Lose Out As Netflix Drops Plans — Qwikster Typosquatters

Qwikster brand is by now dead.

Typosquatters of Netflix’s fresh Qwikster brand are regarding to lose out.

The firm disclosed today that it’s abandoning plans to split into two divisions with a separate Qwikster brand for DVD rental.

I hated the name Qwikster, anyway.

Typosquatters jumped on the news immediately following the fresh brand was disclosed. Consider wwwQwikster.com, which forwards to one of those phoney survey sites and shows a “movies” logo similar to the Netflix logo.

Typosquatters who sought to cash in on the fresh brand now have worthless domains, a far cry from the years of traffic they may have expected. But the economics of typosquatting ring true here — the owners of these typos probably by now made more than their $8 registration fee.