Disclaimer about LiewCF.NET
I noticed that the domain name “LIEWCF.NET” has been registered at April 15, 2007. Please note that I, Liew Cheon Fong, the owner of LIEWCF.COM have no relation to LIEWCF.NET domain name and website.
The “LIEWCF.NET” domain name is not registered by me. Here is the WHOIS information of the domain:
ALERT: IF any message coming from “LIEWCF.NET” claiming to be from Liew Cheon Fong and/or LIEWCF.COM, please ignore it and forward to me at liewcf+liewcfnet@gmail.com
My two cents
I am not sure who registered the domain name and what is the purpose. I hope the domain owner is not doing something bad on my name, as LIEWCF is well known name and got its reputation.
Hmm… Seems like I need to trademark “LIEWCF”? What do you think? Will you trademark your domain name?
Good read:
you should have seen this coming, well, get it trademark then take action, but i doubt the law would be on your side, because you trademark the name after that person register the name LiewCF.net
My biggest worry is the possible scams from the domain. It cost too much to trademark the name. I will leave the LIEWCF.NET. By the way, I have registered LIEWCF.ORG
first step I took when my site osx-e.com become popular before is registered all popular top domains ie osx-e.net and osx-e.org. Apart from to avoid the spam, it might make you lose some traffic from search engine if people searching for liewcf, the liewcf.net domain might come on the top result than liewcf.com
if you have the money (which is alot!) to trademark your name, go ahead.
Lesson is if your site gets popular, maybe one should quickly register the equivalent .net .biz and whatnot domains before someone else does
you could try offering him money to buy his domain. Let him earn a little.
As he is also doing it to gain some profit.
Obviously this person is trying to leech your traffic.
– MENJ
that guy was brilliant, why i didn’t think of that lol :p
Dont worry LCF, they normally take advantage for traffic only.
I think the owner of LiewCF.net is trying his luck if you would buy this domain name from him.
should i buy the domain name?
You should buy all the popular extension at the time you buy liewcf.com
Don’t worry about the .net registration, Liew. It’s actually good news that it was a domain holding company trying to monetize residual traffic and not a real competitor writing a blog about the same things… THAT would have been a problem. So in a way, they are preventing a real competitor from grabbing the .net name, and they won’t develop the site, just “park” it to see if it yields anything.
On the other hand I’m surprised that you didn’t register the .net version, since you are (or have confessed about a year or two ago) that you are a professional blogger, meaning you make a living out of this. But in case you want to feel better, neither YouTube nor MySpace own their .net or .org … so stay cool!
thanks. my ONLY worry is that the someone spreading scams from the .NET domain and cheat my dear readers. That is the purpose of this post.
Hurm….this is not good,i think you should realise once you get popular there’s always bad hand outside there who would like to exploite your popularity.
I suspect the owner of that domain wanted money from you….anyway you can always refer forumers at NamePros.com as they are expert about domain name.
My best advice:register all top domain name extension that refering your main domain name.
regards
Yeah, Max is right. Luckily its just a domain holding company. I don’t think you need to worry about scams if its that.
They may be trying to hold it hostage, though. I’m not sure if you can Trademark a name, but since LIEWCF has become a brand, you may be able to. Even with a TM, you’d need to fight anyone who takes your domain (.net) either in court, by settling, or though arbitration. Sadly, arbitration costs somewhere around $1500 and is not guaranteed, court costs more, and settling . . . well, that may cost a pretty penny.
Lesson here is register all TLDs for a domain you’re concerned about.
As for ordering a TM after someone registers .net, that shouldn’t matter. I believe all you need to do is prove that you had the name first (shouldn’t be hard) . . . you registered the TLD of .com and they are trying to be cyberpirates and piggyback on your name. Regardless, like I said in the last post, you still will have to pay a minimum of $1500. See if you can settle with them for somewhere around there and you’ll be guaranteed the name. . . .
just a thought.