If i want to register a website name that expires tomorrow

[UDT89]

Theres a website that i really want and the guy has been sitting on it forever. For at least a year since i first contacted him. It bothers me b/c i got a good idea for it and hes had it and dont nothing.

His subscription expires tomorrow, 2/14. Does that mean at midnight i can register it if he doesnt? How does it work?


Thanks

matt

 

[Beau]

IIRC, they can still register the name for a few months after it expires. The best thing you could do is put it on backorder. Go to Network Solution's Website and enter the domain name in to check availability. It will say that it is not available, but you should be able to put it on backorder. (uses snapnames.com)

 

[UDT89]

they want 69 bucks. and i dont get a refund if i dont get it.

 

[rh71]

Isn't there something you can sign up for that notifies you the minute it becomes available again ? Is that what they want $69 for ? Maybe there's others providers that do this ?

 

[UDT89]

can someone help me out that knows of such a service that doenst want $70? or maybe wants money but gives a refund if you dont get that particular site?

 

[numark]

I'll tell you this, Network Solutions rarely gives up domain registrations quickly. There was a specific domain I was interested in, and when I went to go check the registration, it had expired a year-and-a-half ago, and Netsol still hadn't cleared it from their database. It finally did get released early last year and promptly got snapped up by a "link farm" sort of website. Netsol sucks

 

[fr]

His registrar can reserve the domain for him for 60-90 days after it expires.

 

[her209]

What website is this?

 

[UDT89]

id tell you then id have to kill you

 

[UDT89]

so am i basically at the mercy of this guy wanting to register it again over the next 90 days?