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one-offon Ask HN: How do you deal with domain squatters?

Thanks, this is probably the best advice. Having never dealt with lawyers on a professional level, I figured they would start draining our money immediately upon contact.

one-offon Ask HN: How do you deal with domain squatters?

We actually have about 30 visitors per day coming to our site from searches on this exact misspelling (which google knows is a misspelling). Based on the number of people searching for our domain name including the .com, this translates to a few hundred missed visitors per day. I hope that people who type this into their location bar realize their error, but the site they visit is a direct competitor, so I'm sure a few visitors stick.

one-offon Ask HN: How do you deal with domain squatters?

It is trademarked, which also complicates the issue as we're obligated to defend our marks.