question A large company bought my domain name

[theplastickiD]

Hi, wondering if anyone can help me here.

I used to own a domain name that was my actual name... I have a pretty rare name.

Anyway, I forgot to renew it and when I went to try again a large company have bought it and are I guess squatting on it, trying to sell it back to me for like $1000.

Are they allowed to do this?

Thanks.

 

[johname]

If it is a NAME they will not drop it or somebody will buy it.
You kidding or really gives advice to wait?
He waited already until he lost it...

Yeah dude it's my advice. Reread his situation

Good Luck

 

[maya-zir]

Yeah dude it's my advice. Reread his situation

Good Luck

I handreg the domain I use as my personal website in 2011 after a few years of thinking about the name combination. All possible decent combination with my name not aviable, so finally I handreg "portalmaya".
And resulted that in 2008 some guy gave this name to his travel agency in Mexico but never thought about the website, so now I recieve sometimes emails for his agency coming to my email, and he personally asked me to let him use this domain (leasing). I told not. He still has no website I think, just FB account, and maybe he is also still waiting... but I never will drop the domain...

 

[frank-germany]

if you can get it fo 1K

buy it !

 

[nvdomains]

Why are you wasting your time replying, you hidious person.

It takes few seconds to use worst words about you. I don't stoop that level.

Namepros is full of advisors...even this thread is receiving advice....

 

[Kingslayer]

The new owner has done nothing wrong, It's not your domain anymore, you forgot to renew and you gave it up.

If you want to own the name again, the only option you have is to buy it back and put it down to experience and not let one of your domains expire again that you want to keep.

 

[NetworkPearl]

you should negotiate and buy otherwise bye bye.

 

[MR Harrist]

I agree with Jhon, let them have for 1 years! anyway the domain are unique so I am sure nobody want to buy it! lol :P ,
sorry if my comment rude

 

[10001]

I would say register the same name with a different ext and then trademark it :P

 

[Aamsra]

As you said, they are big company, if they own the similar web or planning to launch one, bargain wouldn't be possible.

Only two ways to choose from then, either wait if they don't take it longer with them or leave it.

 

[TRY]

Maybe you could legally change your name to something that is not registered. Good luck with that