RE: expired domain names

Have you considered registering the .cc extension.  If
whomever has the .com and .net has hasn't claimed it
yet, you may beat them to the punch.

Bryce Fields
Webmaster, Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission


--- Pam Pajunen <ppajunen(at)primary.net> wrote:
> I've checked with various companies, and they
> require a certain "waiting
> period" before releasing the name to someone else. 
> It seems to be between
> 30-45 days.  Once that period is through, the name
> should be available,
> although I know someone that hasn't paid for a
> domain in over a year and can
> still use it.  If you express interest in the name,
> they *may* release it
> sooner.
> 
> Pam
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of
> Lead
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 11:00 AM
> To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> Subject: expired domain names
> 
> 
> How DOES one get a domain name that appears to be
> expired, and yet not available? How long are they
> held up? WHY are they held up? And are they held
> up always, or only in instances when it appears
> that a large company or one with money is
> involved?
> 
> I'm all cynical this week, but I've been watching
> one I'd LOVE to get. It isn't being used, only
> squatted, along with it's .net companion. When I
> inquired earlier this year, I was told the domain
> had been appraised at over a quarter million
> dollars in value. *snort* But it seems to have
> expired now, and still it's not available. What
> can be done, anything?
> 
> Jeniffer
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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