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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 Avamander »

yonran wrote: post #14

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-... )

I know that having a domain name is a fun way to get to know a lot of computer-related concepts, making that opportunity less accessible for people does not sound like a good thing to me - I want future kids to be able to play with internet the same way, don't know if you relate or not.

Not to mention if domains were more expensive we'd have more link-rot, which is already really nasty.

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

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Post by morenoh149 »

jerryalex wrote: post #8
outworlder wrote: post #6

This is great and all unless your domain drops and it is caught by something like dropcatch.com or competitors.

It was caught by dropcatch actually. I didn't bid in the auction though. Eventually it was released.

sounds like you didn't want the domain?

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

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Post by Godel_unicode »

zamadatix wrote: post #5

I settled on ds.gy after a lot of searching. At the time I was hoping for as short as possible unless you operate a domain (it's one letter off for standard, 2 if you operate a 2 letter TLD like http://ai./ ) since it maximizes the efficiency of DNS tunneling. I was expecting a lot of similar uses or a log of clever things/url shortners like t.co but what I found was basically every single and most every dual letter…

> like http://ai./

Slightly off topic, but it annoys me to no end that verisign doesn't operate a website at http://com./

I feel like people typing that in, then wondering what the heck just happened would be a great source of people understanding DNS more deeply.

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Post by moltar »

zamadatix wrote: post #5

I settled on ds.gy after a lot of searching. At the time I was hoping for as short as possible unless you operate a domain (it's one letter off for standard, 2 if you operate a 2 letter TLD like http://ai./ ) since it maximizes the efficiency of DNS tunneling. I was expecting a lot of similar uses or a log of clever things/url shortners like t.co but what I found was basically every single and most every dual letter…

Wow AI. is so cool. Never knew about it.

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

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Post by sumedh »

14 wrote: post #24

After reading this I thought what the heck let’s see if I can grab my name. For 15$ I now own my name at a .ca domain. I know I need to find a host I think but literally have no website experience or idea what I need to do next lol.

A .com is more valuable than .ca

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

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Post by elSidCampeador »

14 wrote: post #24

After reading this I thought what the heck let’s see if I can grab my name. For 15$ I now own my name at a .ca domain. I know I need to find a host I think but literally have no website experience or idea what I need to do next lol.

You could always start with Github pages

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

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Post by jmts »

morenoh149 wrote: post #22
jerryalex wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was caught by dropcatch actually. I didn't bid in the auction though. Eventually it was released.

sounds like you didn't want the domain?

This is addressed in the article. He wanted the domain, but didn't want to pay more than necessary for it. This includes avoiding an auction that could unnecessarily inflate the price.

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

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Post by MertsA »

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?

The only reason a squatter ever registers expiring domain names is to capitalize on someone else's mistake and to see if they can extort some cash out of someone or take over a domain with existing backlinks for black hat SEO reasons. I don't think "stole" is really all that strong of a statement albeit technically incorrect.

If someone buys up an expiring domain name because they want to actually use it and not just try and immediately sell it back to the previous owner no one has an issue with that.

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

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Post by techsupporter »

orliesaurus wrote: post #2

Good for you Jerry! I hope I never forget my renewal myself! Luckily I use Gandi as a registrar and they're good about reminders to their clients!

A couple of years ago, I renewed the three domains I care most about (a three-letter one, my name, and a domain I've had since they were free from hostmaster) for as long as their respective gTLD registries would permit. I figure that plus a script I have that checks them for shenanigans[0] should keep them in good order.

0 - Checks every 30 minutes for changed nameservers, domain contacts, and if the renewal date is less than six months in the future. Texts me immediately if it there's a difference or once a week if no changes noted (so I know the script ran).

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