Domain squatters/parkers

kwerk · 9 Feb 2013 at 19:06

Anyone have any experience with buying domains off domain parking people? You know when you search for a domain and it's not used for anything but is for sale.

How much do they usually ask? What's the minimum they will haggle down to if it's been idle for ages?

Westyfield2 · 9 Feb 2013 at 19:11

I've never contacted them, as my cunning plan is that with no contact they'll think there's no interest and not bother renewing it.

sports_brah · 9 Feb 2013 at 19:18

Westyfield2 said:
I've never contacted them, as my cunning plan is that with no contact they'll think there's no interest and not bother renewing it.

Doesn't work I'm afraid or it wouldn't have been purchased in the first place.

Derek W · 9 Feb 2013 at 19:22

ive bought lolkwerk.com would you like to buy it?

Redrum · 9 Feb 2013 at 19:40

kwerk said:
Anyone have any experience with buying domains off domain parking people? You know when you search for a domain and it's not used for anything but is for sale.

How much do they usually ask? What's the minimum they will haggle down to if it's been idle for ages?

Nobody is going to be able to give you even an estimation of what someone might think a domain is worth unless you say what the domain is. Some domains you might be able to buy for under £100 and other domains people might want a 6-7 figure sum for.

Personally, I despise the practice so whenever possible, I would prefer to just choose a different domain that's not registered then pay some parasite for one.

But if you are going to offer, there are many factors that determine the value, so it really depends on the domain.

Raumarik · 9 Feb 2013 at 19:43

It may look like its being squatted but may well be used only for internal use in a company or simply for email like my own domain which I've owned for ten years but hasn't had a site on it for five.

Biohazard · 9 Feb 2013 at 19:45

I find some of them haven't been bought at all.

One · 9 Feb 2013 at 19:49

If you have a genuine reason to own the domain and the current owners are, as you say, just squatting it then you can force them to give up the domain anyway.

ferret141 · 9 Feb 2013 at 21:53

Word of advice. NEVER check if a domain is available on GoDaddy. ******* ******** will park it in 2 days.

Now if anyone has an idea of how to get it back I'll buy you lunch.

doofer · 9 Feb 2013 at 21:56

ferret141 said:
Word of advice. NEVER check if a domain is available on GoDaddy. ******* ******** will park it in 2 days.

Now if anyone has an idea of how to get it back I'll buy you lunch.

Buy it off GoDaddy.

Pawnless Endgame · 9 Feb 2013 at 21:59

What about ninja looters as well? I got back from holiday and because of that, my domain was 1 day past renewal. Some German company spotted it and ninja'd the name even though I was only 1 day late and was going to renew it again.

233 · 9 Feb 2013 at 22:02

Derek W said:
ive bought lolkwerk.com would you like to buy it?

liar

but you could for only £5.99

233 · 9 Feb 2013 at 22:03

Monserrat said:
What about ninja looters as well? I got back from holiday and because of that, my domain was 1 day past renewal. Some German company spotted it and ninja'd the name even though I was only 1 day late and was going to renew it again.

is there not some grace period that the domain cannot be sold for

Paul11 · 9 Feb 2013 at 22:09

Derek W said:
ive bought lolkwerk.com would you like to buy it?

LOL,

Redrum · 9 Feb 2013 at 22:44

Monserrat said:
What about ninja looters as well? I got back from holiday and because of that, my domain was 1 day past renewal. Some German company spotted it and ninja'd the name even though I was only 1 day late and was going to renew it again.

I suspect you got screwed by the company you registered the domain with, since the most common top level domains don't get released for someone else to register until some time after the expiry.

UK domains for example, don't even get suspended (disabled) until 30 days after the expiry, and then they aren't cancelled until 60 days after that.

oli collett · 9 Feb 2013 at 22:45

Do you work for Michelin kwerk?

http://www.michelinguides.com/

MagicBoy · 9 Feb 2013 at 22:49

Westyfield2 said:
I've never contacted them, as my cunning plan is that with no contact they'll think there's no interest and not bother renewing it.

We're waiting on the same thing for a Racing League website I'm a member of. Original guy the domain was registered to went incommunicado, it expired and got robbed by some company in the states the same day. They're demanding $15k to release it. Luckily we had a backup domain after an earlier renewal issue so we just transferred the links over to that.

Pawnless Endgame · 9 Feb 2013 at 22:49

Cheers Redrum. I was given email warnings from the domain registrar of expiry date, but it was a few years ago before I had a 3G phone, so didn't get the warnings while I was away.

P.S. Kwerk suspended again.......?

ferret141 · 10 Feb 2013 at 00:31

doofer said:
Buy it off GoDaddy.

Yes for $1,057 starting bid at auction. I'm not good at haggling.

Monserrat said:
What about ninja looters as well? I got back from holiday and because of that, my domain was 1 day past renewal. Some German company spotted it and ninja'd the name even though I was only 1 day late and was going to renew it again.

There should be a way to claim it back.
http://www.icann.org/en/help/dispute-resolution#unsolicited

Ashley S · 10 Feb 2013 at 00:32

kwerk said:
Anyone have any experience with buying domains off domain parking people? You know when you search for a domain and it's not used for anything but is for sale.

How much do they usually ask? What's the minimum they will haggle down to if it's been idle for ages?

People have random prices, when people sell already existing domain names on domain name hosting sites, such as www.namecheap.com will have a price set for buying there domain name.

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