"Developing a pure dotcom business is challenging. Building a brand out of your domain name is just as difficult. When you lose your domain name because you were unable to renew it in a timely fashion is down right frustrating. Adding to the dismay is when some person or entity buy your domain name as soon as it become available with intent to resell it to you at an exorbitant price. It's irritating to watch someone put up PPC pages in an attempt to capitalize off your traffic while you're trying so desperately to reacquire your domain name at a more palatable price. This is known as cybersquatting and it is a controversial online activity." Read More (http://www.barutiwa.com/op-ed/001.html)