Someone Is Selling Me a .EDU

Hi,

Someone is selling me a .EDU domain name. Please share your experiences of buying / selling .edu domains. And let me know if there is something I should beware of.

Thanks
Ajeet

 

I think its a scam. EDU domains can only be bought by accredited US educational institutions.

 

Can't be done, even if somehow you were allows access to a .edu, it would be revoked by Educause

 

Can't be done, even if somehow you were allows access to a .edu, it would be revoked by Educause

 

how much for it! if you get it real cheap, i.e >$20-30 , it's worth it, even for 24 hours. just get into the account and put your domain link there. .edu and .gov backlinks are precious!

 

I did saw a few guys here in dp own some .edu domain, i would love to own 1 myself.

 

Looks like a scam to me. As tobycoke said, you need to be an accredited educational institutions to get edu domains.

 

why buy an edu if you will lose it

 

I call BS.

 

If its only .EDU then he is playing with you , if its .EDU.PK or something like that then it can work!

 

Do not buy it...

 

You can only acquire the .edu domain name if you bought over the US accredited school that it is linked to.

Check out the qualification for a .edu domain name

http://www.educause.edu/edudomain/show_faq.asp?code=EDUELIGIBILITY

Transfers are not possible , see http://www.educause.edu/edudomain/show_faq.asp?code=EDUCURRENT#faq188

 

I agree its most likely a scam. The only people that can have .EDU's besides institutions are people that are grandfathered in from owning the domain before all the current regulations came into place.

 

Not worth it. .GOV - .EDU domains will be taken away almost instantly.