help! hot domain might be available

eddie1278 · Sep 5, 2002

Ok I have a super short and excellent name but in .info and .biz

How accurate is www.whoisdatabase.com? they say i can register them both now. But i check other sites and they say its not available, but every where i check there is no whois information on them at all. If they are not available why is there no info? And is there any places to register a domain for 8.25 or less:laugh: thats all i have in my bank account

GeorgeK · Sep 5, 2002

Eddie: try www.whois.biz or www.whois.info for the best status of those names. It might be that those names are on hold, due to all the trademark and other issues involved during the Sunrise/Landrush periods of those 2 registries.

eddie1278 · Sep 5, 2002

Ok im getting excited now this name is sooo good but i cant believe its not taken. I think i should calm down. The whois.info site says there is no record in the database and it might be available for registration

GeorgeK · Sep 5, 2002

Eddie: try registering it, then (say at GoDaddy, or another cheap place).

GeorgeK · Sep 5, 2002

Eddie: if it was a 2-letter domain, those are reserved, and can't be registered.

Syd · Sep 5, 2002

Hi Eddie ~ If it is a two letter .info it may appear available in certain Whois databases; but the minimum character length for a .info is three.

Syd.

Syd · Sep 5, 2002

It looks as if we were thinking along the same lines George!

eddie1278 · Sep 5, 2002

what about a biz 2 letter?

Syd · Sep 5, 2002

.biz ~ the same, three minimum.

eddie1278 · Sep 5, 2002

oh well i had fun you'll have to guess what the name is if your interested. hehe

Sep 5, 2002

if you try to register (or simply check availability) of a two character domain using an OpenSRS reseller, you'll get the following error message:

Invalid domain syntax (aa.bizomain name too short. Must be at least 7 characters including the ".biz")

-t

Who-Wiz · Sep 5, 2002

Originally posted by eddie1278 oh well i had fun you'll have to guess what the name is if your interested. hehe

Ah, come on! If its not available, why not tell? I had the same experience. Many whois websites give inaccurate "Available of Registration!" information for different reasons. There was a whole thread on this.

Names showing as available when they really are not.
http://www.dnforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4979&highlight=register

Lemme guess, you thought EZ.BIZ or MY.BIZ was available?

Best,
~ W|Z

dariusthegreat · Sep 5, 2002

you should have saw how excited i was when i managed to register net.biz

Who-Wiz · Sep 5, 2002

You're kidding me, did you just register that ( the Whois records are still wonky )?

I can't believe I was thumbing through three-letter .BIZ the other day and didn't come across that. Here I am all happy with WIZ.nu when I could have gotten NET.BIZ.

Ug.

Good one, d.

~ W|Z

eddie1278 · Sep 5, 2002

it was pc.info and pc.biz i was going for

dariusthegreat · Sep 5, 2002

who-wiz : no i didn't get it, it is reserved by the.biz people however i was able to register it but my registrar sent me an email several hours later saying the registration couldn't go through. it was discussed before on this forum

Who-Wiz · Sep 5, 2002

Originally posted by dariusthegreat
who-wiz : no i didn't get it, it is reserved by the.biz people however i was able to register it but my registrar sent me an email several hours later saying the registration couldn't go through. it was discussed before on this forum

Ah. See... even now it doesn't take much to set the mind running!

I think I remember. ::: shaking head :::

~ W|Z