Tracking down domain owners

[JoshuaPz]

I'm interested in purchasing a particular domain but its owner has private whois registration. What's the best way (if there is one) to track him/her down?

 

[HuntingMoon]

go to the site and find a web based submission form or phone number
email the privacy email as they are required to receive it
use a certified offer service
google it and see the owner is posting anywhere etc..

 

[weblord]

go to the site that provides private whois registration to him/her and see how you can contact him/her or send an email to the email used in domain whois they usually forward it to the real email of the owner.

 

[JoshuaPz]

Thanks for the helpful answers. Reps added.

I don't think the e-mail addresses listed necessarily forward to the domain owner. For example, the registrant e-mail address listed for one of the domains is [email protected]. That's the addy listed for any register.com domain with private registration.

One of you mentioned certified offers. What I'm sort of curious about is how the certified offer services track down the domain owners. Do they have tools we don't?

Another suggestion to add to your list: use DomainTools' domain history feature to view archived whois records. Often the first archived record has privacy turned off, before the domain owner enabled it.

 

[weblord]

the old private registration services of register.com was domaindiscreet.com so all domains that are using that services are forwarded to an email @domaindiscreet.com forwarded to the real owner's email address, now with that new ones in place,

you need to contact register.com support so they can relay this to the real owner

http://www.register.com/customersupport/index.rcmx

Thanks for the helpful answers. Reps added.

I don't think the e-mail addresses listed necessarily forward to the domain owner. For example, the registrant e-mail address listed for one of the domains is [email protected]. That's the addy listed for any register.com domain with private registration.

One of you mentioned certified offers. What I'm sort of curious about is how the certified offer services track down the domain owners. Do they have tools we don't?

Another suggestion to add to your list: use DomainTools' domain history feature to view archived whois records. Often the first archived record has privacy turned off, before the domain owner enabled it.

 

[Name Trader]

Use Domain Tools Whois History to find out who owned the domain before privacy was added.

 

[Corey]

also the reason the owner of the domain has private whois registration is they probably dont want to receive offers.

If the owner wanted to sell the name it would be on the market.

Cheers
Corey

 

[Charley]

also the reason the owner of the domain has private whois registration is they probably dont want to receive offers.

No.

You mean to say, for e.g God.com is privacy enabled because there are people ready to purchase it paying millions

It's done to prevent spam. :bingo:

 

[Corey]

different domainers have different opinions

 

[Charley]

different domainers have different opinions

I don't agree with your view above.

 

[Corey]

and that is OK Charley

Cheers
Corey

 

[gazzip]

I sometimes use www.archive.org/index.php to see if it was previously developed and if there is a name shown on the old website....from there do a Google search of the person and see what it brings up.

...works sometimes :tu:




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[Spade]

I don't agree with your view above.

And I dont agree with yours. Or wait, do I? :sold:

 

[xXDanteXx]

Search the person on social networks, I am sure you will find them one those facebook, linkedin, orkut and sometimes even in the hell hole called myspace. :p