UKNM: Letsbuyit.com - On A Loser?

[Sarah Clelland]

I read somewhere yesterday that letsbuyit.com are buying up lots of 

domain names such as letsbuyshit.com or letsbuyitsucks.com etc. etc. 

to prevent some japester comandeering them.


Does this scream 'what a futile exercise' at anyone else, or is it just 

me? Anyone who wants to wax lyrical about the less positive aspects of

letsbuyit.com's service will just think of a name that they haven't 

bought. And it's ripe for the picking as well - letsdissit.com, 

letsslagitoff.com (I could go on, but I won't.) 


Is this sort of thing common practice? And if you're going to go on a 

spending spree like this, surely you're better off finding out what 

people mistakenly type in when they're searching for your site - like 

lets-buy-it.com etc.? 


Sarah Clelland

Snow Valley

www.snowvalley.com

020 7250 1056



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