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Pre Register a .com ??

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  • 06-01-2009 2:59pm
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    chat2joe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 238 ✭✭


    Hey guys,

    I've had my eye on a domain that I could really use. It's been registered now for a number of years but it expires soon. The .com domain has never beed used at all, just registered.

    Is there any way I can pre-register this to automatically purchase it once it expires?

    I've been late renewing domains before and had automatic sites claim my domain in an attempt to sell it back to me. Hate that! But this is to make a genuine site at an unused domain.

    Thanks,

    Joe


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    There are several companies that off dropcatching services - try snapnames

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    chat2joe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 238 ✭✭chat2joe


    Hey!

    So that expiration date finally arrive, then passed... for a few days the domain was going as having an expiration date before the current date on Whois. Now it's coming up as this (using http://internic.net/whois.html);

    Domain Name: *******.com
    Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
    Whois Server: whois.register.com
    Referral URL: http://www.register.com
    Name Server: NS1.EXPIREDDOMAINS.REGISTER.COM
    Name Server: NS2.EXPIREDDOMAINS.REGISTER.COM
    Status: clientTransferProhibited
    Updated Date: 03-mar-2009
    Creation Date: 01-mar-2000
    Expiration Date: 01-mar-2010

    So did they renew?

    I can't help but notice the "NS1.EXPIREDDOMAINS.REGISTER.COM ......


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    See http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/gtld-lifecycle.htm

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    chat2joe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 238 ✭✭chat2joe


    That suggests up to 80 days. Looking at the whois does it look like register.com is holding it for that time? Could it become available before "Expiration Date: 01-mar-2010" so?

    It's strange because I had .com that I didn't get around to renewing and it was already replaced a couple of hours after the deadline...


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