20
Nov

Payal.com at Sedo auction ~ What…..

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Posted by: Jamie Zoch -

Payal.com is currently at auction on Sedo.com with a current bid of $8,100 at time of posting. This domain name screams UDRP, WIPO, TM infringement, Bad Faith and so much more!

The owner writes up a nice description with nothing to do with the little known Online Payment Site known as PayPal as one would figure.

The problem is, parking the domain name leaves little chance that any "payment" type ads are displayed. In return, the domain name is in instant Bad Faith with the Trademarked Term "PayPal". Payal is very similar and confusing to PayPal IMO and having ads on your domain offering Credit Card Processing, the term PAYPAL and Merchant Account etc is a big time No, NO!

Secondly, the "thousands" in yearly income being "parked" I’m sure are not from people looking for the popular Indian Accessory or the popular actress Payal Rohatgi.

I wouldn’t touch this domain name with a 1,000 foot pole if I were you no matter how many "thousands" per year this domain name makes in parking revenue or the have the 11K visitors a month!

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6 comments for “Payal.com at Sedo auction ~ What…..”

1

Jamie,
Payal is indeed a very popular girl indian name.
I have 2 indian friends called Payal.
Payal is also the Hindi term for anklet. My wife has a collection of payals.

The description is right.

If you ask anyone in the 1 billion people (one sixth of the world population) that live in India what is ‘Payal’ they would give you the above answers. The majority of them have probably never heard of PayPal.

It is unfortunate for the seller that the parking page is serving such ads (payment processing). That’s the only thing that can bring them down. (I’m not sure, but could that be the parking company’s fault here?)

Do you reckon Paypal.com should have Payal.com ?
I can picture a great website at Payal.com selling Payals worldwide.

**Jamie Says**
Hi Ritz,
I do not think Paypal has the “right” to Payal but laws are laws and currently the Sedo parking page is placing ads that pertain to their (paypal) trademark. I also do think it would be wise for Paypal to own the domain as it’s a clear Typo of Paypal. I do not really think it’s Sedo’s fault, as the owner of the domain can set the keywords but that always doesn’t work either. In the case with a domain like Payal, the owner would be MUCH safer just Forwarding the domain to the domains listing page at Sedo or the auction page. The domain does appear “clean” up to when the owner parked it at sedo in the end of 2006 and most of 2007. The current owner might get away with selling it (might not as well) but the new owner (if sold) stands a chance at losing it as well IMO.

November 20th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
2

Payal is a very famous name and also a popular ornament that women and women dancers wear on their ankle.

**Jamie Says**
Thank you RKB, but I was pointing to the issue of the “paypal” terms and likeness on the paypal.com service on the current parking page. Never questioned if it meant anything else (Name, Jewelry), but thank you again for pointing that out.

November 20th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
3

Interesting response what the word Payal stands for

November 20th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
4

Payal is indeed an Indian name. Its evident from the numerous Indian blogs available at clipped.in

**Jamie Says**
Thank you for the info. I wasn’t questioning if the domain was an indian name but pointing out the potential trademark issues due to the current Ads being on the domain. ;)

November 20th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
5

Hey Jamie, Just in case you didn’t know, Payal is a popular Indian name. ;)

November 21st, 2008 at 12:13 am
6

Jamie, I think it is very easy for to furnish this friends birth certificate with Payal written all over it, she was in one of the courses with me and a really good friend, if PayPal decides to raise a bad faith case against me for Payal.com

I don’t think this name should be a problem for Paypal in any way.. and of course if it was then they should have registered it long time back when they started..

November 21st, 2008 at 9:11 am

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