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Business Definition for: domain name poaching
domain name poaching
the practice of registering an Internet domain name with the intention of reselling the domain name rights to a corporation or individual. For example, you might want to register www.ford.com for yourself in the hope that Ford Motor Company would then buy it from you. Also called domain name hijacking and cybersquatting .
See also UDDRP, UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy)
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