news Hotel Peace Palace: Nepalese owner pleads for his domain name

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The operator of the Hotel Peace Palace is distraught, having allowed their domain name to lapse.

Based in Nepal, the hotelier operated the domain name HotelPeacePalace.com, the matching .com, since 2012. In January, the domain was not renewed and as an expired domain it dropped a few weeks later. Someone used a drop-catching service, most likely SnapNames, to acquire the domain for less than $80 dollars...

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[NYJimbo]

I would have offered a deal on it to the old owner. But then again, I would not have bought it in the first place. What would you do with a name like that except hold it so the old owner was forced to buy it back from you. Nobody else would buy it.