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The auction/resale value of domain names based on typographical errors of Bigco web sites isn't based on normal metrics. You may have a name with a lot of traffic, but you always live in the shadow of the law. If you typosquat a trademark, your name could be taken away at any time by a court or a UDRP provider, and there is very little you can do about it. In addition to losing the name, you could lose money, perhaps a lot of money, in a lawsuit brought under the ACPA (Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act)...together with the expense and hassle of hiring your own attorney to defend you in what almost certainly will be a losing effort. Typosquatting a Bigco Trademark simply isn't worth it. Which is why a lot of typosquatting has moved to bloggers and podcasters and other individual content creators.

Typosquatting has found a safe and profitable target: the popular little guy.