request Jason Newby, GoDaddy, who is he?

[webtitan]

There is one domain that expired and than registered(or maybe was bought at auction) at GoDaddy by Jason Newby.
Domain of itself does not represent anything and has zero value.

I sent many emails to this man, but received no response.

The database of service Domaintools shows that this man own near 20,000 domains

Someone knows about him any information?
Or maybe he is on this forum?

 

[Name Trader]

@jiashua - You can have your very own, by building it with a spreadsheet.

 

[indiegrind]

I've won about 8-10 expiring auctions in the last couple of weeks where Jason Newby ended up renewing at the last minute. Who is this wealthy troll?

 

[tomcarl]

I've had Hundreds tied up with winning domains he owned, two times in $xxx actually, and yeah, he always transfers out at the very last second. Now when I see his name associated with a domain I don't even bother to buy or bid.

 

[FX]

I nolonger bid on any dns he owns, as he like's to get off by watching people bid on his dn's..only then to renew and transfer out.

Total waste of my time.

 

[Keith]

He usually let's them expire and renews or transfers.

 

[Name Trader]

To review, what is the recommended strategy to get domains from someone like Jason? I’m hearing that you wait for the domain to get close to expiration, visit an auction website like dynadot, win the auction, and then hope that they don’t remember to renew after you win?

Gai

That strategy fails about 99% of the time. Jason watches all his domains being auctioned off. He is well known as somebody who doesn't renew until the very last moment.

 

[indiegrind]

I think with godaddy you can do many things. Coupons, refusing to sell after the bid has ended, refusing to accept money (as seller), watching auctions and then deciding whether to renew it or not...

These were all dynadot auctions I was bidding on. I dont understand why registrars hold expiring auctions during the redemption period. Love how Name.com does their expiring. Instantly in your account when you hit buy now and pay.

 

[tomcarl]

Can't blame these guys though, when you have tens of thousands of domains, who's in a rush to fork over renewal fees every single day?

 

[baltimorecity]

Wow. I had an interesting email conversation with Mr. Newby last week. He is squatting on the trademarked name of one of my businesses. I'm stuck using the plural variation of my business name as a domain name.
He seems to me a very sad angry man. I was very polite and professional and his email responses to me were angry, and defensive.
He attempted to extort me by offering to sell me the domain for $1,000 justifying his offer by telling me the legal process to get it would cost twice that.
He tried to get me to believe that he had intended to start a web design company with the domain name several years ago. LOL!

 

[main]

Wow. I had an interesting email conversation with Mr. Newby last week. He is squatting on the trademarked name of one of my businesses. I'm stuck using the plural variation of my business name as a domain name.
He seems to me a very sad angry man. I was very polite and professional and his email responses to me were angry, and defensive.
He attempted to extort me by offering to sell me the domain for $1,000 justifying his offer by telling me the legal process to get it would cost twice that.
He tried to get me to believe that he had intended to start a web design company with the domain name several years ago. LOL!

Hi Emily. As much as it sucks, filing a UDRP would cost more than double the $1,000 after factoring attorney fees. If you really want the domain, pay the $1,000 and move on with your business. Good luck.

 

[Shimmy]

Also, because if whois shows he owned it before you registered for a trademark, then it is not squatting. That's like saying a real estate investor is squatting on a house that you want because he is not using it and you want it. Trademarks don't give your right of ownership.

 

[Name Trader]

I'm a patient person. I just don't take kindly to being bullied and that's what Mr. Newby is doing at this point. So, I'll go through UDRP. It's not really a borderline case. It's pretty clear cut--especially with what I've received in writing from Mr. Newby.

It's never as clear cut as it seems with a 1 person UDRP panel. If you are planning to file all the paperwork yourself without the assistance of a lawyer, it would be easy for you to miss something important. Whilst I admire your tenacity, I think for the sake of $1k, you are foolish to simply not buy the domain from him, cybersquatter, or not. Just my 2 cents worth of advice, without knowing all the facts.

 

[tomcarl]

No.

It was registered 1 year prior to your registration of the trademark and plural domain for Goods & Services: Sculptures

Domains are like assets, they take time and money to acquire. Although inconvenient/annoying, he didn't rob it from anyone. Just like someone owning a prime piece of real estate next to a major franchise that wants to expand but he doesn't want to sell to make it happen but owned that location before they came in.

I could understand if he's advertising to competitors on the site or harming your business, but he could very well sell this .com brand to a charts/graph or graphics design company or start one of his own if he pleases to.

It was in your benefit to do due diligence and contact the owner of xxxxxxxx.com prior to filing a trademark on it or around the same time. It's now 2 years after the fact and now threaten UDRPs for trademark infringement on something registered before you even started?

I'd put the ego aside, take it for $1K and be happy about it. Reverse domain-hijacking is not the route.

Good luck.

 

[Name Trader]

same here that guy own all the good names on dynadot, some on godaddy too

Not them all. I own a few

 

[Robert G]

forget the guy's name, forget the emails, forget the stress and time wasted.
If I want to "buy' the dot com extension of my business name, and if I inquire about a domain and someone gives me a 1K quote, I jump on it and laugh every time I tell the story of my domain acquisition.

 

[GoKaizen]

Jason Newly is done.

https://www.namepros.com/threads/godaddy-domain-name-expiry-changes.1051138/

 

[Name Trader]

Thanks for the quick response. So to avoid stimulating a "demand signal" through bidding, is it safer to say to watch the domain expire if it does? If so, how do I enable a purchase at that point considering most domain registrars will still put in a 30 day Grace period (or is that when it hits auction and what we are referring to in this thread).

Thanks

For .com, after 45 days, but restricted to maybe 30 days at some registrars, like GoDaddy, you cannot renew the domain any more. It goes into registry redemption, if it is not sold off in the registrars expiring auctions, where the original owner has to pay the registry redemption fee, which varies between registrars between $60 and $260 (typically), plus renewal to renew the domain. The only way you can get at the domain, is when it enters the last 5 days of it's life, Usually between 75-80 days after expiry, when the Status changes to Registry Delete. When you can pick it up in any Pending Delete Drop-Catcher, like DropCatch/SnapNames/NameJet. I always recommend DropCatch. Because they are the cheapest (@ $59), and catch the majority of the caught domains, every day. The only downside, is, if there are 2 or more backorders, it goes to a 3 day open (for everybody) auction. But, unless it's an excellent name, can often be won, for under $200.

However. If you want a domain which is owed by Jason, it's probably not going to drop, and you are better to go find an alternative domain, if you don't want to pay his prices.

 

[Name Trader]

Thanks so much. You saved me a lot of false hope for the next 60 days I’m waiting for a domain, and I can better focus that on rebranding my business. I truly appreciate it, and the information on Dropcatch gives me new resources I wasn’t aware of to launch my non-profit too. Sincerely, it means a lot that you spend the time for this forum, and it adds tremendous value for the community.

Thank you

You are welcome

 

[Name Trader]

Personally, I think your most reliable and cheapest way to obtain this domain would be by a backorder on DropCatch for $59, after the domain enters Pending Delete. For the $59 you get rid of most of the heavyweight competition, in 1 backorder. Of course. If you are a gambling man. You could wait and pick it up for hand-reg. After all, not everybody wants the .org domain. It needs to be quite special, for it to be picked up as a backorder. The first option is the most secure option. The sencond option is the least secure option. You pays your money, or takes the choice

NB: Of course more secure than the first option is to backorder it everywhere, including SnapNames and NameJet

 

[Name Trader]

Hey its' me again. Thanks again for such a thorough response and being so courteous with your help. I was curious about the Dropcatch backorder price you mentioned $59. Is it always $59 because I'm also seeing $15 for pending delete. Is this an error? When I look at the same domain on namejet and snapnames, they are saying $79 for minimum bid.

Thanks!

Sorry. My typo. .com b/o are $59 .org b/o are $15 on DropCatch.

 

[Name Trader]

Correct. He lets many domains to expire and then watches the auctions for activity, before transferring them out. I once bought a $5 domain in the closeouts, and he then decided he would transfer it out. I've also caught a few domains he owned. It must be a major headache with 20k domains. That's an average of 50+ domains expiring, every day.

 

[NameFit]

I think with godaddy you can do many things. Coupons, refusing to sell after the bid has ended, refusing to accept money (as seller), watching auctions and then deciding whether to renew it or not...

 

[jideofor]

Is there anyway of keeping track of domains he owns that are in redemption? I wasted way to much time this week winning expired actions , not knowing they where his and having him renew them

simply use whoisology.com to find out. Thank me later

 

[Keith]

Wow. I had an interesting email conversation with Mr. Newby last week. He is squatting on the trademarked name of one of my businesses. I'm stuck using the plural variation of my business name as a domain name.
He seems to me a very sad angry man. I was very polite and professional and his email responses to me were angry, and defensive.
He attempted to extort me by offering to sell me the domain for $1,000 justifying his offer by telling me the legal process to get it would cost twice that.
He tried to get me to believe that he had intended to start a web design company with the domain name several years ago. LOL!

Just file a udrp if the domain is valuable and unique to your business. Yes it will cost a bit more than $1k but he will have to pay to defend or give it up.