Is It Flipping or Is It Cease and Desist

[oraclep]

Linux admin aws tech.
I scrub auction lists that have DNS records functional that the current site owner or agency may not be fully aware of. These targets are generally moving through the expired auction process due to a credit card not set to autorenew, a payment dispute, or renewal reminders being ignored. Corporate mergers, acqusitions, property change, rebranding are also factors. In those circumstances MX is always forgotten until it is too late.
I'll also run additional scrubs that determine if the site is live, cms type, ssl, payment portal,brinkmotor established working phone line, social media and etc
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I bid on these sites, and when I win I private registrar
i then put it back up as a premium domain for sale not as an auction.
The domains are purchased back within a week.
Is this flipping or something else

 

[johname]

Why is it important to put a label on it?

To me, Flipping has a time value (relative soon sale)

And it is actively sold.

But that might just be my view.

Your more setting a snare and waiting.

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CD is not a selling strategy, but instead a consequence.

Good Luck

 

[oraclep]

Thank you for your reply.
I came into this a year ago when I noted that many of our clients were undergoing service interruptions because of poor property management. MX records would cut to default due to the reasons I mentioned above or sites would drop.Since at that time I spent most of my day interacting with the large registrars i asked them how common a problem is it for sites to lose MX or go down due to simple management failure.
The answer; daily, all the time.
So I determined well clearly a sense of urgency exists if a company cannot access MX because they no longer own the domain that has gone thru the natural lifespan of an aftermarket auction and not renewe.
I also should add that some clients are savy enough to ignore a first time records default that Registrar may do during the final 20 days. These folks will have a tech point the site back but STILL not pay the bill which of course does not change the course of the auction.
Do others who flip do it from the technical view of existing DNS records?

 

[Brandworthy]

Quite an elegant approach to determining which names to target. Personally I would not have shared this strategy as others may emulate.

Only reason I see a cease and desist coming along is if the names you target also have active or implied trademarks associated with them.

 

[oraclep]

True,
I am from a view that knowledge cannot be locked down. But just in case I change my mind how does one modify or delete a post?

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

You can change your mind anytime
However i think u have 15 minutes to edit a post otherwise its here forever

 

[promo]

I would think that most of these sites are scooped up by expired domain hunters. Anything that had a site on it are at the very least tasted before allowed to fully drop.