Registrant: Dotster Inc

plugsocket · Sep 14, 2003

Hi,

I had a snap on a name that was set to expire on 24th of June, the registrant renewed it a few weeks after this date.

I didn't take the snap off the name and on the 11th of September the registrant now reads as Dotster Inc...

Registrant:
Dotster Inc
11807 NE 99th Street
Vancouver, WA 98682
US

Registrar: NAMESDIRECT

I'm sure that Dotster wouldn't have purchased the name off the old owner. The domain now point's a namesdirect holding page.

It just seems strange! What do the experienced members make of this?

Jack Gordon · Sep 14, 2003

I'm no expert, but it looks like the original owner did not renew, but let it expire (it doesn't actually drop until a couple of months after the expiration date). Then, someone with a Namewinner bid got it when it finally did drop, beating out your snap.

Just a guess, maybe others can offer alternate scenarios.

plugsocket · Sep 15, 2003

Thanks for that FrontRow.

I think that the owner did renew. The domain had a year added to the expiry date and the nameservers changed back to the custom ones only weeks after the expiry date. I did also forgot to mention...

Created on: 25-JUN-02
Expires on: 24-JUN-04