Comments on: Registrars keeping expired domain names. Post Them

By: tony

tony — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:47:29 +0000

dona.com, 711.net snagged by Tucows

By: Paul hospedagem

Paul hospedagem — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:18:42 +0000

ICANN allows big companies to do as they please. I waste my time tracking a domain that is about to expire and the registrar simply holds it for himself. Not to mention companies like pooldotcom that tries to squeeze every penny out of your pocket. Domain industry is a mess and ICANN does nothing to stop abuses.

By: sjoas

sjoas — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:36:41 +0000

Domain ID:D148865024-LROR
Domain Name:UGECI.ORG
Created On:13-Aug-2007 23:36:31 UTC
Last Updated On:14-Aug-2009 09:10:10 UTC
Expiration Date:13-Aug-2010 23:36:31 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR)

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:34:11 +0000

There you go , I found another few at NetSol and quite valuable:

YEMEN.org (Yemen is a Country!!)

And it`s on NameJet, soon will go auctioned.

Domain ID:D1233206-LROR
Domain Name:YEMEN.ORG
Created On:23-Mar-1996 05:00:00 UTC
Last Updated On:30-Mar-2008 06:30:12 UTC
Expiration Date:24-Mar-2009 05:00:00 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Network Solutions LLC (R63-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:AUTORENEWPERIOD
Registrant ID:DOMAIN-RESALE
Registrant Name:Pending Renewal or Deletion
Registrant Street1:P.O. Box 430
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Herndon
Registrant State/Province:VA
Registrant Postal Code:20172
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.5707088786
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:pendingrenewalordeletion@networksolutions.com

Then we have:

0L.ORG (put for auction at NameJet, starting within 24 hours)

Domain Name:0L.ORG
Created On:12-Mar-2000 12:01:25 UTC
Last Updated On:13-Mar-2008 01:21:54 UTC
Expiration Date:12-Mar-2009 12:01:25 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:eNom, Inc. (R39-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:0628A2CEB7ED14F2
Registrant Name:Kent Hansen
Registrant Street1:P.O. Box 7454
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Bellevue
Registrant State/Province:WA
Registrant Postal Code:98008
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.4256413165
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:startecommerce@yahoo.com

A wonderful LLL.com, that from Mr John Snow went straight to NETSOL pockets:

FTN.com

Another 3 letters .com (that should have dropped in 2006 !!!!) is:

SNQ.com

And I could go on and on…they just bypass the system to gain money. But who is going to control them? Who is going to punish them?

By: Sully

Sully — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:58:09 +0000

I don’t have proof, but I can say with certainty that Register.com kept VeryBig.com. I wanted that domain and had it backordered on SnapNames but it never dropped. Instead, Register.com kept it.

**Jamie Says**

Yes, this one is For Sure as well! It expired 1-11-2008. http://www.dotweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/VeryBigSS1.PNG The auction would of been about 2 months ago from now (Feb 2008) and clearly Register.com still owns it. http://www.dotweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/VeryBigss2.PNG

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:22:03 +0000

I agree with you Jamie, but the Registrar sometimes comes up with some stories like “we have been holding the name for our customers” lol, you know it.
NetSol is doing it and I really don`t like it.
Is there any rule that allows them to control of domains instead of letting them expire? They obviously want to cut off the competitors (SnapNames, Pool) and pass their Premium names to NameJet so they are sure to make the money that should names drop, they would risk to lose them.
How can the ICANN allow this?

**Jamie Says**

With a mass, we can clearly bring it to ICANN’s attention and with proof that registrars are keeping these domains. Many times, in registrars TOS, they put in some wording to cover this, but there is always a way to bring attention to this problem and make it clear that we do not like it.