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In the past I said I was not trying to reg expired names anymore due to the futility involved with BuyDomains and UltSearch success. However, I did have 4 old SnapBacks which were pre-paid and active. One name was grabbed by one of them a few days ago so I needed to replace it with another using the free exchange feature.
I randomly checked zillions of logical and valuable names to see if any were expired or near expiration. After a long time I found one which had expired approx' 30 days ago and I exchanged it earlier in the week.
Since it was such an excellent dot-com name, I really had little if any hope of getting the name, especially since it was also an active industry specific website for several yrs with links and SE ranking, and lots of listings on Archive.org. I mainly exchanged it as I needed to do the exchange and could not find one I thought I could easily grab.
It also had 1,600 exact term Suggestion Tool returns, which is actually very good for a 2 word name in a non-primary type of industry, though it is an industry specific leading 2 word phrase you would recognize right away.
A short time ago that wonderful email arrived from SnapNames informing me they managed to grab the name. What a pleasant and amazing surprise it was!
Thank you SnapNames, you must have somehow beaten Buy Domains and Ultra Serach as I am sure they also wanted this domain! Perhaps they were on vacation for July 4th Holiday, even with Ultra Search being in Hong Kong. Though BuyDomains from Washington DC I am sure must have been away for this to happen to me!
I randomly checked zillions of logical and valuable names to see if any were expired or near expiration. After a long time I found one which had expired approx' 30 days ago and I exchanged it earlier in the week.
Since it was such an excellent dot-com name, I really had little if any hope of getting the name, especially since it was also an active industry specific website for several yrs with links and SE ranking, and lots of listings on Archive.org. I mainly exchanged it as I needed to do the exchange and could not find one I thought I could easily grab.
It also had 1,600 exact term Suggestion Tool returns, which is actually very good for a 2 word name in a non-primary type of industry, though it is an industry specific leading 2 word phrase you would recognize right away.
A short time ago that wonderful email arrived from SnapNames informing me they managed to grab the name. What a pleasant and amazing surprise it was!
Thank you SnapNames, you must have somehow beaten Buy Domains and Ultra Serach as I am sure they also wanted this domain! Perhaps they were on vacation for July 4th Holiday, even with Ultra Search being in Hong Kong. Though BuyDomains from Washington DC I am sure must have been away for this to happen to me!