Website Buying help - Expiration of Ownership and When Could i buy?
 

Hi All,
I have my eyes on a website that i want - which expires on 30th October 2005 - according to the whois.

The website is registered via UK2.net and the renewal date is the 30th - needless to say i do not currently own that domain.

However i do really want it though!

The whois states...

Am i right in thinking that come midnight on the 30th i should be able to buy this domain? Or is there any way i can "automatically" buy it.

Obviously i aint giving out the name of this domain. :D

Re: Website Buying help - Expiration of Ownership and When Could i buy?
 

In theory you would just register it yourself. In practice, if the domain is in active use and they simply forget to re-register, they would just sue you for cyber-squatting, which could be costly. Is it currently in use, or does it have a UK2.net holding page on it?

Re: Website Buying help - Expiration of Ownership and When Could i buy?
 

It currently has a uk2.net holding page, but why would it be cyber-squatting if A) its not a copyrighted name and B) it has expired? :shrug:

Re: Website Buying help - Expiration of Ownership and When Could i buy?
 

you have to wait at least 90 days after the expiration date, and then hope it isn't snapped up by a broker

Then again, just because there's a holding page doesn't mean the domain isn't in use. There are thousands of domains without websites, and just used for mail forwarding. Judging by the dates you've given, I wouldn't get any hopes of this domain not being renewed

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So during the 90 days after it has expired it is held for the current owner - after that i am able to buy it assuming he didnt reregister?

I assume this is .co.uk rules?

Re: Website Buying help - Expiration of Ownership and When Could i buy?
 

Yes, thats right.
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90 days is the nominet standard (.co.uk)

Re: Website Buying help - Expiration of Ownership and When Could i buy?
 

It goes to a status of Detagged for 90 days and then at a point on the 90th day becomes available, then first come first served.

Re: Website Buying help - Expiration of Ownership and When Could i buy?
 

Yep, I own several domains that don't have any website associated with them, they are purely for e-mail purposes.

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Another point is that lots of managed registrations will inform the user on expiration rather than give notice, some of them even reregister for a customer if it's part of an agreement.

Re: Website Buying help - Expiration of Ownership and When Could i buy?
 

I got my email this morning to say my domain expired.

If I remember correctly once it goes past this date you have to pay over a £100 to get it back from nominet.

Re: Website Buying help - Expiration of Ownership and When Could i buy?
 

Brilliant folks (well the advice was anyway not the news) :D

Ta!

Re: Website Buying help - Expiration of Ownership and When Could i buy?
 

Be careful to monitor near the date (if it spends a long time detagged). One I was looking for was not available at 6am and snapped up by 9 am when I checked again.

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I think the time varies depending on the registrar, there is a small time after expiration where the owner can renew and noone else can buy and then it becomes gernally available. 90 days seems much longer then I have experienced, normally I seen 4-6 weeks as grace period.

Re: Website Buying help - Expiration of Ownership and When Could i buy?
 

Got this from UK2.net which is a bit better - not much though.

Yeah - right!

Re: Website Buying help - Expiration of Ownership and When Could i buy?