courts would give it to them, because it's german law here, but for .net its a bit mor complicatet..

[Dean C]

You should post this up on vbulletin.com