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after doing some manual labour.... no tools or software :angel_smile: we have noticed that a number of registrars seem to be "making sure" that domains of value are getting re-registered.... now we are all for helping out when it comes to a gentle reminder to the owners...but....
xxx.com became available through one of our other lines of business, the actual domain was part of an irs "grab some $ before the company fails" deal.... now after tracking the said .com for a number of months.... waiting to make a move.... we noticed that the registrar had become "intrested" (mainly for the traffic/exposure, we think) and had started to "communicate" with the repo team directly.... odd.... as no-one had shown any interest and all "notices" of renewal had gone by without any reply.... this is an while back by the way.... we were then given the wink as to when to move on the said .com.... weird as it may seem.... the Pending Deletion date was extended.... the registered owners company was dumped.... a new company was formed.... the domain was reregistered to the new company.... the new company owners are connected to the registrar! the domain was never deleted and we seriously were the only ones that knew about the sale date....
something very, very odd went on.... so we watched a few more.... and once again.... on at least 6 times the registrar has got in on the act... via either an "agent" or a "new company formation in a VERY similar name to the previous owners".....one was a 14 year old .com, massive company, massive traffic, no indication ANYWHERE that domain was with company.... yet never got deleted, just extended?
is this the way forward for high value IP on the net.... soon maybe all "registrars" will be giving the hint to others for a "kick"???
any views....:shy:
xxx.com became available through one of our other lines of business, the actual domain was part of an irs "grab some $ before the company fails" deal.... now after tracking the said .com for a number of months.... waiting to make a move.... we noticed that the registrar had become "intrested" (mainly for the traffic/exposure, we think) and had started to "communicate" with the repo team directly.... odd.... as no-one had shown any interest and all "notices" of renewal had gone by without any reply.... this is an while back by the way.... we were then given the wink as to when to move on the said .com.... weird as it may seem.... the Pending Deletion date was extended.... the registered owners company was dumped.... a new company was formed.... the domain was reregistered to the new company.... the new company owners are connected to the registrar! the domain was never deleted and we seriously were the only ones that knew about the sale date....
something very, very odd went on.... so we watched a few more.... and once again.... on at least 6 times the registrar has got in on the act... via either an "agent" or a "new company formation in a VERY similar name to the previous owners".....one was a 14 year old .com, massive company, massive traffic, no indication ANYWHERE that domain was with company.... yet never got deleted, just extended?
is this the way forward for high value IP on the net.... soon maybe all "registrars" will be giving the hint to others for a "kick"???
any views....:shy: