I was thinking of getting a domain name for my new startup company. This means, money is tight and I'm willing to spend around $100 for it and have been waiting for 2-years (since I missed the registration by mere weeks)!!! Looks like it might happen. The domain is intended as a company name and is likely to not have too many people interested, considering somebody registered it only 2 years ago with nobody back ordering it at GoDaddy currently. The domain IS registered with GoDaddy currently and is a .com. So I was going to backorder using GoDaddy's backorder system only to find out they automatically put domains up for auction. What is the best way to try and get this? a) wait until it goes to auction at tdnam and bid at the last moment? b) backorder now while I still can? how long can i wait anyhow? when is the best time to backorder? c) any other suggestions? I have done a bunch of searches and researched this for some time now, but it seems with GoDaddy you are practically out of luck with 3rd party backorder services (like pool and etc) since it goes to auction before being released. I would appreciate some help, since the information on the net on this topic is very vague and lacking.
I know tdnam is a public auction, but it is owned by GoDaddy? Don't GoDaddy try to auction it off first at tdnam.com, before pool or snap can get a chance at getting it?
It is going to be 75-80 days before anything happens unless the current owner releases it. If it is regged at GD that is your best shot for a BO, but wait until just after the expire to make sure the current owner does not renew as the BO fee is non-refundable. You can use it for another domain but you can not get a refund. BTDT and got the domain.
So I guess the question is, should I wait 30-days or something before back-ordering or should I do it now? To avoid alerting the owner (or anyone else) that somebody might be interested in the domain.
The current owner has a 30 day redemption period. About 14 days of that is with no additional fee if I recall that correctly. Of course they can release the name at any time. I released an about to expire one about 2 weeks ago and it still shows as as a parked page. A whois on that domain shows no registered owner. If I really wanted it, I would BO it as soon as it expires. YMMV. Heh it's a crap shoot. EDIT: If you BO through GD only they will know you did it.
but doesn't the domain always go through the auction process? This means that if you release it early, it will go through the auction process first before being released into the wild.... The people who would know is the ones checking godaddy.com for the domain as it will say backorder is unavailable and the auction as with BO they automatically bid $10 for you.... If nobody grabs teh name from auction, then it defaults to the BO. Otherwise, it is a bid process.
if it goes pending delete then even godaddy can't auction in tdnam domains expired will be auctioned as they can renew for reg fee after 30-35 days too. if it goes pending delete (pending delete restorable status means it still can be restorable but with 100$ fee) then it will be going to be release to public.
I would recomment backorder from Godaddy. If you are the only one backordering it you'll get it without auction.
When i backorded with Godaddy in the past for a domain it went to a private auction with whoever backorders it which i won as i think the other person was sleeping ... as stated also if you are the only one you win it GOOD LUCK. Regards B.
Try enom.com backordering too. i have back ordered one through them with success in acquiring. Also godaddy and enom was my fav when working with premium expensive domain names.