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How I finally won my name from domain resellers after nine years of waiting

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Re: How I finally won my name from domain resellers after nine years of waiting

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Post by kylecazar »

Timely. Not very relevant, but I just sold a domain I've owned for 5 years after being contacted by GoDaddy's brokerage service about an interested buyer.

It was actually cathartic for me -- not only did I realize that I may seem like the squatter to someone else in this situation, but it forced me to come to terms with the fact that I won't be working on that idea, ever.

Re: How I finally won my name from domain resellers after nine years of waiting

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Post by prawn »

sergiotapia wrote: post #10

Some bottom feeder stole my personal domain after I let it lapse and is now literally holding it hostage for $6000 last I checked. http://sergiotapia.me/ I just bought sergio.dev, the squatter can choke on my old domain.

If you let it lapse, is "stole" a bit strong? I'd think "stole" would be getting your login/email and transferring the domain away while you had it registered?

Re: How I finally won my name from domain resellers after nine years of waiting

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Post by yonran »

Have any TLDs attempted to implement a property tax on domains according to value to reduce cyber squatting? To implement a property tax, Glen Weyl and Eric Posner have proposed using self-assessment so that users pay what they want (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2818494 and https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Markets-Uprooting-Capitalism-...)

Re: How I finally won my name from domain resellers after nine years of waiting

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Post by markdown »

kylecazar wrote: post #11

Timely. Not very relevant, but I just sold a domain I've owned for 5 years after being contacted by GoDaddy's brokerage service about an interested buyer. It was actually cathartic for me -- not only did I realize that I may seem like the squatter to someone else in this situation, but it forced me to come to terms with the fact that I won't be working on that idea, ever.

> it forced me to come to terms with the fact that I won't be working on that idea, ever.

I think this is a feeling so many people working in the web sphere have to contend with at some point.

Re: How I finally won my name from domain resellers after nine years of waiting

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Post by markdown »

prawn wrote: post #13
sergiotapia wrote: post #10

Some bottom feeder stole my personal domain after I let it lapse and is now literally holding it hostage for $6000 last I checked. http://sergiotapia.me/ I just bought sergio.dev, the squatter can choke on my old domain.

If you let it lapse, is "stole" a bit strong? I'd think "stole" would be getting your login/email and transferring the domain away while you had it registered?

I think stole, while not technically correct, is appropriate. The squatter had no intention of using the domain. They jumped on a domain that had just expired and registered it in the hope that the previous owner had made a mistake and might be willing to pay them an exorbitant amount of money to get it back.

Re: How I finally won my name from domain resellers after nine years of waiting

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Post by reaperducer »

prawn wrote: post #13
sergiotapia wrote: post #10

Some bottom feeder stole my personal domain after I let it lapse and is now literally holding it hostage for $6000 last I checked. http://sergiotapia.me/ I just bought sergio.dev, the squatter can choke on my old domain.

If you let it lapse, is "stole" a bit strong? I'd think "stole" would be getting your login/email and transferring the domain away while you had it registered?

It's more like you dropped your wallet on the street and the guy walking behind you picked it up and won't give it back unless you pay him.

Re: How I finally won my name from domain resellers after nine years of waiting

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Post by [deleted] »

prawn wrote: post #13
sergiotapia wrote: post #10

Some bottom feeder stole my personal domain after I let it lapse and is now literally holding it hostage for $6000 last I checked. http://sergiotapia.me/ I just bought sergio.dev, the squatter can choke on my old domain.

If you let it lapse, is "stole" a bit strong? I'd think "stole" would be getting your login/email and transferring the domain away while you had it registered?

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Re: How I finally won my name from domain resellers after nine years of waiting

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Post by rtcoms »

sergiotapia wrote: post #10

Some bottom feeder stole my personal domain after I let it lapse and is now literally holding it hostage for $6000 last I checked. http://sergiotapia.me/ I just bought sergio.dev, the squatter can choke on my old domain.

I am also facing similar issue. Forgot to renew my domain and now someone has bought it and asking $1000 for it.
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