ChrisH wrote:
> I cannot for the life of me understand why people buy mis-spellings of
> Vaio.com (for example - Sony's Video-Audio-Intergrated-Operation)
> knowing that people will accidently type in http://www.viao.com/ or
> http://www.vaoi.com/ )
>
> do they make money from affiliate links? advertising?
>
> www.321studios.com make (or used to make) dvdcopying software. I notice
> someonw registered www.123studios.com and put affiliate links to
> competitors software. Is this sneaky or clever? do they really make
> enough money to justify the hassle?
>
Not sure about making money from mis-spelt domain names, but I hear of
people making bargain purchases on Ebay due to spelling mistakes on
items for sale.
Some people make an art of searching for "Hewlet Pakard" etc - And find
sale items that nobody else gets to see.