How can I be notified when a domain is available?
Know as soon as preorders become available You can sign up for the New Domain Watcher here to start receiving alerts on when the New Domains you’re interested in become available.
How do you snipe a domain?
Registering an Internet domain name that has just expired with the intention of reselling the name back to the original owner. To consummate the sale quickly, the domain sniper might redirect the URL to a pornography site or other venue that might be embarrassing to the former owner of the name.
What do you do when someone buys your domain name?
If someone registered you or your business’s name as a domain name, you have three primary options available to acquire the domain:
- Reach out to the cybersquatter or cyberpirate and try to informally resolve the domain name dispute,
- File a lawsuit based on cybersquatting laws to obtain the domain, or.
What happens when a domain name expires?
Normally, when your domain name is about to expire at the end of its registration period, the domain name registrar will send you an email message to remind you that it’s time to renew. If you don’t want to keep the domain, just ignore the email and don’t pay for the next year’s fee.
Should I keep or change my domain name?
Should you decide to keep your domain name, and you did not set it to auto-renew, you will have to return to the same registrar you used before to pay the next year’s fee. This doesn’t mean that you’re stuck with a single registrar for life. You’re free to change registrars if you like.
When should I place a backorder for my domain name?
If you really want the domain name, place a backorder at the appropriate auction house before the domain hits the expired date of the registration (or before the end of the “ expired period “, which can vary between registrars from zero to 45 days). A backorder allows you to monitor a domain name status and be notified of the start of an auction.
What is domain privacy and why do you need it?
A domain name should always be registered to the name of a corporate entity, so that its continuation is ensured irrespective of the individuals who come and go from the business. If online anonymity is an issue for you, you can always activate domain privacy, a simple and inexpensive way to hide your personal details.