Nothing annoys me more than finding a good domain name that someone has purchased with the intention of either selling it on or doing absolutely nothing with it. Bulk domain name buying has been around since DNS was setup but what really irritates me is that there are millions of domains that sit doing absolutely nothing apart from supplying free adverts for the hosting company. I lost a domain I wasn’t concerned about recently only to see it instantly purchased and yep, a buy this domain page put on it. I have no intention of buying it back but I reckon it was purchased on the basis that I had forgotten to renew it and so the buyer was hoping I would desperately contact them to re-purchase or lease it back. Services such as MetaFusion.com are setup for bulk purchases of domains and users then try and sell or lease them on. A domain is only a small part of a successful online presence and certainly not worth the money some of these free-loaders try and charge.

I’ve seen many companies who have tried to trade domains go out of business pretty quickly as it relies on someone truly, desperately, needing that domain. Of course if you are trademarked you could make a claim for the domain but this is often an expensive and pointless exercise.

I suggest that if a web site does not have content, or its content is not relevant or is purposefully purely a pointless advert page that there should be a process to remove ownership and release the domain for a real use. This would certainly cut down on 90% of ‘Empty Home’ domains.