The domain or domain name is a combination of symbols, which type in an address line of a browser to get on this or that site. The domain name is not given to the owner of a site in lifelong using: standard term of registration makes 1 year. After its expiration registration it is necessary renew. If the owner of a site was late the domain name can get cybersquatter.

Cybersquatting or "domains capture" is the specific kind of the business which has appeared with a wide circulation of a network the Internet. Activity cybersquatter consists in registration of domain names with the purpose of their further sale. Thus annual registration of the domain in a zone com costs 9 dollars while the price for a domain name can reach 5-10 thousand dollars.

Good cybersquatters, borrow, first of all, released domain names. Cybersquatter patiently waits, when the domain will be released, and presses on a button "register". If will carry, the domain will get to it. Cybersquatters "catch" only careless owners of sites as after expiry of the term of registration the domain continues to be registered behind its former owner even a month. As it is strange, careless owners quite often are the large companies. The most known oversight such on the account of corporation "Microsoft" which employees once have forgotten to prolong registration of the domain Passport.com.

"Capture" of domains literally this word - not a unique field of activity cybersquatters. Many domain names come "from idea", that is are registered in advance with hope, that in the future they will be necessary for someone. Especially active hunting is conducted for two-and trigram domains. However to register now the new perspective domain it is possible infrequently as all the basic domain names are already borrowed. We shall assume, even in rather recently appeared zones BIZ and INFO any more does not remain free trigram domains.

As a version of cybersquatting it is possible to consider typesquatting: registration erroneous writing known domain names. Recently south-american businessman Chris Chen has redeemed three domain names, written with a mistake: Downlaod.com, Donwload.com and Dawnload.com for 80 thousand dollars. Download.com is archive of the software largest on the Internet. By calculations of analysts, the information resources placed under these domains, will visit about 300 thousand unique visitors a month.

Cybersquatting - employment passive enough. Unlike many other kinds of business in which sellers try to involve in every possible way buyers, in cybersquatting buyers find sellers. Having registered the domain, cybersquatter places on it the announcement of sale, advertising and waits for the response. For example, cybersquatter comes on "search engines" and enters names of domains which at it are. Further - it finds firms or people who can interest my names. Quite often domains are on sale so. Plus - is used target dispatch of faxes.

In spite of the fact that buy domains infrequently (at presence of several hundred domains - 2-3 times a month), the money obtained from sale only of one domain name, are capable to justify charges on the maintenance of all others. However, happens and so, that at cybersquatter occur 3 - 4 meetings in day which appear productive.

Even in that case when the domain long does not manage to be realized, it all the same brings cybersquatter the income, working as an advertising platform. It is natural, that the the domain name, the the greater income it is more popular brings. But in most cases the so-called traffic from the domain (quantity of visitors) it is guaranteed pays back charges on registration. Bad months for cybersquatter it when the profit on sale of advertising is more, than profit on sale of domains. But it is usual on the contrary.

Legally cybersquatting while it is not certain in any way. However, proceeding from the operating Rules of registrars, this activity is completely lawful: "Registration of domains is carried out on the basis of the Application. All applications are considered with equal reason irrespective, on behalf of what Applicant they are submitted". And further: "..in case of presence of several applications for registration of the same domains the decision on its registration is accepted by way of receipt of applications in turn on registration".

Despite of a plenty of the proceedings connected with registration cybersquatters of domain names, trade marks containing designation, the situation in this area still remains not certain.

The worst, that threatens cybersquatter which has grasped the domain containing a designation of a trade mark, is a cancellation of registration of this domain name. At an existing price level on domain names to the majority of the companies is unprofitable to have legal proceedings with cybersquatter. More cheaply simply to redeem at it a domain name.