I did it again!

[draggar]

Yesterday I remembered that a domain that was the .com of the title of a book a friend of mine wrote dropped (I also run his site). I also remembered at the time that I was going to check a week later to see if it dropped or got picked up though the drop process (he said it wasn't worth $60 to get the name). But, I forgot to try to register it.

So, yesterday I go to register it. Huh, it's taken. I spend a few minutes cursing. I go to domain tools to see what "person" registered it and I was willing to bet some squatter picked it up to just park it.

I check the WhoIs..

I already registered it and had it pointed to my friend's book page. :blush::lol:

I don't know if I should laugh over this or cry that I forgot that i got the name. What other names do I own that I forgot about?

 

[JohnnJohnn is verified member.]

Ask your wife. She should keep track of what you own.

 

[draggar]

Ask your wife. She should keep track of what you own.

She can't manage her own finances, you expect her to manage my domains?

Plus, considering her ideas of "good domain names".....

 

[jasdon11]

I go to domain tools to see what "person" registered it and I was willing to bet some squatter picked it up to just park it.

Excuse me Ed! We'll have no talk like that in here thank you very much....someone call a Mod...oh, you are one...

 

[draggar]

Excuse me Ed! We'll have no talk like that in here thank you very much....someone call a Mod...oh, you are one...

I squatted my own name? :lol:

Considering my friend's history - someone owned hisname.com and ran a site claiming to be him, even with illegally published copies of his books.

 

[Sonny Banks]

I squatted my own name? :lol:

Considering my friend's history - someone owned hisname.com and ran a site claiming to be him, even with illegally published copies of his books.

Be careful guys is full of squatters out there :lol:

 

[james2002]

It might be early sign of Early dementia if you are younger than 65. LOL

 

[mvl]

About two years ago I succesfully backordered a domain that Iwas expiring. I did not realise it was me who dropped it until I wanted to create a vhost for it that was already there

 

[jasdon11]

About two years ago I succesfully backordered a domain that Iwas expiring. I did not realise it was me who dropped it until I wanted to create a vhost for it that was already there

How pissed would you have been if someone else caught it :smilewinkgrin:

 

[thevirtual]

It is a good idea to keep track of your domains.

I keep my domains listed in a spreadsheet file. The domains are sorted by registrar and listed in order of expiration. This is a good way to keep track of expiring domains. Anytime I sell or register a domain I update the list.

 

[foundrstack]

How pissed would you have been if someone else caught it :smilewinkgrin:

:undecided: That happened to me on my "Trimon War of the Lands" domain. I finally got it back earlier this year after two years of beating myself up about it. I even considered changing the name of my book. I'm guessing they finally discovered there was no traffic going to it because I haven't published the book yet and I'm a first time author. Good for me though!