How do I buy a domain name?

If you are interested in buying domain names for specific prices you can go to http://www.fabulousdomains.com

Cheers

Dave:

What is the going price for four letter domains such as sasr.com?

Thanks,
Erik

That's almost impossible to answer, Erik. If it's a four letter word that's a dictionary word then it could have significant value. If it's a acronym like SASR, well, that's going to be less valuable for most. As a shot in the dark? A few thousand dollars, perhaps.

How do you register a domain by using http://iwantaname.com (not really that url) without the www?

I have seen several sites that now do that but I haven't been able to find out how.

Can a search engine find you without the www?

I want to buy a domain name that is apparently not yet owned. Where is the best and least expensive place to do that? Do I have to go through a reseller and buy Web space at the same time, or can I just reserve the name now before it disappears?

Thanks, Chuck

This site talks about my predicament. Someone, apparently not a big company owns a website I want. It's registered with GoDaddy but is "parked."

I want to negotiate but not pay a ton of money. The problem is that GoDaddy and Sedo or Selo(?) want $70 just to negotiate! For all I know they could want $20,000 and I'm offering $200. As far as I can tell there is no way to email the site. Or, is there a way to look at the page source and figure it out?

We both could split the $70 fee!

David

What if the domain name belongs to someone who has died?

I wish to purchase a dot com and have contacted the owner. If they agree to sell, how does that dot com become mine?? What's the procedure and how do I know I'm going to actually get it.

Gunna, the best advice I can give you is to work with a company like escrow.com to ensure that your payment isn't forwarded along to the seller until the domain ownership is transferred to you. Be careful!

Hi, I am interested in buying a domain name that is currently not being used. Where is the cheapest place to buy it from? Is there a government agency? Also, I plan on using a name that includes another company's name (e.g., ebaycomments.com). Do you know if it's a problem- can the other company sue me for using part of their name? Thanks!

I would like to buy a domain name that has not been purchased for my website, which is not designed, yet. What are the steps I need to take and who to contact for the domain name for my website? Thank you.

Regards,
Rebecca

how do i get paid if i buy a domain name

i do the owner match.com get pay

Why do i have to buy a domain, if no other site has used this domain why do i have to buy it and why cant i just use it... probably a stupid question just new to this...

Tanks..
Cathal

Hey Dave..
Just building a web site for fun on microsoft web expression 2 and was woundering if my web site has many pages with hyperlinks do i have to buy a domain name for every page.?? would appreciate the help..
many tanks..
Cathal

Hi, I'm looking to a buy a domain name that doesn't seem to exist anymore. Looks like it expired in August 07. When you try to go to the URL it says 'Page not Found'. Is there are way of making a domain exist again?

Kristen, you need to go to a domain registrar and look through their database. Just because nothing "comes up" when you try to go to that site with your Web browser doesn't mean that it's available. A lot of people use 'em just for email, for example, or to own so that a competitor doesn't buy. Some are owned by domain speculators too, where they buy the domain with the express intention of selling it later for more money. Try going to http://www.mydomain.com/ and searching for your desired domain to see what it says.

Hi Dave,

I'm interested in buying a number of specific domain names which I believe are not yet taken or registered. From where do I buy these domain name? Whats the stores out there that sell these domain names or help you in reserving them?

Thanks

I am starting a business and I was advised that I should really get my domain name. I am not 100% sure how to do this. If I google a certain site and it doesn't show up at all does that mean no one owns it yet? Also, how do I go about securing the site for my business.

thanks
rob

I have a question about your advice on acquiring domain names. When you say, "Remember if you get a hyphenated name, you need the unhyphenated one, too." I have no idea what you mean by this and am considering registering a hyphenated name. Please help. Thanks so much!

Janet, my thinking here is that if you were to get, say, cool-gadgets.com that you would remember to say 'cool dash gadgets dot com' but many people would probably hear and write down 'cool gadgets . com' and end up typing in coolgadgets.com, thereby going to the wrong site. The solution is to try and register both the '-' domain and the non-'-' domain if you can get them. Make sense?

Will my son still be consider a 3rd if i change the middle name?

Edward James Buck Jr

i want to change it to

Edward Dario James Buck Jr 3rd

I have a question, can I buy a domain name right now without having a site for a web host for my web site. I have not yet choose the web host I want to go with, but i want to be able to get my domain name in the new phone book. This I need before Feb. Thank you...

HI Dave,
I have a domain name registered thru Auctiva for my internet business. After 1 year, my "ownership" expired and was not notified for renewal. My domain name "reverted" to eNom. Fortunately, I was able to get my domain name back. My Question is this... Is there such a thing as true "ownership" of a domain name or just the whole renewal once a year thing? I have big plans for my internet business and would like to have "possession" of my domain name. I do not want to build some massive internet business only to lose the domain name in the future for any reason. Please advise. Thanks, Brian

Mary, yes, you can buy a domain name before picking what hosting company you want to use. Just about every registrar I can think of -- including godaddy, for example -- tries its best to sell you all sorts of additional things, but you can opt out of them all.

Brian, you're right. At some fundamental level, all we're doing is "renting" a domain name from the domain name authority. Having said that, most reputable ones send you plenty of notice so you can renew prior to any issues arising or it becoming available for a different buyer.

Here's my secret, though: you can renew for more than a year at a time, so if you're going to build a serious business, renew the domain name for TEN years. You can do that right now, even if you just renewed for a single year. My main domains I have renewed for many years into the future just so I don't have to freak out and worry about it.

I have a strong website I bought over 4 years ago when the company was just coming to light. I bought it (big corporation worth billions and fixing to launch in America) and now after 4 years I just got a formal letter asking me to cease and desist. This is a major company and I can't say it due to it's power. Please Dave, email me back.....I have only 7 days to comply with the certified letter....Looking for advice. Thanks!

I want a domain name- I tried to contact the owner - no response. It expires in September. It does not appear to be in use. How do I position myself to buy it when it expires? It seems the owner, based in England, bought it 10 years ago. Thanks.

Kellie, try this:

http://www.moniker.com/aftermarket/backorder-domain.jsp

I used it to nab a domain name a few years ago that was expiring and I wanted.

ok my finance has just died.. i want to take over the domain... he has me listed as his contact person for bills tehnical as well as i ma his administrator what should i do .. many in the industry know about his death want to out right take ownership and protect it..

I paid for a domain site 3 days ago. I bought it through thumbtack.com. They advertised $10.00 a year and they do the rest. So when I went to the next page it was now $20.00 a year and they do the rest. I have a permanent listing now with thumbtack.com now and I also have links with twitter and facebook and several testimonials. But I haven't heard anything back from them about my domain name, stoysknives.com ,I assume they are registering it or what ever they are supposed to do. I have e-mailed several times and called both their Phone numbers with no responce. Should it take this long? What do you think I should do? Any suggestions? Stoy

dave,

do you know how I would go about getting an '.edu' domain name registered? I'm not finding the answer readily, if you can help that would be great -

Thanks in advance for your help!

Will Pope

Interesting question, Will. Here's my answer:

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_register_a_edu_domain_name.html

for how much can a .com exact match long tail
generic domain
with 1000 google
monthly search
volume ( NOT
TRAFFIC ) and 0.25
ppc be sold at
aftermarket ?
50$ , less or more ?

If you want a domain, go to http://www.whois.sc and enter the information, you will get the e-mail contact of the owner.

Send them an e-mail stating you are looking at a few dozen domains and the one they owned was one of them that beared some interest for you. Then ask if they are interested in letting go of the name, and let them know it's not that important and if they have development plans not to worry about it.

This puts you in the place of being able to negotiate better when they reply they want to sell it, most likely with an asking price. Then, it's off to negotiation.

Also, a lot of the time you will get a "Buy this domain" when you search there linked to Sedo etc where you can put in an offer of $60 and see what the seller's response is.

Best of luck !

Hi - I'm interested in buying a domain name but I notice that name has been previously owned but this has recently expired. I'm assunming he/they don't want to use it anymore. Am I entitled to go ahead and buy it and ask the hosting company to delete any website with that name I find?? Or is that considered too "hostile"?
Regards

Hi there. if I were to purchase a domain name that was previously unbought, let's say for example "http://justandexample.net", and then I sold it to a company, is there any way for them to find out when it was bought and by whom?

thank you,
J

hello,

i already have 4 domains :D
registred to http://dreamname.net
it's simple and they have low costs!

Hi Dave,

Does it cost more to rent a domain name for an extended period than it would have to re-rent for the individual sub-sequent periods?

Or if you are able to re-register your domain name before it expires, then why do so many people have issues with important domain names to themselves being bought up by a domainer when it expires (why don't they just re-register it to themselves say 2 months before it expires)?

Interesting question, Kunjee. I think it's because a lot of domain registrars have either flawed or broken renewal systems. With the prevalence of spam, it's also very possible that a legitimate "time to renew so you don't lose your domain name" email gets lumped in with the junk and the user simply doesn't see the warnings until it's too late. Meanwhile, domaineers have lists and applications that they use to scan the just-expired domains so they can scoop up good ones. Not a pretty picture.