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domain usurpation



On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Derek Atkins <derek-CrUh67yIh4IAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Wed, September 22, 2010 2:28 pm, Ethan Schwartz wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Rob Hasselbaum <rob-IdUdaS/NwSyQrzRDRVclEQ at public.gmane.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Unfortunately, there are people out there who will buy up expired domain
> >> names hoping to make a profit when the previous owner realizes they
> >> forgot
> >> to renew. It's annoying, but legal.
> >>
> >>
> > This happened to a friend of mine several years ago, he let the
> > registration
> > expire and a company immediately (same day) registered it themselves...
> > after a bitter dispute in which they attempted to extort a few hundred
> > from
> > him, he was forced to let it go and get a new name.
> >
> > It's still out there "for sale"...
>
> According to ICANN rules you're supposed to have a 30 day window from when
> the domain expires until when someone else can register for it.  This is
> supposed to give you a window to renew.  NOW, if you let the expiration go
> beyond those 30 days then you're SOL.  You should talk to your domain
> registrar.
>
> FWIW, I *hate* domain squatters.  I've been trying to get a couple domains
> for a while now but the squatters sit on them.  *grumbles*
>
> -derek
>
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No one took his domain.  The newest practice is to park the domain for the
30 days until the registrar either pays, or fails to pay.  Then after the 30
days it goes into pending delete status and on the 5th day at 2pm EST it is
processed during "The Drop".

-matt






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