Last year I started a project meant to provide a free alternative to the services provided by Flippa, a website dedicated to "website flipping", the art of selling websites that were just created.
I've chosen the domain http://freeflippa.com and shortly after opening the doors for this new site, the owner of flippa.com approached me by email with concerns about trademark assurance.
Following the european laws, nothing would restrict me from using this specific website domain since it is not a trademark recognized in Europe or the States.
Nevertheless, I'm not the type of person that enjoys "cybersquatting" and removed any resemblances on the site that would compete against the paid services provided by flippa.com
Two days ago I've decided to clean up my portfolio of domains and remembered that I still had freeflippa. Decided to send an email to the owner of flippa and I've transferred freeflippa.com to his ownership at zero cost.
Webmaster projects are very attractive to some extent but I guess that I'm just not cut for them.
Will rather stick with software development, it was nevertheless another episode on my life to keep in memory.
:)
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