[thelist] registering an expiring domain

[Joan Olivé M.]

In my humble oppinion, the business about selling domains is very weak.
I had some experience trying to negotiate a domain's purchase, making a low
bit -in front a considerable ammount asked- and after some months
transcurred, this people come back to me trying to sale once again. 2 years
later, the domain is still for sale!

Joan Olivé
<Catalonia>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Rider" <evolt_org at striderweb.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 6:23 PM
Subject: [thelist] registering an expiring domain


> Hi there --
>
> There is a domain out there that someone else owns that I would like to
> get.  It was purchased by a small company that never actually used it
> -- they had a "coming soon" page up for a while, which later
> disappeared.  Now there is nothing at that address.
>
> I've done a whois and found that the domain is expiring in a few months.
>
> Now, as far as this domain goes I am purely a hobbyist -- this would be
> for a personal site.  In other words, I'm not willing to pay a thousand
> dollars for it.
>
> What would be the best way to get this domain?  Wait until it expires
> and then register it?  What happens when a domain does expire -- does
> it go back into the pool right away?  I would write them and offer to
> buy it from them (for $75 or $100 maybe), but I'm afraid that they
> would suddenly decide that the address is worth renewing and try
> charging $$$$.  It is a reasonably good address -- in other words,
> something someone else _might_ want.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Regards,
> Steve Rider
>
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