| Trying to buy an alternate domain name
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dcheney
msg:4259921 | 4:12 pm on Jan 29, 2011 (gmt 0) |
First, sorry for the newbie question. I've been doing web stuff for a long time, but have not dealt much with domain name issues.
I've got an existing domain (example.org) that is well established. A variation of the name (example.com) has been available for purchase for several years at a rather large price.
Currently the whois records show that it expired as of 27 Jan 2011 (but is not yet available).
If I put a "backorder" in for the domain, will that alert the current owner that someone is interested? Or would I be better off waiting until it was actually available for regular purchase?
(The domain name is not competitive - the only folks that would be interested is me and someone else wanting to hold the name for later sale to me.)
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PascoalINC
msg:4259924 | 4:24 pm on Jan 29, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Well if he wants he will find out that you're hunting that domain. I would put a backorder, mostly if there are several brokers interested in it. I'm not sure if he gets any "ping" that you want to buy it though...
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creeking
msg:4259980 | 7:18 pm on Jan 29, 2011 (gmt 0) |
see if the registrar has a deal with an auction company. expired names are frequently sent to an auction site before fully dropping.
if so, you can buy it on the auction site.
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HuskyPup
msg:4260168 | 2:51 pm on Jan 30, 2011 (gmt 0) |
| Currently the whois records show that it expired as of 27 Jan 2011 (but is not yet available). |
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Off the top of my head they'll still have the chance to renew for about 30-40 days or so, I believe it varies between registrars, and then its another 30-40 days before being released therefore the minimum is about 70 days and up to about 90 days.
Somewhere after 3rd/4th April up until 23rd/24th April.
You have to evaluate your own risk as to whether you want to place a backorder and almost be sure of getting it if, as you feel it's not worth anything to someone else, or to wait for it to drop at a regular price.
I have to say that some of these domainers are complete nutters with their values. I recently bought three identical keyword names in .co.uk, .de and .us for between USD 300-500 each, the guy who owns the .in wants USD 80,000.00!
Keep it I said:-)
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dcheney
msg:4260179 | 3:44 pm on Jan 30, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Thanks for the responses.
I think I'll just wait for now. Bottom line is I've done just fine without it, so I don't feel an urgent need to acquire it.
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