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10-28-2008, 02:34 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: N43°54′, E017°40′
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      | A question Hi there, I've got a little question for you guys... Let me explain the situation. Someone registered a domain name (let's call it SOMENAME.COM) in 2002. I remember that very well. They registered it for 10 years (expiry in 2012). After a year, ICANN (or the registrar) found out that they used stolen credit cards to do that... and they dropped the domain. Someone picked it up... I checked the WHOIS on several occasions (in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) and it was owned by the same guy and it's expiry date was in 2012. I contacted the guy to inquire about it, and he was asking too much for it. Anyway, in August I went to do a WHOIS and I was surprised -- the domain is available for registration! I regged it right away... and it's mine now. But what I was wondering is how it dropped when it's expiry date was in 2012??? I hope you understand what I'm asking. Thanks in advance, ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/528132-a-question.html dmi |
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10-28-2008, 02:41 AM
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| NamePros Legend  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philippines - www.Nabaza.com
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 | forced drop or forced transfer could be the answer since you said it was obtained by Illegal means http://www.answers.com/topic/domain-name |
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10-28-2008, 02:46 AM
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10-28-2008, 02:48 AM
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| NamePros Legend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philippines - www.Nabaza.com
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| at any point registrar can intervene, orig. owner didn't own in the first place. maybe a premium member of domaintools.com can help you specifically do a domain research on it in detail.
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10-28-2008, 11:29 AM
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10-28-2008, 06:27 PM
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| Domain Branding Expert  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada
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| if you look in the legal issues of this forum - these is a thread about a site where you can search to see if a domain has had any legal issues at any point...
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10-28-2008, 11:12 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: ✰$479 sites✰ artistwebsite.org
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| false whois details?
__________________ Get a top quality domain portfolio, blog, or developed website, from $479. Quote NAMEHUGGER11 for a NamePros only discount. Artist Website | Contemporary Art Blogs. |
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