Buying a domain name

EKRIUQ

I'm was trying to buy a domain name but the one that I wanted was all ready taken so I decided to wait untill it expired. The name expired on the 26th of this month but its still not available to buy. Is there a grace given of a couple of weeks before the name is put up for sale. This domain was registered 5 years and nothing done with it.

Anybody know about these things, its a .com domain.

Khannie

There is a grace period allright. I think it differs on a per-registrar basis. Get in touch with the registrar and express an interest.

axer

it could take 2-3 months before you can buy it. depends on the register that it was original purchased through. i wouldnt bother contacting the person that owns it as chances are they will reregister it if they know some1 is interested and try sell it 2 u. then again u could be lucky. You COULD pay one of those domain watcher business like www.snapnames.com. I wouldnt but hey i a cheap ****!

rymus

if it's any indication as to time scales... one of my domains expired about a week ago. I can re-register it without penalty within 20 days of it's expiration and after that it goes into holding for a further 75 days. During that time it'll cost $175 to re-register it. After that time has elapsed it's fair game for anyone to register it. That's just the registrar I'm using though. I'm sure if you look around the website of the registrar the domain is registered with they'll have some policies up there.

EKRIUQ

thanks for the info will wait for a while.

Trojan

There's a fantastic blog article out there about acquiring a domain in similar circumstances. 15 minutes with google should sort you out.