Delete your own?

[RMF]

I'm curious if people can delete a domain registration from networksolutions, or I guess any registrar. If someone wasn't going to use it anymore and it was still registered for several years, could they delete it if they wanted to?. If they requested it to drop, would it?.

RMF

 

[DropWizard.com]

Interesting question RMF

In fact some registrars do allow the names to be deleted. Early in the drop game you could register a name, try it for a couple of days to see if it had traffic and if not delete it at no charge.

I don't think any of them allow it except for mistakes now.

We have scripts for deletions as typically most registrars platforms have add, modify and delete commands in their software. But very few of them allow the day to day account holders access to the delete function.

 

[RON2]

World Wrestling Entertainment recently had Verisign delete all their WWF domains, including WWF.COM (which was registered till 2010)

 

[TexasFilly]

Originally posted by -RJ-
World Wrestling Entertainment recently had Verisign delete all their WWF domains, including WWF.COM (which was registered till 2010)

Interesting post -RJ.. I have also skimmed the previous posts on the WWF topic..

Are you saying, that these names that WWF deleted, are now 'available' for registration? Just curious.

 

[davidthornton]

Originally posted by -RJ-
World Wrestling Entertainment recently had Verisign delete all their WWF domains, including WWF.COM (which was registered till 2010)

Many were actually with register.com.

 

[davidthornton]

Originally posted by TexasFilly
Interesting post -RJ.. I have also skimmed the previous posts on the WWF topic..

Are you saying, that these names that WWF deleted, are now 'available' for registration? Just curious.

Well they were. A couple of people seem to have enjoyed hoovering them up (BTW do Americans know what a Hoover is? Just curious!).

 

[davidthornton]

Originally posted by gmartfin
Interesting question RMF

In fact some registrars do allow the names to be deleted. Early in the drop game you could register a name, try it for a couple of days to see if it had traffic and if not delete it at no charge.

I don't think any of them allow it except for mistakes now.

We have scripts for deletions as typically most registrars platforms have add, modify and delete commands in their software. But very few of them allow the day to day account holders access to the delete function.

I believe that INWW allow deletes within maybe three days of registration.

 

[DropWizard.com]

BTW do Americans know what a Hoover is?

Of course they do. I believe Clinton had a favourite one named

MONICA

 

[Poker]

hehe...is that stalker then?

 

[Luc]

Texas,

Yeah, wwf.com dropped and one of the forum members
(beatz) picked it up with NameWinner for like $7.85 or something.

Luc L.

 

[revsorg]

I recently bought and then deleted essexpolice.com

the whole process was automated at joker.com and I noticed that it came up as available again today.

 

[Zoobar]

Originally posted by TexasFilly
Interesting post -RJ.. I have also skimmed the previous posts on the WWF topic..

Are you saying, that these names that WWF deleted, are now 'available' for registration? Just curious.

They were available.
I have 4 of them for sale very cheap right now

http://dnforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14548