Dan_D
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In general - Is this okay? Should you come with an offer, or inquire first? Should you hire a service to assist you? Is all lost of they decline/ignore?
Specifically, the domain in question is the .com title of my business, and it's currently either owned by a (non-English) University, or one of their professors (It's currently unclear). It redirects to a sub domain of the University's main site (Eg, "mybusniessname.university.de").
The url is used to host some form of student project, by which the aforementioned professor is the main contributor. It's rarely updated (Three updates the past two years - One this year), and it's exact goal is unclear. Despite the University's main site being completely in their native language, the sub domain from which "mybusniessname.com" direct to is completely in English. They've owned it for about 10 years.
Oddly, they do not own the localized version of this url. Whereas the University's main site is, for example, "university.de", and they own "mybusinessname.com", they do not own "mybusniessname.de" - I own it.
So, the non-general question:
In this case, would it be worth trying to get the URL from a foreign University/professor? Anyone have experience with anything similar?
I'm thinking I could offer the local version of the domain + additional compensation. The url is only referenced in a handful of other places (Evidenced by Google and Yahoo), which all happen to be Wikipedia-type/editable environments, so they could be altered to reflect a different url. It's not referenced anywhere else in the digital realm.
Specifically, the domain in question is the .com title of my business, and it's currently either owned by a (non-English) University, or one of their professors (It's currently unclear). It redirects to a sub domain of the University's main site (Eg, "mybusniessname.university.de").
The url is used to host some form of student project, by which the aforementioned professor is the main contributor. It's rarely updated (Three updates the past two years - One this year), and it's exact goal is unclear. Despite the University's main site being completely in their native language, the sub domain from which "mybusniessname.com" direct to is completely in English. They've owned it for about 10 years.
Oddly, they do not own the localized version of this url. Whereas the University's main site is, for example, "university.de", and they own "mybusinessname.com", they do not own "mybusniessname.de" - I own it.
So, the non-general question:
In this case, would it be worth trying to get the URL from a foreign University/professor? Anyone have experience with anything similar?
I'm thinking I could offer the local version of the domain + additional compensation. The url is only referenced in a handful of other places (Evidenced by Google and Yahoo), which all happen to be Wikipedia-type/editable environments, so they could be altered to reflect a different url. It's not referenced anywhere else in the digital realm.
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