discuss Why do people let all these great domains expire?

[Domainer2015]

I've always been a little puzzled, especially when looking at expired domain auctions the kind of domains you see people let expire. It's no more than $15 to renew a domain, and I've seen some expired domains going for thousands!

So what does everything think some of the most common causes for all the great domains that expire daily?
Is it lack of knowledge? Forgetting to renew? Lack of funds to renew? Abducted by aliens?

 

[Domainerr]

Our life is also Expiring, we can"t renew it after that ..:D

 

[Poop Breath]

Did my first snipe today just a while ago, I wont use drop catch or back order.
Reason is I know the big guys are breaking the icann rules.
I got hit once for a back order and never got the domain or my money back with gd. I lost one domain because sedo wanted too much for the dot com my net I let drop and went for the new .me (then) immediately sedo had it for 7.5k along with the .com for 70k. I wonder how many of the big money domains were actually snatched by the registrars themselves and that is illegal. We know they are doing it!
The net is full of scams and drop catch is a waste of money. You will end up in a bidding war that only the registrars win on. Those domains are actually 18 cents each with icann!
Any way suffice to say I got a real good one a while ago I just waited for the deletion to go through and BAM I had it Yes it took a lot patience over 24 hrs for a diamond in the rough. and I got it for discount reg fee!

 

[Domainerr]

which Domain?...

 

[Poop Breath]

namecheap

 

[Weber]

namecheap

How did I miss that one?

 

[Poop Breath]

think wires got crossed here. that is who I used to snag a domain.

 

[brandnow]

namecheap

NameCheap.com would be a nice domain to own. If only NameCheap forgets to renew it.

this is a good thread, by the way. I always forget to check this subforum.

 

[Mkcoy]

haha I've sold sites to people and they never worked on them and let them drop or forgot about them whatever and then waited for it to expire and bought it back and then sold them again.

I've done that several times now over the years. But that's only been for sites I knew were doing well.

Sometimes it pays to look up your old sites you've sold and see how they're doing or keep an eye on them.

 

[brandnow]

haha I've sold sites to people and they never worked on them and let them drop or forgot about them whatever and then waited for it to expire and bought it back and then sold them again.

I've done that several times now over the years. But that's only been for sites I knew were doing well.

Sometimes it pays to look up your old sites you've sold and see how they're doing or keep an eye on them.

It's definitely fun to look back on a domain you sold 10 years ago to see what's happening.

Give it a look. You guys might be surprised.

 

[Omar Negron]

Some people forget to renew
Credit cards expire
People die
They may not see the value in the domain name
The busyness of life steps in

-Omar

 

[gustave]

haha I've sold sites to people and they never worked on them and let them drop or forgot about them whatever and then waited for it to expire and bought it back and then sold them again.

I've done that several times now over the years. But that's only been for sites I knew were doing well.

Sometimes it pays to look up your old sites you've sold and see how they're doing or keep an eye on them.

Something is sure, you will not get your clients back.

 

[theSun]

The most common cost is they don't use estibawt.

 

[Paully]

I think that with only a few possible exceptions, most domains would fetch more on a busy expired domain name auction than they would in a private sale. More eyes on it = more competing bidders to drive the price up, and suddenly a domain that probably wouldn't have ever entered your head without it passing your eyes in an expired auction suddenly becomes something of interest.

 

[The New Guy]

I think that with only a few possible exceptions, most domains would fetch more on a busy expired domain name auction than they would in a private sale.

I've thought the same. I've seen expired domain sales on some domains that would barely get any interested if posted for sale here or on a regular auction - but the day they drop, you have people paying a lot of money just to be the one who catches the name.

 

[Alice Wonder Miscreations]

I lost a good one because a certain registrar that also offers hosting used the same damn /24 block for the SMTP server they host from that they use to send official mail.

I didn't pay attention but what happened is some of their hosting customers either were spamming or were hacked by a spammer, and the entire /24 ended up blacklisted by my mail provider so I didn't get the notification it was expiring. Still my fault, I should have kept an eye on it myself, but that's what happened.

Now I run my own mail server and I white list the IP address for my domain registry before any black lists are applied.

But that's how this kind of thing happens.

 

[garptrader]

Unfortunately domainers seem to only consider expiring domains rather than see what aftermarket names are available with BIN pricing which could still allow a nice return long-term. It is normal for newbies to reg $#%^&@! domains and spend thousands of dollars on them before they finally figure out what a good domain is.

 

[elevator]

i think the most cut accross problem is lack of knowledge of domain value. After buying a domain or hand regged and no body ask you for purchase for long years; in most cases you are discourage and lost hope on the domain, to drop them is the next thingç unless you are experienced before you can keep them.
Cheers.

 

[Machonacro]

I've always been a little puzzled, especially when looking at expired domain auctions the kind of domains you see people let expire. It's no more than $15 to renew a domain, and I've seen some expired domains going for thousands!

So what does everything think some of the most common causes for all the great domains that expire daily?
Is it lack of knowledge? Forgetting to renew? Lack of funds to renew? Abducted by aliens?

Except natural disasters and death/accident, I believe most of the dropped domain names are due to lack of interest from respective webmasters. Perhaps they don't understand the value added to the domain over time or they don't care at all.

 

[eyedomainous]

I drop names like a farmer plants seeds. Its a strategy to seed & grow namespaces in emerging markets.

I'll likely drop 300 this year, all bought with coupons, of course... and yes, I keep the category killers.

 

[m0ss]

It happens. For example drumkits.com drops today. It was owned by left field domains. So I'm just going to assume they unfortunately passed away.