[BNM] Domain renewal

[S Sparkie]

Thanks all for you advice on this topic.

Cheers
S

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:14 AM, AndrewGill73 at gmail.com
<andrewgill73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> S,
> I recently grabbed andrewgill.com (my name). It was owned by someone (a
> "domainer") who owned over 30,000 domain names... He was auctioning the name
> (for $$$ stupid money) but had let it go into redemption stage.
>
> According to GoDaddy the existing domain registrar is able to grab the
> domain name before other domain catchers. So I decided to use GoDaddy Back
> Order service who successfully grabbed it! It was a very long process taking
> 92 days after the expiry date.
>
> The GoDaddy website is very messy but I found their telephone support to be
> very good.
>
> My domain was a .com TLD operated by Network Solutions so the time scales
> and operation may be different for .co.uk TLD.
>
> Good luck.
>
> cheers,
> Andrew Gill
>
> Blog: www.andrewgill.com
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> 2008/11/2 Nick Wilsdon <n.wilsdon at e3internet.com>
>
>>  S Sparkie wrote:
>>
>> > What is the best method for me obtaining this domain?
>>
>> Many Registrars are well aware of the situation with the drop catchers -
>> this is one of the reasons they all started conducting their own auctions
>> past the expiry date and before the drop. (other reason was the ability to
>> make money of course).
>>
>> I would check with the current provider (or up the chain from them) and see
>> if the domain is going to go through their Registrar auction process, you
>> maybe able to sign up with them and bid for it. This is your best bet as
>> you
>> get a chance to pick it up well before Pool/Snapnames or the other drop
>> catching companies get a look in.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Nick Wilsdon
>>
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