I'm eyeballing 3 domains names that were registered 4, 8, and 12 years ago. Each of them is expiring between August and November of this year. It looks like the webmasters are not really actively taking care of the websites but they rank well so I'm sure they're making some money. I have 5 months to prepare before the first one expires. What do I do?
find out who they are registered with and backorder the domains. they may end up in auction as well, so find out where the register auctions off their domains.
look them up on godaddy or a similar site. You shouldn't have a problem finding them if you just look them up, but it is surely the most popular.
So what does backordering do them exactly? Am I guaranteed that my registar will automatically sign me up for them as soon as they expire? Is it a race between the registars? If my registar loses, do they refund me?
No. But if the domain were dropped and nobody else backordered it then it would be yours. You need to find out the registrar of the domain and determine who they use to auction off domains. Because when domains expire, they normally end up in auction before they are dropped. Do yourself a favor and do some research on domain drop cycles. Below is a link to get you started. http://www.premiumdrops.com/terms.html
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Backorder them & pray that nobody else has an interest in them so it doesn't go to auction, or you can contact the person now & make them an offer if they're willing to sell.
Depending on how good your domains are you may want to use multiple services. I like Godaddy which charges $20 to BO without going to auction. Snapnames is good also, but they allow multiple individuals to BO the same domain. After SN secures the domain they put it up for auction. If you let me in on these domains I'll help you watch them .
hello they might have set auto renewal when the domain reaching to expire it automatically get renewed dont expect 4,8,12 years aged domains to expires still good luck
I've heard that pool.com is good about snagging "hot" almost expiring domains. I done alot of research and hear much good things about them being able to get the real good ones, however, if its a highly sought after domain, they will snag-it, than auction it off to all the people who backordered...
Yeah, pool.com has successfully captured quite a few domains for me - unfortunately not the domain I really, really, really wanted. Instead, they got it from GoDaddy - which is highly unusual as Pool usually always manages to snap up the domains on backorder before anyone else, let alone GoDaddy. I think a GoDaddy backorder is around $18 whereas Pool.com's is $30 - but if the domain is worthwhile, then it is definitely a good investment. If it's a must have, then try a couple of backordering companies, especially if you know there will be stiff competition.
The best way to answer the question is for me to ask another question : what registrar are the domains with ? Each registrar handles expiring domains differently. . . . in fact most good domains NEVER actually go through the expiration process any more. Sure they expire but the registrars don't delete the domains, instead they auction them before they are due to be deleted. For example : Network Solutions puts all domains that are expired through NameJet. If anyone shows interest (which if it's anything decent someone will) the domain will either 1. go to the individual placing the order or 2. go in to auction if more than 1 person backorders it If no one shows interest (backorders) the domain deletes and at that point all the registrars can go after it as it enters a normal deletion cycle , so someone still could beat you to the punch and backorder it at pool.com or snapnames.com . If they go to auction you will have very stiff competition. If they are any good you'll pay a premium. My strategy would be to try and track down the owners NOW. Don't wait for them to delete. You'll likely pay more if they do. If you can't track down the owners backorder them at the appropriate places (if you post the registrars names I can help with that) and then back order them at all the other places too. Backorders don't obligate you to anything but insure that if it does go to auction at least you'll be in the mix of bidders when/if it does.