Okay, I have a low-threshold of patience, when I'm watching a name that is in danger of being hijacked.
Here's the syndrome.
1. You're searching for a name, and you notice that its being sold by a domain name reseller.
2. You see the resellers website (via their e-mail address) is down, and checking the name, you see it had expired, and was recently caught in the drop (perhaps months ago.)
3. Staring at the name, you realize two things:
#1. There's a GREAT chance that this name will drop
because the reseller obviously went out to lunch.
#2. There's the possibility that the name will be *ILLEGALLY*
hijacked because someone NOW has the domain
name of the administrator address.
Sigh.
What would you guys do? My first reaction is to try to make a public record somewhere of the domain name and its precarious situation. In the past, I've registered the admin address, and sat on it just to ensure a safe drop for the name (even if I never ended up getting the name). Essentially a defensive registration strategy. In this case, someone else already HAS the admin domain name. Possible they will not do anything illegal with it, but you never know.
What would you guys recommend? My pal has run a website for years, that he'd like to abbreviate, and the abbreviation was owned by this reseller who's clearly gone out of business. The name drops in December, and we're making plans to get the WLS when that comes about, but we also need to ensure a safe drop as a first priority. Currently, I've made records of the whois information across the board, so I'll at least have a "ticker-tape" just in case things go bad.
Thoughts?
~ Nexus
Here's the syndrome.
1. You're searching for a name, and you notice that its being sold by a domain name reseller.
2. You see the resellers website (via their e-mail address) is down, and checking the name, you see it had expired, and was recently caught in the drop (perhaps months ago.)
3. Staring at the name, you realize two things:
#1. There's a GREAT chance that this name will drop
because the reseller obviously went out to lunch.
#2. There's the possibility that the name will be *ILLEGALLY*
hijacked because someone NOW has the domain
name of the administrator address.
Sigh.
What would you guys do? My first reaction is to try to make a public record somewhere of the domain name and its precarious situation. In the past, I've registered the admin address, and sat on it just to ensure a safe drop for the name (even if I never ended up getting the name). Essentially a defensive registration strategy. In this case, someone else already HAS the admin domain name. Possible they will not do anything illegal with it, but you never know.
What would you guys recommend? My pal has run a website for years, that he'd like to abbreviate, and the abbreviation was owned by this reseller who's clearly gone out of business. The name drops in December, and we're making plans to get the WLS when that comes about, but we also need to ensure a safe drop as a first priority. Currently, I've made records of the whois information across the board, so I'll at least have a "ticker-tape" just in case things go bad.
Thoughts?
~ Nexus
