Domain Picking

#1
DevilsCharm

Posted 06 July 2006 - 08:47 AM

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Has anyone heard of people who go around trying to register domains when they're about to expire? There are programs that show when popular domains are about to expire, so if the owner doesn't realize they need to re-register, and they lose it, then people jump on it and steal it (well, "legally" steal it). I think it's wrong, I was reading this topic about a guy who ran a successful business but then he lost the domain, and now he's basically ruined. I hope no one here participates in anything like that.

#2
Ronin

Posted 28 August 2006 - 05:07 PM

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Yes, I've heard of this and even thought about doing it. It is a good way to get targetted traffic.

#3
Sionofdarkness

Posted 07 November 2006 - 06:39 AM

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What do you mean get targetted traffic? The point of doing this is for money, not traffic.

#4
Guest_priorityone_*

Posted 02 January 2007 - 07:46 PM

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What do they get out of stealing a domain that is about to expire? I don't quite understand why they would steal it when it will be expired shortly.

#5
xtraze

Posted 03 January 2007 - 02:28 AM

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I am a victim lol and I lost xtraze.net on a similar affair and now use xtraze.info And I got nearly 50 pageviews per day lol. :( and now its 5-10 bad luck for me. But for me it's not theft but something similar.

#6
TcM

Posted 03 January 2007 - 08:36 AM

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No I won't consider that as theft! but is sucks! wew bad luck for your website first you lost .net then your hosting company got hacked and now all you get is 5-10? OMG! even my website has more hits than that! and it's not even a proper domain with SEO etc! that must feel bad.. too bad

#7
clookid

Posted 03 January 2007 - 09:15 PM

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It does suck! My friend does it all the time but I try to tell him not to... He got http://www.gamerreviews.net just as it was about to expire and he is planning on selling it!

#8
xtraze

Posted 03 January 2007 - 11:41 PM

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And I had to make everything again and have no way to inform my members lol. I had a forum.

#9
clookid

Posted 03 January 2007 - 11:57 PM

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I feel sorry for you xtraze but why didn't you just make a back up?

#10
xtraze

Posted 04 January 2007 - 12:12 AM

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I did have one lol. But I have installed some mods for my IPB, (free 1.3) after the last backup and you can understand how it's like when installing IPB Mods. lol. Let's forget this and discuss about general domain picking than my problem :) lol. I forgot it. And now making a personal site.