Email the squatter and be very firm and offer a reasonable amount for the .com you want. Couple hundred bucks at the most. Don't go higher, and don't give him

Email the squatter and be very firm and offer a reasonable amount for the .com you want. Couple hundred bucks at the most. Don't go higher, and don't give him twenty five grand or the pisant will just go buy more domains he won't use. If you can't get it up front, go with the .com you own now. I may be bitter and jaded, but I'm sure anyone who has ever tried to register a domain name feels the same way. Domain squatters and ad spammers are lifeforms barely above spammers and slightly below the bacteria that grows in sewer sludge. If you get enough success to let you be exploited into paying his ransom, he'll just raise it. After all, it's now more valuable. Get it now, get it cheap, or get another name.