How to buy a domain name from someone who's registered it?

Shawn is correct, that case went on for years, but the name was not transferred the way we are talking about.

The name was transferred because of a letter written that was fake or something to that effect.

I am sure that a simple search will bring up documents on it.

I have some stuff stored on the story, but I am not going to bother trying to find it.

If anyone is interested just search on "sex.com domain name lawsuit", I am sure you will find it all with those keywords.

 

ive had this happen to me on numerous occasions.. :S

 

People have actually stolen your domain names?

 

This may sound crazy but i think i am the only one that was happy to see that they did this. I had registered a few domain names a couple years ago, then wanted to move them after having no tech support and them not counting my affiliate earnings. I paid to have them moved then they were requesting things like notorized forms, etc. Now all i have to do (which i am in the process of doing) is unlock them, transfer them, and wait. Hopefully they will let go of them, but now they are actually answering my emails, so this is much more progress than I had before.

Transferring multiple domain names is the biggest pain ...... :|
Out of three companies that I am moving away from, directnic has been the fastest, and their support has always been friendly. I like them and was sad to go, but am now reselling from a place that has equal service.

 

I really want a domain that has been without a site for 6 years and without a server for 2 years now and the fool keeps on renewing it really ticks me off

Edit: I wish I knew about this long ago the register just added something called TransferLock to all .com and .net domain names.

 

That is the silliest thing I have ever heard. So I suppose if I buy a piece of property I should be banned after 2 years if I do not build on it? What if I buy a car and decide to never drive it? Come on. You buy it, its yours so long as you pay for it and continue to pay for it. Who cares what the hell you do with it.

Using your logic, Apple.com should have been given up in 1989, given they registered in 87 but did not really do anything with it. They did eventually however. Either way, if you want to buy a domain and do nothing with it, well that is your purogative.

 

But buying domain names just for the sake of keeping them and then selling them on isn't really on...

It can't be compared to buying a piece of property (Shawn mentioned Cars in his comparisons), since property indicates something bigger...here we're talking about a domain name only-not a complete site. Instead of Property, I'd comparing it to someone registering land but not building on it or doing anything with it...whilst in the mean time, someone could be making better use of it...

I can't wait for the day to come, where domain registerations have to analysed and accepted or declined on the merits of the applicant...should stop the majority of junk sites out there...

 

Yeah I know what you mean

for the people who disagree with this look at it this way

You are the Mayor of a City and you would like to create the most beautiful City in the world for people to live and visit

But now thanks to the land owners your city's downtown is full of empty lots with no buildings or attractions

That is what I feel a good wasted domain is like.

P.S. as a huge fan of Apple - I see the Apple.com point but its all relative though what if you are not a fan of Macs, what if Apple the Beatles Record company owned that domain instead?

 

Yes, I now agree completely.. Socialism is the thing of the future.

 

Ok so that example sucks.. I was referring more to a private lot, residential, etc. In a business district there are already rules, usually you have to develope within 3 years or the city can buy the property back at the original selling price. Of course they cannot just wait unitl 1095 days have passed and then just "steal" the land away.

THEY DO! Apple licenses the name

If the Beatles (what's left of them) wanted to? They could.

 

First the owner will receive email from the new {your} registrar, and if he fails to answer this email there is no transfer initiated.
If the owner answers such email positively the current registrar will send another email, which if remains not-answered will not prevent the domain to be transfered.

 

You can search for the domain info via Whois - fetch the email address of the owner, contact them regarding the same.