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I have been waiting for this domain name to expire. The original expiry date was Jun 2009. When the expiry date was reached, it was automatically extended to Jun 2010. I read it can take anywhere from 30 to 60 days for the domain name to become available for others to register. It has been more than two months now. This is the info from internic and network solutions.
INTERNIC:
Domain Name: EXAMPLE.COM
Registrar: NETREGISTRY PTY. LTD.
Whois Server: whois.netregistry.net
Status: ok
Updated Date: jun-2009
Creation Date: jun-2007
Expiration Date: jun-2010
NETWORK SOLUTIONS:
Domain Name: example.com
Creation Date: Jun-2007
Expiration Date: Jun-2010
Status: clientHold
Current Registrar: NETREGISTRY PTY. LTD.
Lock Status: ok
If I search netregistry for the domain name, it says - "something.com is registered to a client of Netregistry. This domain name has been registered for later use by a Netregistry client."
Can any one tell me what are the chances of this domain name to be available?
Thanks.
[edited by: phranque at 8:59 pm (utc) on Aug. 18, 2009]
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This domain name has been registered for later use by a Netregistry client."
About zero.
If it does come available, and you do snap it up - leave it untouched for a good 60 days. Let all potential grace periods expire and then repoint the DNS and put up your own site.
For example,if a domain expires because the owner didn't have auto-renew, or allowed the CC on file to lapse, and did not keep up their contact information - they could lose the site for being stupid at every turn. It's almost impossible to accidentally lost a site.
Low end hosts (and some not so low end) or insiders that can make it happen will let the domain get snapped up ASAP and the new owner will let it sit long enough to ensure that grace periods expire. Then they change the DNS and the previous owner no longer has a website. Have personally seen this happen. Can't prove that there are inside tips and kickbacks involved, but this was clearly a professional operation that snaps up domains. They bought the site the moment that it expired - but left it untouched for 90 days before pulling the plug. The host did not hold the domain for a grace period or take it down so that the old owner cold see that there was a problem. Somebody inside is getting paid.
The guy deserved it though. The funniest thing is that it was literally 'Shanghaied' to Shanghei, China. From what I could find, the new owner owns/controls tens of thousands of domains. Just parked it as a junk link page to cash in on hundreds of inbound links built up over about seven years. Old owner offered a paltry $5,000 to get it back and not even a response. He couldn't bring himself to make a decent offer to get it back fast. Tens of thousands of dollars were lost while the company changed domain names. Still going on the cheap because dozens of links still point to the old sitel; the kind of thing they count on.
