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So, over the last several months, I've encountered various domains in LIMBO. Not necessarily "ON-HOLD" and expiring or anything, but in a state that seems a little more nebulous.
When people purchase names, and for one reason or another decide not to pay, registrar's are left in a lurch when this ultimately unsatisfying process is concluded. They have names that they can't use, and end up floating around without a registrant.
eNom lists one name I saw as:
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Registrant Name:Registrant Defaulted Name Available For Purchase
Registrant Organization:eNom, Inc. Registrar
Registrant Street1:16771 NE 80th Street
Registrant City:Redmond
Registrant State/Province:WA
Registrant Postal Code:98052
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Email:info@enom.com
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Register.com lists one name as:
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register.com
Unpaid Names Department-R
575 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
US
Phone: 212-798-9200
Fax..: 212-594-9876
Email: admin@register.com
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Dotster.com lists yet another name as:
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Dotster Default Contact
11807 NE 99th Street
Suite 1100
Vancouver, WA 98682
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In almost all cases, new registrants are told... "too bad, so sad" and are given the description of the "expiration" process and when they might expect to be given another shot at registering the name. The name is left to sit in limbo until such a far of time comes, and no one makes any money, or is able to otherwise utilize the wasted record.
Is this forever and eternally a "part of the process"? I've read people having luck buying names from Register.com's Unpaid names department before. I'm current inquiring about this name at eNom. I've exhausted my options with Dotster (they've said "no" in so many ways, I've lost count).
Does anyone else have any experience to share?
At the very least, these names are ideal drop candidates if nothing else. I'm sure every registerar has a policy for them, though I question if any of these policies involve RESELLING them. I think RegisterFly and GoDaddy actively pursue sales of "fraud" names.
~ Nexus
When people purchase names, and for one reason or another decide not to pay, registrar's are left in a lurch when this ultimately unsatisfying process is concluded. They have names that they can't use, and end up floating around without a registrant.
eNom lists one name I saw as:
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Registrant Name:Registrant Defaulted Name Available For Purchase
Registrant Organization:eNom, Inc. Registrar
Registrant Street1:16771 NE 80th Street
Registrant City:Redmond
Registrant State/Province:WA
Registrant Postal Code:98052
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Email:info@enom.com
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Register.com lists one name as:
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register.com
Unpaid Names Department-R
575 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
US
Phone: 212-798-9200
Fax..: 212-594-9876
Email: admin@register.com
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Dotster.com lists yet another name as:
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Dotster Default Contact
11807 NE 99th Street
Suite 1100
Vancouver, WA 98682
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In almost all cases, new registrants are told... "too bad, so sad" and are given the description of the "expiration" process and when they might expect to be given another shot at registering the name. The name is left to sit in limbo until such a far of time comes, and no one makes any money, or is able to otherwise utilize the wasted record.
Is this forever and eternally a "part of the process"? I've read people having luck buying names from Register.com's Unpaid names department before. I'm current inquiring about this name at eNom. I've exhausted my options with Dotster (they've said "no" in so many ways, I've lost count).
Does anyone else have any experience to share?
At the very least, these names are ideal drop candidates if nothing else. I'm sure every registerar has a policy for them, though I question if any of these policies involve RESELLING them. I think RegisterFly and GoDaddy actively pursue sales of "fraud" names.
~ Nexus