Poaching Domains

Taking an expired domain

[MDOG]

Some while ago a business associate of mine took some of my ideas and opened up into comptetion. He is a bit dense about the internet and I see that his domain is about to expire. It would give me great pleasure to steal his domain and get some revenge. The question is would I be able to do this a midnight on the day it expires or would I have to wait a while?

[Brett_Tabke]

Some registrars will hold a domain in expired status for up to six months.

[Lisa]

The answer is no. It is very rare that that the DNS stops working and then the domains becomes available that close to each other. The registrar sort of gives a final notice by turning off the DNS. If the owner doesn't notice or care for a week or two then they are in danger of losing the domain.