Do Not Register .sh Domains

Posted4 months agoActive4 months ago

tryauuum

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I registered a domain name nvidia-bug-report.sh which worked perfectly. After 1 day they deleted it, as if it was never registered, with 0 communication to me.

Later I learned that the reason was "phishing". All the content my website had was a JPEG of a cow, contemplating the choice between AMD and NVIDIA GPUs.

Honestly I don't even know whom to hate more, the registrar or the NVIDIA. I guess next time I should use .ru or .su, which have their own issues, but at least the NVIDIA corporation doesn't hold them by the balls.

User's .sh domain was deleted due to alleged phishing, sparking debate about domain registration and trademark issues.

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TheTaytay

4 months ago

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It’s not based just on the content of your site. If you wanted to phish someone, this domain would be a great one to use, so I can see why they were concerned…

tryauuumAuthor

4 months ago

true, but I think even the https://nvidia-is-objectively-evil.com would have been flagged

Bender

4 months ago

They probably looked at your financial information and did not see a relation / employement with Nvidia. In my experience it's best to keep a companies name out of the APEX of the domain and instead use a sub-domain. Even that can draw ire from legal teams but the registrar would not see it. Having a domain like nvidia-bug-report does suggest to me that you are representing Nvidia. Most corporate domains are registered from a corporate registrar account that is linked to the corporations payment department and linked to their D-U-N-S Dun and Bradstreet number. Even if the registrar you were using did not kill the domain they would have received take-down notices from SafeNames, Nvidia's registrar.

Perhaps a name like "crowdsourced-nvidia-bugs.tryauuum.sh" with a header that says "Not directly affiliated with Nvidia" and links to a FAQ would be less likely to get the attention of the registrar.

NetworkPerson

4 months ago

As tightly as these companies watch for anything that could be a violation of their trademark, I highly doubt you’ll find a single tld where you manage to register something with nvidia in the name and not lose it.

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