Finding whois for a domain in "pending delete" status

[alistair80]

hello everyone,

wanted to know if there's a any way to find the ex-owner of a domain in pending delete status.

current whois search shows the domain name in PENDING DELETE without the owner name or any underlying info. i was wondering if there's a way to know who the owner is and contact so he can retrieve the domain before it drops...someone else catches it before me.

any help appreciated

cheers!

 

[Michael]

Once it is in pendingDelete status it is going to drop... the owner can't renew it at that point. In answer to your question though, DomainTools.com whois history would be the only reliable way to find out. Estibot caches whois results, so sometimes you could get lucky by doing a whois search there.

You could try to catch them in the redemption period, but I know people who have tried this and most had an unbelievably low success rate. Either the contact info is bad (usually why a domain expires, owner didn't get renewal notices), the owner doesn't care and thus doesn't respond, or the owner politely thanks you for reminding him and renews but keeps it for himself.

You'd probably have to look up 100 domains for every 1 that would bother to renew and sell it to you, and most of the time that 1 domain won't be all that valuable.

 

[Spade]

You'd probably have to look up 100 domains for every 1 that would bother to renew and sell it to you, and most of the time that 1 domain won't be all that valuable.

The odds didn't used to be that bad. I would say they used to be about 1 acquisition for every 25-30 lookups/contacts. I used to make substantial income digging through expired domain names and contacting the current owners. However, there is much more competition today then there was in 2007-2008.

 

[cdboard]

its worth checking the whois at the registrar.

sometimes registrar info can differ.

 

[alistair80]

its worth checking the whois at the registrar.

sometimes registrar info can differ.

Just checked with the registrar and the expiration date has "changed" to July 2011...however, the whois info is still showing REGISTRAR STATUS: EXPIRED.

Has the guy renewed the domain? I have seen this happen to other domains in the past (expiration date changed) while the domains weren't renewed by the owners//

Kinda weird!

 

[SiberForum]

its worth checking the whois at the registrar.

sometimes registrar info can differ.

If domain name was registered through that domain name registrar, I can confirm they are diffrent.