Snarfing up a domain name
Matthew J. Brodeur
mbrodeur at NextTime.com
Tue Dec 10 12:54:36 EST 2002
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Roger H. Goun wrote:
> I'm looking for advice on domain name registration.
>
> Assuming the current holder of the domain name fails to reregister it
> in the next few days, what's the surest way to snarf it up for myself?
The surest way is most likely to use a "back-order" service like
SnapNames. I did this successfully last year, but I also knew for certain
that the original holder would not be renewing. The domain in question
was with NetSol/Verisign and it wasn't released for re-registration until
about 15 months after it expired.
You might have a long wait ahead. Most registrars will allow you to
renew for some time _AFTER_ expiration, and then might still hold the name
for a year or more. If you're willing to potentially waste the money you
can try SnapNames. If the name isn't released within a year, though,
you're out $69.
- --
Matthew J. Brodeur RHCE, GSEC
MBrodeur at NextTime.com http://www.NextTime.com
There are no data that cannot be plotted on a straight line if the axis
are chosen correctly.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux)
iD8DBQE99ipgc8/WFSz+GKMRAg3/AJoDd7V9j4MwUZ/0C2Hr7VB8qqSOagCffR/O
mrYJkCIVNbrgxsPW94Ru9QQ=
=DEHZ
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
More information about the gnhlug-discuss
mailing list