Can I lose my domain?

[Hoodrider]

lets say that ebay.com was coming up to expire, can someone steal it? also if my domain name expires what happens to it?

 

[Sheva]

Hoodrider, if your name is good I will register it

 

[Ed30]

If a domain name expires it goes back into the public pool and becomes available again for registration by anyone who wants it. Go to domainduck.com for example. You can find lists of recently expired names there.

If a valuable name is about to expire you can attempt the register it the second it drops back into the public arena. The most popular tool for doing this is found at snapnames.com. Other sites that offer these services include dropwizard.com and namewinner.com. The real pros use scripts to try to nab names.

Hope this helps.

 

[RacerX]

Originally posted by MikeMike
Hoodrider, if your name is good I will register it

Hey MikeMike:

Are these names actually going to drop?

estates.com
shoppers.com
sheriff.com
friendship.com
lotto.com
advice.com
odyssey.com
athlete.com
grapevine.com
golfclubs.com


Your friend,
RacerX

 

[alaneads]

I doubt those will drop

 

[Beachie]

Originally posted by RacerX

Hey MikeMike:

Are these names actually going to drop?

estates.com
shoppers.com
sheriff.com
friendship.com
lotto.com
advice.com
odyssey.com
athlete.com
grapevine.com
golfclubs.com

Your friend,
RacerX

Most of these are transfers. According to my magic software:

lotto.com expires 17 Aug 2003
athlete.com expires 29 Dec 2005
friendship.com expires 25 May 2010
sheriff.com expires 19 May 2003
advice.com expires 11 Oct 2003
grapevine expires 3 Apr 2003
odyssey.com expires 5 May 2003

estates.com expired 27 Sep 2002

Also, they are ALL still listed in the root-servers, hence are not dropping.

Cheers,

Beachie

 

[netznutz]

Originally posted by Ed30
If a valuable name is about to expire you can attempt the register it the second it drops back into the public arena.

Don't say second, better say millisecond.
It would be misleading to say that trying to register such a domain once a second would be sufficient to catch it.

 

[Ed30]

I stand corrected!

 

[Hoodrider]

lets say ebay.com was stolen. what would ebay do?

 

[Darkfire001]

Uh, File a lawsuit to get it back. Heck literally any domain with the words ebay in it will get pressed by ebay to give it back.

 

[President Gringo]

Originally posted by Hoodrider
lets say ebay.com was stolen. what would ebay do?

You should read up on sex.com .....that name was stolen.

 

[alaneads]

and the person who stole it is in a jail in mexico, and if he ever gets to the US, he's going to jail here to.

 

[adoptabledomains]

Originally posted by alaneads
and the person who stole it is in a jail in mexico, and if he ever gets to the US, he's going to jail here to.

It was reportedly stolen by fraudulent and forged transfer papers, not by being dropped for non-renewal. Very different I think.

However, even if Ebay did fail to renew and you picked it up, they would have it back very quickly since it's trademarked, and your legal expenses would be much larger than your potential income from blackmailing them to get it back more quickly than a legal case normally takes.

Besides, you won't even have that opportunity until after their renewal date of 05-Aug-2010.

 

[President Gringo]

Originally posted by alaneads
and the person who stole it is in a jail in mexico, and if he ever gets to the US, he's going to jail here to.

I heard he disappeared, along with all his money. He was suppose to have paid the actual owner something like $60million for all the lost income. Nice