Buying a parked domain

[ChroniC]

It seems, although I thought it was illegal, that there are services out there that park/buy common domain names and then try to sell them to you at exorbitant rates.

I was under the assumption that if you don't have a use for a domain your not allowed to just keep it, hoping to extort the person who does.

A client wants a certain domain name which some company owns and wants me to bid for it. Is there anything I can do about this?

Thanks

 

[Deleted member 77746]

A client wants a certain domain name which some company owns and wants me to bid for it. Is there anything I can do about this?

Not a thing, perfectly legal to do. You don't have to have a website if you own a domain. There might be using it just for mail but it doesn't mean they can't sell it. A bit like scalpers. Unless you snipe it when it expires. Check when the domain expires.

 

[On Holiday]

It seems, although I thought it was illegal, that there are services out there that park/buy common domain names and then try to sell them to you at exorbitant rates.

I was under the assumption that if you don't have a use for a domain your not allowed to just keep it, hoping to extort the person who does.

A client wants a certain domain name which some company owns and wants me to bid for it. Is there anything I can do about this?

Thanks

Would need a bit further info as there can be a bit of hope depending on some circumstances, namely if it's a domain managed by Nominet (i.e .uk domains)
Have a read of this: https://nominet.uk/domain-support/uk-domain-disputes/

Nominet DRS is very fair and I've had success in the past so it's certainly worth a look.

If it's .com for example then yeah, time to cough up or go with a different domain.

It'll be a matter of days before a website with content and a terrible a of SEO overtakes a parked domain.