advice Acquire a registered domain that has been inactive for several years.

[jackwrexham]

Hello all,

New member here so please forgive me if I've posted in the wrong place. Also, forgive my probable stupidity. I am looking to acquire the domain name jackscott.com yet it is currently registered. I have a few questions that I am struggling to find answers to so if you kind folk wouldn't mind helping me out that would be very much appreciated as it's a bit of a confusing situation. The domain name continues to be registered yet it has been inactive for several years.

First of all based on the whois.com information - is there any way to contact the owner of the site?

Secondly I see that the domain name is registered with GoDaddy.com - and they offer a domain brokering service - so if I used that service is there a realistic possibility of acquiring the domain name?

Lastly does anyone have any experience of domain brokering services and whether they are any good at all?

I would appreciate any help I can get

Thanks for your time,

Jack

 

[ultradog]

The owner may not want to let go of the name, judging by the extra years of renewal, plus the privacy. But you should be able to email him using the proxy email in the Whois, and call Godaddy and ask if they'd contact the owner as well.

 

[Fancy.domains]

A little off topic: I offered 30,000 dollars for the undeveloped name: Samui (dot) com at several occasions some years ago. No replies whatsoever.

Apart from that, I guess ultradog describes it well.

 

[jackwrexham]

The owner may not want to let go of the name, judging by the extra years of renewal, plus the privacy. But you should be able to email him using the proxy email in the Whois, and call Godaddy and ask if they'd contact the owner as well.

Just to avoid confusion this would be the email of JACKSCOTT . COM@domainsbyproxy . com ?

Also I've contacted godaddy in the past and they've asked for a fee to contact the owner, is there a way I could get them to contact the owner for free?

Thanks,

Jack

 

[Dominic Belley]

You can try to send emails to the usual existing addresses for a domain :
- info
- admin
- support
- contact
- postmaster
- jscott (could be a good guess)

 

[stewmath]

Pm sent

 

[IMEZI]

also I've contacted godaddy in the past and they've asked for a fee to contact the owner, is there a way I could get them to contact the owner for free?

Seriously? you not even willing to pay godaddy fee... The owner were paid for the renewal 3 years in advance, he also pay private whois along with it, i guess he will not looking for some petty cash, you might be terrified when the owner mentioning some 7 digits nominal...

leave it put it behind and forget about it, you were wasting your time and effort, why dont you take another tld...

 

[DomainVP]

Here he is, good luck.

https://www.facebook.com/jack.scott.tech

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-scott-58a5a1

and here

http://www.deerparkinc.com/partnerprofilespdf/scottprofile.pdf
http://deerparkinc.com/PartnerProfilesASPX/ScottProfile.aspx

Just be prepared to pay, or for a solid no.

Mr. Scott holds a BA in Classics from the University of Buffalo. Jack is a member of American Mensa and has is guest seminar instructor at the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Computer Science.

 

[HotKey]

The domain name continues to be registered yet it has been inactive for several years.

Just because a domain is inactive doesn't mean it's not being used..

-subdomains
-personal email addresses
-protective registration

In this case, it is likely being used for personal email.

 

[Amzymayor]

Here he is, good luck.

https://www.facebook.com/jack.scott.tech

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-scott-58a5a1

and here

http://www.deerparkinc.com/partnerprofilespdf/scottprofile.pdf
http://deerparkinc.com/PartnerProfilesASPX/ScottProfile.aspx

Just be prepared to pay, or for a solid no.

Brilliant. How did you do this?

 

[Kenny]

Brilliant. How did you do this?

Domainer Magic, or more commonly referred to as Due Diligence.

Good one, DVP.

Peace,
Kenny