I brought the domain at the free market for about 10$. Today as i checked my mailbox found this mail: Dear xxx, Me xxx from Bangladesh, i registrar DOMAIN.com on 13-Feb-05 through Winuxsoft. This is my official web address. all of my client use this domain for email. i cant update renew due to lack of knowledge on domain and lack of supplied information by my vendor Winuxsoft. now i found that you registrar this domain as a result i cant use my email address for official use So i am requesting you if you are so kind to give me back my domain control that will help me a lot. PLEASE HELP ME. Waiting to hear from you very soon. Regards xxx The domain is PR2 (some PR3 and PR2 backlinks), 3y+, nothing special. What to do now?
Smells fishy to me. A person running a website and manages email doesnt know how to renew a domain ? Make a good offer and if he is really serious he will buy it.
If the domain is not that important to you, ask him for an offer. You don't have to loose anything. Else... you either ignore the message, or reply back that you can't give it back to him, as you want it. Remember, YOU are the legal owner of the domain, it's you the one who will decide what to do with it.
If you believe he's genuine & you don't want to part with the domain then you can offer to have his emails forwarded automatically - you just have to use something different. After all he's only worried about the emails. However he would have had email problems for months before you were able to buy it so I'm not convinced by his story. Use archive.org to see what type of business he was running and if you think he's legit.
If it doesn't matter to you run with it, he may make a decent offer. I would suggest only accepting paypal if at all though as it does seem slightly odd
- It' his "official" address and he didn't get any renewal notices? - The domain expired and he didn't renew. - His website & email went down months ago and he didn't pay the ~$150 to buy it back during the redemption period. - He didn't pay a drop catcher to grab it when it dropped. - He didn't pay $10 to buy it after it dropped - and you later bought it for $10. It doesn't sound like he desperately needs the domain, or is a complete newb about domains, but either way I doubt he will pay more than reg fee for it. Winuzsoft is a Godaddy reseller so its unlikely he didn't get renewal notices unless it was never in his name and was only in the resellers name.
Check on the wayback machine machine to see if it checks out? If it does then ask him to make a decent offer for it .
I've seen domains belonging to ISPs get dropped and they didn't react until the domain is someone else's name. It does happen lol
If he can prove he's legit, give it back to him at the price you paid. What comes around goes around.
Checkout the buyer and his story if everything is normal and right , just give him back for what you paid for it in the first place , seems to me the right thing to do ?
After i replayed him, no response. On domain was hosted some Electronics thing, may some Electronics INC. Will update this thread when i have any new info.
He replayed finaly: Dear xxx Please tell me how much you want for this Domain. Waiting for your reply. Regards xxx Dont think if is a scam, but i am not 100% sure. Where is the best place to make this deal? Paypal?
If he did mess up and lose it from his business. He will be hurting for sure. People here have told you how to check the archive, but it sounds like you want everyone here to sell it back to him for thousands. It sounds like it is his business. Answer: Since it would cost $150 to get during redemption. Sell it to him for $150. Everyone wins.
That seems like a nice way to go. Some would say stick it to him and charge 5,000 but if you believe his story to be honest and you were only looking for a quick sale anyway and won't be hurt, go ahead and let it go for cheap. Just be sure to verify everything and ask him to wait for maybe 48hrs to a week after payement is sent until you transfer the name to him. You could always forward it or change the DNS settings until the actual transfer and not risk loosing the name. If you feel like it may be a scam or something other.