A domain that could be useful to me expired (as in WHOIS expires date passed) a few days ago. The domain is probably only of interest to the current owner, one competitor and me. It is a com domain registered with ionos.
I'm a total noob to this, but as far as I understand what I've learned here:
1. Current owner might still decide to extend
2. ionos might take it or give it to one of their customers (backorder) [1]
3. ionos might give it to an auction house [2]
4. A drop catcher might catch it
5. It may really expire
From 1 to 5 it gets cheaper but increasingly more unlikely that the domain reaches this stage. Also I'm afraid that I'll get ripped off when I place a backorder or put the domain on the drop catchers' watchlist because this should be such a low interest domain and signaling my interest might prevent it from dropping eventually.
As a noob I have no idea what the chances are to reach one of the stages 1 to 5 and what the risks arr when I show interest. What do you recommend me to do? Wait, set it on snapnames watchlist, try and trust auction house (which? see [2]), try to backorder at ionos (how? see [1]), any combination, anything else?
[1] I could not find a way to place a backorder with ionos. If anyone knows if it is possible that would be helpful to know.
[2] I could not find out if ionos works with an auction house, but have the suspicion that cooperate with sedo.com. Also any hints appreciated.
I'm a total noob to this, but as far as I understand what I've learned here:
1. Current owner might still decide to extend
2. ionos might take it or give it to one of their customers (backorder) [1]
3. ionos might give it to an auction house [2]
4. A drop catcher might catch it
5. It may really expire
From 1 to 5 it gets cheaper but increasingly more unlikely that the domain reaches this stage. Also I'm afraid that I'll get ripped off when I place a backorder or put the domain on the drop catchers' watchlist because this should be such a low interest domain and signaling my interest might prevent it from dropping eventually.
As a noob I have no idea what the chances are to reach one of the stages 1 to 5 and what the risks arr when I show interest. What do you recommend me to do? Wait, set it on snapnames watchlist, try and trust auction house (which? see [2]), try to backorder at ionos (how? see [1]), any combination, anything else?
[1] I could not find a way to place a backorder with ionos. If anyone knows if it is possible that would be helpful to know.
[2] I could not find out if ionos works with an auction house, but have the suspicion that cooperate with sedo.com. Also any hints appreciated.
