Originally Posted by
Zorak
If you have no technical or marketing acumen and are unaware of things like email phishing and brand protection then maybe you should be more open in your thinking about why a company might want to register a domain that you don't intend to use legally. The legal department in fact might *prefer* to register it as a "defensive domain" even with no intention of using it, rather than leaving it in someone else's hands.
I've already pointed out the importance of at least elementary research, have I not? The domain is already in use (parked does not necessarily mean not at all in use) - for e-mail for a
travel-related business. Now don't you think it important that Marriott toe the line that it's
Marriott Bonvoy they lay claim to and that they are not in any way infringing upon anyone who may be using the Bonvoy name/brand in a stand-alone fashion? Completely different animals - capisce?
None of us knows for sure whether they made an offer to take it over (presumably the price would've been pretty darned attractive to a business not even operating a website, no?), but anyone with even a hint of legal or business sense would suspect otherwise - strongly.
Edit: As to the technical acumen bit, you might want to
research the first part of my handle.
