Here is the way I look at it …
What was the “intent” behind you buying those domains?
I beleive that it was to maximise your affiliate relationship with PlayUnited – by scoring great search engine results through the name of the domain.
Now like it or lump it – THAT PROBABLY IS INFRINGING ON THEIR RIGHTS – unless they give you the OK to do that.
However, their threat to “get legal” with you is a lot of bluster – they probab ly don’t want to do that. But what they will do is terminate your affiliation – leaving you with no reason to own the site.
That’s lose / lose … so we need to avoid that.
So my approach would be …
You could try and get into a friendly discussion with PlayUnited about :
– what a great affiliate you are
– how the site has been set up for the pruposes of getting them new customers
– how it is a win/ win scenario for them to allow you to continue.
You never know – this approach might actually work !!
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Failing that (if they knock you back) …
You could tell them how hard you’ve worked on the site – all the planning that you’ve put into it – and how there is a lot of sweat equity in there from you.
Add that you’d be willing to forego the site (and future earnings) if they want to make a reasonable purchase offer for the site and content that reflected all the time that you put in as an affiliate of theirs.
Now the key here is to not be too eager or too greedy – you’ll know how much money that you are making off the site in affiliate referrals … and a reasonable price might be 12-18 x monthly earnings.
They get a great earning site with no referral hooks, you get 18 months referral fees in a lump sum …
Again that’s just my two cents on how I would handle this situation …
Good luck mate.
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