About reserved domain name.

[hjordis]

Hi,

I was just wondering what if I registered a domain name which is supposed to be reserved name? Will they take it back if they find out? See, the question is... I actually got the name successfully.

 

[Malaysia]

normally they would take it back but depending on ur luck i guess..who knows u might keep it forever..

 

[hjordis]

Hey thanks for your reply. I've checked some registration companies, some of them say it's taken (whois info), some of them say the name is reserved (which means can never be registered), what's going on here?

 

[Domagon]

In what TLD? .com, .net, .us, or something else?

Reserved can mean numerous things depending on the TLD and the domain in question.

From what I recall, there was an instance back several years ago in which someone regged E.COM ... but didn't have it for long ... their registration info was promptly deleted out and the whois changed back with all its original dates as if the other registration had never happened.

More recently, from what I recall, numerous domains that had hyphens (-) at the end, which isn't permitted, were eventually canceled.

On the other hand, some folks have recently grabbed formerly reserved .US domains with no probs.

Again, it all depends on the TLD and the particular domain...

If you have questions regarding whether a .COM domain is reserved or not, do a whois at http://www.internic.net/whois.html

That in some instances may answer your question ... ie. you'll find that all single character domains are actually registered already.

Some other restrictions in .COM, from my understanding are domains that start / end with "-", as well as those with "--" anywhere in them (used to be allowed, but not anymore).

Ron