Comments on: How to Snatch an Expiring Domain

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:24:31 +0000

So it’s http://www.newsvine.com/ with a mere PR 7 and 21 million plus links. What’s all the fuss about!!
Seriously, a really great article. Very useful guide and congratulations on the domain.

By: Raief

Raief — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:41:33 +0000

I apologize Mike,

I was very upset and hit this site when reading my emails, after a website attack, and computer implosion.

I did not mean to be nasty toward you. I was just nasty in general if you can relate.

I trust that you may understand.

Luvs and cuddles from Raief.

By: Beata

Beata — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:20:57 +0000

Mike D.,
that is good that you wrote
On 1 September, 2011 I have lost our domain because of bad owner. I thought that I will be able to register again, but domain has been stolen in 2 minutes and is using now for adds. Never knew that is possible to order to escape domain

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:27:50 +0000

Also, Ralef: I am not “the admin”. This is my blog. I wrote a post about expiring domains. Everything I know about the process is in this post. It is not my job to “respond to individual posts or concerns”. In other words, I’m not here for tech support. Leave.

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:25:24 +0000

Jay: Hey, they said we wouldn’t make the playoffs last year either! Also, fun fact: The Seahawks have won more playoff games than the Patriots in the last three years! :)

By: jay

jay — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:41:06 +0000

Great article, didn’t know there was an actual process. Was going to wait it out, doesn’t look like I can.

By the way, you Seattle folks are crazy, 35 degrees out cheering for a team that may not make the playoffs. Incredible game though.

By: Beata

Beata — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:27:09 +0000

Raief,

you can unsubsribe

By: Raief

Raief — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:58:05 +0000

Don’t notify me of follow up messages.

Thank you for this on going discourse about domain names, but it is arbitrary now.
There is no advantage in communicating on this site.

The admin does not respond to individual posts or concerns.

It is a complete waste of time and effort.

In fact, this site is shit.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:17:46 +0000

Wow pretty old article, but hey are you the owner of Newsvine? It was only a domain in 2005 and it’s one of the top sites now in 2011 :)

By: Beata

Beata — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:28:03 +0000

I have the same problem. Our domain has been stolen on 1 October, 2011 because of unhonest owner

I thought that I will able to reregister it.

By: menj

menj — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:08:58 +0000

I am currently trying to grab an expiring domain name via three services: Pool, NameJet and SnapNames. Let’s see how this turns out.

By: Bellaminka

Bellaminka — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:18:51 +0000

So frustrating when you want a certain domain name, it seems all so complicated.

By: 3cellhosting

3cellhosting — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:44:16 +0000

One of my clients had their domain name slip through the net when we changed our registrar. Unfortunately a domain company bought the domain before I could. What is so galling is that we were the only interested party and it cost $400 to get it back. We did consider a complaint through ICAAN but they wanted $460 just to start an investigation and no upper limit on final costs.

No wonder companies make money from stealing domains.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:57:35 +0000

Thanks for the post and congrats on the site, 16m page views per month is really strong! Good work.

This post is over 6 years old now and I do wonder how much of it still applies. A lot can happen in 6 years and it would be great if you or someone “in the know” could advise me as how much of this content still stands and what developments, if any, have rendered parts of this content void. If so, which parts?

I recently made an enquiry to a squatter regarding a 3 letter .com domain that is my employers company name initials and has been used in the logo for many years, not however formally registered. His reply was that the company was not interested in selling the domain, even though it is not being used. I await his response, I assume he’s just trying to establish that I’m human, not a bot and/or what level of interest I have. If they insist that they will not provide a price I believe I have some options. Sniping being one and raising a dispute via relevant channels is another. Clearly sniping could cost much less than legal proceedings and potentially deliver our domain much faster than a legal process. If you can share some thoughts on the above, please respond, it will be greatly appreciated.

By: orrydorry

orrydorry — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:16:01 +0000

Thank you so much for this blog, was really handy… I got an email yesterday from an independent domain sniper (to one of my email addresses which hasn’t been published anywhere!) asking me openly how much I wished to acquire the .com domain which goes with my .co.uk domain… basically trying to rip me off before the drop… I didn’t even know that the .com was expiring! I used pool and snapnames… won the domain on snapnames and only had to pay $69… no auction as no one else back ordered it, in 72hours time its being transferred to me. I definitely got a bargain and didn’t get ripped off. Its thanks to you and this blog! Best wishes and happy halloween!