"Backorder" domain name

[sciencewhiz]

A friend of mine registered a domain name and it has now expired. It's registered through godaddy. I haven't been able to get a hold of him (out of the country). It currently has an expired domain page that godaddy put up. Is there a good way to guarantee that when the 30 day period ends, I can register it?

It looks like godaddy has a Backorder option for 18.99 (including 1 year registration). Is that a good service? I use namecheap for my domains, but it doesn't look like they have a similar option.

 

[Zolty]

If the domain is registered with godaddy and it's a godaddy service, it seems like that should be the one you should choose.

 

[blurredvision]

Ahh, I thought that "backorder.com" was getting ready to be available, and thought to myself that you probably shouldn't have said anything

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: Zolty
If the domain is registered with godaddy and it's a godaddy service, it seems like that should be the one you should choose.

That's what I was thinking, but I was hoping that other people might have experience either with them or with another service.

 

[sciencewhiz]

bump

 

[RossMAN]

If you really really want the domain I would:

1) Use GoDaddy's backorder service and
2) http://www.snapnames.com/