Domains Dealing with a competitors domain

[t2van]

OK a competitor has gone out of business they have a VERY similar domain and company name to mine.

For context lets say:

Competitor is called DUCK.com

My business is called BUCK.co.uk

As a previous post here DUCK.com has closed down. I've been unable to get the .com as they renewed it HOWEVER they let .co.uk go and I now have it. I don't think the .co.uk ever redirected to the .com BUT it's a previous branded domain and there is a small TrustPilot profile set up for it which is an obvious back link and some of their previous customers are assuming the .co.uk is them (last review is 2023)

Now my question.

Should I

1. Host duck.co.uk and just place a landing page with a simple this domain been acquired by buck and a button to go buy products and treat it as a link?

2. Do I just do a straight up redirect?

My issue is I don't want to confuse or have anyone think that duck used to be owned by buck as it was never the case. I'm just trying to take advantage of a competitor closing down.

I want to do this in the BEST and most WHITE hat way possible. It's NOT a churn and burn project. BUCK is a REAL business with real staff and employees that rely on the company I don't want to do something anal with the domain that ends up fucking the site in googles eyes..

Looking for options and answers, best practises etc

 

[Preying Mantis]

Bro they might get mad you for just buying the domain so I don’t think there’s a real clean way of doing this.

Why not buy it and try selling it back to them? Do you think they let it go on purpose do you think they just forgot to renew?

 

[SilverClouds]

Bro they might get mad you for just buying the domain so I don’t think there’s a real clean way of doing this.

This soooo ain't gonna be whitehat . But at least he's trying . Very clever @t2van

 

[t2van]

Bro they might get mad you for just buying the domain so I don’t think there’s a real clean way of doing this.

Why not buy it and try selling it back to them? Do you think they let it go on purpose do you think they just forgot to renew?

They have gone under. Closed down. No longer trade nothing.

So I don't see the harm just taking advantage of a situation. I offered to buy the domain (the main .Com) they refused. I had to wait since June/july with it on back order to aquire it.

This soooo ain't gonna be whitehat . But at least he's trying . Very clever @t2van

Thanks

No it might not be whitehat what I'm doing lol

But I'm trying to do / take advantage of it in the most white hat possible way

 

[roydan]

Set up a website "The best place to buy {what t2van sells}". Review yourself positively and politely trash the rest.
Like a top10 site.

If you have a friend or something with a media or a marketing company, register it under tham - it makes it very believable.

I pull this stunt with clients every once in a while. I know you don't like ads, but it technically allows you to have two paid positions for each query and get a recommendation from yourself that seem like a 3rd party.

A true hacker move would be to charge your competitors for the 2-10 positions.

 

[t2van]

Set up a website "The best place to buy {what t2van sells}". Review yourself positively and politely trash the rest.
Like a top10 site.

I'm good at that anyway

If you have a friend or something with a media or a marketing company, register it under tham - it makes it very believable.

At the moment its under another company I own - different address, email and so on (I think - ill double check that today)

I pull this stunt with clients every once in a while. I know you don't like ads, but it technically allows you to have two paid positions for each query and get a recommendation from yourself that seem like a 3rd party.

A true hacker move would be to charge your competitors for the 2-10 positions.

lol OK I could possibly do that

I did think about trying to recover their social profiles as well as id have the domain minus the .com - not sure how that would work tho

 

[Preying Mantis]

They have gone under. Closed down. No longer trade nothing.

So I don't see the harm just taking advantage of a situation. I offered to buy the domain (the main .Com) they refused. I had to wait since June/july with it on back order to aquire it.

Bro then you should just buy it and point it back to your own site. No harm in it from what I see.

 

[t2van]

OK thanks.

I already own it have done for a few weeks

Bro then you should just buy it and point it back to your own site. No harm in it from what I see.