17 Mar 2002
Does anyone know how to most easily register an expired domain name the moment it becomes available? There’s a particular domain name set to expire soon that I want to grab (it not attached to any website and it looks like the guy hasn’t made any modifications to the record since he registered it). I’ve found a couple of services like SnapNames.com which will monitor expiring domains for you, but it costs $69 dollars and I know I can register domain names for a lot less elsewhere…
From my experience, it’s not at all easy to snap up a name. The date of expiration is only on part of the entire mess of severing ties to a domain name: most domain resellers will hold the domain for 90 days or so as they try to get payment and such… so here’s my suggestion: call the guy.
vis10n | 17 Mar 2002