According to who-is info, I have obtained information on a domain that I want to own. It’s my name, nothing popular. This domain has been dead, as in, the owner hasn’t put anything on the web, just owned the domain. UNTIL 1/23/09!!!! That is when this domain expires. I already own a domain, and know that you can have your domain company “auto-renew” your domains, which if he did have that in this case, I don’t think I would have a chance at it.

When does this domain expire on 1/23/09, and will I be able to register it the day it expires IF he doesn’t have auto-renew enabled?

The best answer, will obviously get best answer.

If I go, for example to godaddy and buy a domain. It mentions that you can buy a website eg ‘abc123.com’ and then you’ll have to renew it if you want to keep it.
How do websites like google.com/youtube.com keep their name and prevent others from taking it? Is there a lease for 1000years (for example)? How exactly does it work?

I am currently doing a website under a .org account apparently someone has reserved the use of the .com ahead of me already but its over a year now and that person hasn’t made use of the site. The .com is set to expire soon and I want it for my site too. My .org site is already fully developed and functioning and I want it changed to .com. How is it possible for me to acquire the .com now? Can I reserve it though someone has reserved it? I’ve contacted the the person who has the .com but he’s only willing to compromise at a very unreasonable rate. Its really obvious that he only intends to give in to me if I accept his offer. What to do? What are my remedies?

If i buy a domain name for 1 year. once it expires, can i rebuy it for another year without the risk of it getting it taken.

My registrar says the domain expired in January and wants to charge me $200 to reclaim it. But WHOIS lists me in all three places, and says that domain is registered until January 2008.

There is a domain name I want and it is expired, but I am unable to buy it. Why is that?

I’ve been trying to register for a website but all of the ones I’m interested in are taken by “under construction” or “coming soon” pages. I’ve tried using variations of what I wanted but they are taken by place holder type websites that aren’t really being used. How would I go about asking the availability of a domain name? Would I try to contact the company that’s hosting the site? Or is that going to make buying the name impossible if it looks like there’s interest?

Also, if a domain name is about to expire what would be the best way to register for it before it gets taken again? I wanted to use dreamhost to host the site, but it looks like I might have to register the domain name from someplace else. Any advice on this topic would be great. Thanks.

What if the company that I registered my domain name with has closed down? Let’s say that I have registered my domain name under that company for one year and the company closed down after 8 months, will I still be able to use my domain name until it expires?

I want to register it as the second it it up for grabs.
The info is below.

Registrant:
John Doe
New York, New York 10018
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: ***********.COM
Created on: 20-Sep-05
Expires on: 20-Sep-07
Last Updated on: 16-Aug-06

Administrative Contact:
Doe, John john.doe@********.com
New York, New York 10018
United States

Technical Contact:
Doe, John john.doe@********.com
New York, New York 10018
United States

Domain servers in listed order:
NS2.***********.COM
NS1.***********.COM

Registry Status: ok

The domain name is 11 characters long: first name surname with no spaces. The first is paul, the surname is not particularly common. The person doesn’t seem to be using the website and the domain registration expires in October this year.

I own myname.co.uk. Please only answer if you have some idea as to what domain names will sell for. Any deliberately unhelpful answers will be reported as abuse.
Domain names are not expensive but I want to get this particular domain name which, at the moment is owned by someone else. If he does not renew the registration when it expires in October it will be a free for all. I am prepared to pay a reasonable amount to secure the domain name. If someone else gets there before me in October they’d be unlikely to part with it.