Domains that first registered 20 years ago but expired and lost

[babel]

I know some domains

Baphomet.com was first registered in 1998, but now its creation date is 2023.
Grim.com was first registered in 1995, but now its creation date is 2023.
Showdown.com was first registered in 1999, but now its creation date is 2023.
Backslider.com was first registered in 2001, but now its creation date is 2021.
Ohmygirl.com was also first registered in 2001, but now its creation date is 2021.

I know the creation date does not matter for domains, but it is regrettable.

 

[pb]

There would be thousands more if not for the weird rule that the registrar can claim any unpaid domain they want and sell it further. The ones you listed were either explicitly deleted by their owner or expired from a registrar that doesn't repossess their users' domains.

 

[Jannes]

My comment is a bit off topic, but thanks to your post I searched for grim.com and found this very interesting thread that I had missed earlier:

https://www.namepros.com/threads/dr...ely-wondering-why-also-closeouts-etc.1295087/

 

[babel]

There would be thousands more if not for the weird rule that the registrar can claim any unpaid domain they want and sell it further. The ones you listed were either explicitly deleted by their owner or expired from a registrar that doesn't repossess their users' domains.

Although the original creation date is gone, we can get a domain we want thanks to the rule.
Some domains become no more useful and abandoned by the owner, but there also must have been a good reason for his doing that.

 

[babel]

My comment is a bit off topic, but thanks to your post I searched for grim.com and found this very interesting thread that I had missed earlier:

Oh, I feel the same way about what you said. I think that is an interesting thread too.
Thank you for the link!