I worry about what the previous owner will think when they realize they lost
the domain name, and see who owns it now. There is a potential conflict of
interest in that you may be tempted to not make a very great effort to get
them to renew if you are hoping to register the name when it expires. If
you are willing to transfer it back to them if they eventually pay for the
renewal, no problem. But how long do you wait before it is truly "yours"?
This is complicated by another OpenSRS glitch:
I registered a domain name that had been registered at OpenSRS, expired, and
was dropped. It was not in my reseller account, so I don't see any conflict
of interest for me. But the "Record Created" date in the whois is still the
original registration date, so I can't easily prove it ever expired (other
than by pointing to the expiration date which is not the same month and
day). I think the Record Created should be the day I registered it, as it
would be if I had registered it at another registrar. Anyone else have a
similar experience or concern?
----- Original Message -----
From: "easygoing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Alex Brecher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 9:14 AM
Subject: RE: Slowing ?
> Down to a crawl. But what amazes me is how few are renewing the existing
> domain names. Less than 10% so far.
>
> Some are good names, many are junk, in my opinion.
>
> Any rules about us picking up some of the good names if our client does
not
> renew them within the 40 day period?
>
> Not for resell, we don't believe in reselling domain names. But there are
a
> few that would make a good site and we do buy domain names for future use
in
> site development.
>
> We currently have over 100 sites that we maintain, with another 80 being
> developed.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alex Brecher
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 7:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Slowing ?
>
>
> Hi, have all of you seen a slow down in domain name registrations over the
> last few days - or is it just me ?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Alex Brecher
>
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