Kolaborate

I’m currently in auction with several domains that recently deleted. Amazing how many folks are on top of this. Well, maybe around 10 or so, still that’s a vested interest and possibly persons willing to spend more than me. The domain hunt is dry since keyword rich domains are few are far between this month. September doesn’t look great so far, but we must be optomistic. I came across a great post about buying domains that don’t suck.

Lisa received a writeup in Creative Loafing about her latest art.

“I’ve been growing up with my art,” says the University of Georgia grad, whose previous work featured wistful little girls rendered in a hazy style and pastel shades. With their mix of sugar and a hint of sadness, Kemp’s children suggested an artist appraising the bittersweet qualities of little girls through adult eyes. Some of those wan sweetie pies with their birdies and duckies and downcast gazes linger on in Immaculate Ecstasy. Some even manage to successfully blend wit, prettiness and gloom in an enchanting way, such as “Pieta” or the suicide girl in “Going Out.”

To my amazement, SnapNames.com secured a domain for me through on of their partner registrars. The original registrar was GoDaddy.com, so I assumed that a backorder with them would better my chances. Wrong! SnapNames worked this time. I got nervous when I noticed the domain was picked up and none of my backorder companies secured the name or entered into auction. So, where’s this going? Simply, this is my follow-up on a process of securing deleting domains and how the process works in short. Rather, this jumble of text will not cover every angle so you may need to look into archives. Moving along…

Services like Pool.com and Enom.com will usually secure domains deleting domains first, yet SnapNames uses third parties to secure registration lending their strategy to more hits to the deleting TLD’s. The backorder game is getting bigger and more competitive. What’s more, so many companies are hitting the deleting domains shows that the major players are expanding their tentacles. This game is crazy as you can imagine, little or no .com TLD’s available means many of us are waiting on the sidelines to snatch someone’s forgotten idea.

I just researched the domain ballysfitness.com which is set to drop on August 8, 2007. I went to the way back machine and searched on the compete.com ranking and this site had a tremendous amount of traffic. Of course, the domain isn’t related to Bally Fitness, it’s a domain that is typed in directly thus gaining the attention of would-be Bally customers.

Further research led to a 2001 decision by WIPO which determined a transfer to be made. Well, it’s 2007 and half way already and the domain was never transferred. Was the suggestion by WIPO just that? I found out that the domain was backordered through Godaddy, so we shall wait and see just who gets the prize. 

Bottom line, do not purchase a domain that has a trademark or well know brand identity. I may do further research in regard to the legality of the domain issues that surround the Internet, yet very little eye-catching links came up in a quick search on this dispute stated on the WIPO web site.

No booyah for me today, just when you expect to at least gain a place in an auction for a dropped domain. The domain was safedata.com and was set to be released Aug. 5, 2007. I got wind of a new player goitalydomains.com who proceeded to snag this lucrative domain. I was so hoping to at least bid on it even though the domain lacked any traffic from its long existance. The name speaks for itself and would have fetched a decent amount given a couple of years. Yet another lucky name lost. Maybe backordering with Godaddy works.