I have a domain I want to register, however it is “parked”.. not being used

I went to whois to find more info about the owner of my domain, and it says

Record last updated on 30-Dec-2007.
Record expires on 10-Mar-2009.
Record created on 10-Mar-2007.

It is almost the end of Feb now — does this potentially mean that after march 10 I can register the domain? Should I wait and risk it? Or should I try contacting the hosting service to have them inquire about me buying the domain?

If it “expires”.. would it potentially automatically renew? Wold someone continue paying for this domain even though it is ONLY PARKED .. it is not being used at all.

my domain name is about to expire. is there a way to renew for free or cheap?

thanks

I have a domain name which i bought with GoDaddy. Now it is close to expiration. I have enabled the “auto-renew” option. So, it will automatically renew the domain name, and not let it expire.

But will it renew the domain name for 2 years or 1 year. The reason im asking this is because everywhere in GoDaddy, by default, 2 years is selected. That has made me confused. So, please help me out!

Cannot communicate with primary DNS server(192.168.0.1).
Network diagnostics pinged the remote host but did not
recieve a response.

The capability of your network adaptor does not match
the requirements of this network.

There may be a problem with your domain name server(DNS)
configuration. Windows failed to find the well known
host “www.microsoft.com” using DNS. The server may be down.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\RAC>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RAC-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g PCI-E Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-7E-81-33-60
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::246d:ee49:6813:5b7b%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 31, 2009 5:31:39 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, November 07, 2009 5:31:39 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 218110333
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-0E-4D-3C-94-00-13-A9-CA-AA-71

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-A9-C9-0E-EC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{42387E21-2D4D-4D18-B004-2D78DD79C
6BF}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 16:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{7EC5F23B-DDE9-4616-8DD9-3C78B2911
781}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 17:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{42387E21-2D4D-4D18-B004-2D78DD79C
6BF}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 19:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{7EC5F23B-DDE9-4616-8DD9-3C78B2911
781}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Since moving my computer back home my internet has been playing up only letting me view certain websites and not others that it would let me view beforehand such as facebook and my university email page and is becoming a hassle. I havn’t changed any of the settings on my comp since moving back and the websites work on the other computer in the house.

The error message reads:

Page Load Error
Address not found
www.facebook.com could not be found. Please check the name and try again.
The browser could not find the host server for the provided address.

* Did you make a mistake when typing the domain? (e.g. “ww.mozilla.org” instead of

“www.mozilla.org”)

* Are you certain this domain address exists? Its registration may have expired.

* Are you unable to browse other sites? Check your network connection and DNS server settings.

* Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
My default browser is firefox but the websites don’t work on internet explorer either with a similar error message displayed, What is opera? and how would that help?

www.apartment-rental-nyc.com. I went to godaddy.com and this is what came out. Registrant:
Domain Privacy Group, Inc.
c/o apartment-rental-nyc.com,
5160 Yonge St. Suite 1800
Toronto, ON M2N 6L9
CA

Domain name: apartment-rental-nyc.com

Administrative Contact:
Domain Privacy Group, Inc. privacy-178912@domainprivacygroup.com
c/o apartment-rental-nyc.com,
5160 Yonge St. Suite 1800
Toronto, ON M2N 6L9
CA
Fax:

Technical Contact:
Domain Privacy Group, Inc. privacy-178912@domainprivacygroup.com
c/o apartment-rental-nyc.com,
5160 Yonge St. Suite 1800
Toronto, ON M2N 6L9
CA
Fax:

Registrar of Record: Netfirms Inc.
Record expires on 2008-02-26.
Record created on 2007-02-26.
Database last updated on 2008-01-03 12:50:05.

Registry Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Registry Status: clientDeleteProhibited

now i have a domain and registered it brand new using a godaddy’s 1 year free domain name coupon!! for the information that I inputed I made all the stuff up and sometimes would just enter random stuff….the only thing i did not bs was my email and the coupon (of course)….

my question is if i really liked the domain can i switch the domain registered to another account??? like i would like to be able to register my real information even with my real payment method which is using paypal. is this possible?? or do i have to wait until it expires to register it for another account? and also what are the consequences..like will those advertising companies get my domain somehow if it expiress??

Say a domain name expires Dec. 30.
Can I grab it after then or do I need permissions from the host/site that bought it?

What if I don’t use those services that cost money to grab them?
Can I just wait for the opportunity and go?

hello:
Interested in a domain name .com
on the info of “who is” appears that:
Expires on: 03-Jul-08
Today Is: 04-Jul-08
So it has expired right?
Yes it has expired and the “owner” has not payed the renew
but…………….. still appears that is already taken
how much do I have to wait so I can grab it?
I mean that appears aviable?
The thing here is that was mine! but hijacked, On December 14 2007.
That day I entered mi site and appeared a Croatia flag along with a skull
I checked with my registrar and the hackers entered via my domain registrar! BTW It was godaddy
I wrote them but they didnt believed me, so, I ended witha hacked site and a hacked registrar acces, so these Croatia hackers changed the contact info to nosnese characters:

Registrant:
dfsfsdfs fsd
dfsfsdfsd
fsdfsdfs, American Samoa 34347
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: .COM
Created on: 03-Jul-02
Expires on: 03-Jul-08
Last Updated on: 14-Dec-07

Administrative Contact:
fsd, dfsfsdfs d4ry0.cro@gmail.com
dfsfsdfsd
fsdfsdfs, American Samoa 34347
United States
12357671

Technical Contact:
fsd, dfsfsdfs d4ry0.cro@gmail.com
dfsfsdfsd
fsdfsdfs, American Samoa 34347
United States
12357671

So I wanted to wait until July 3 2008 to re-purchase my domain.

Every time I have a good idea for a website I go and by a domain. But then I lose interest in what I was originally suppose to do. Now I have a few websites that I set to expire next year and I still don’t have any ideas for a website. What should I do?