Names

[Geoserv]

Is it just me or is the most frustrating part of being a webmaster, actually finding and getting a domain name that you want?

Most good .coms are gone.

Geoserv.

[piet]

there are some good names.

but strange tho they are keept by pool and others.
they are expired but have to sign in for them?????

[Geoserv]

I was using a domain name site earlier today and it showed URIs that were expired so I went to get one of them, using a host site, and it turned out not to be expired until next year.



Geoserv.

[piet]

i dont get the pool thing tho.

the domains are already expired. so howcome they keept to be auctioned.

i didt get the link here from www.pcnames.com
they are nice, i didnt find my name yet but it seems to work oke.

[Geoserv]

That was the site that showed an expired domain, but yet it wasn't.

Geoserv.

[piet]

oke you mean like it says expired domain.

yes thats like pool they keep it, they even redirect you to pool to buy it in a auction.
i think thats strange because i believe they have to be on the market again.
now they wait if anyone buys it in the auction.
if no one buys it will be a free domain i think that su..s

[Geoserv]

I wonder if there is like a 30 day period after it expires, to either auction it or for the owner to renew it.

Geoserv.

[piet]

that one i dont know, but i think it is strange.
i mean the prices where they auction them for is a big price.

[EBORG9]

Thats because the rules governing who can be a registrar is like the wild wild west, and largely, unenforced. Lets face it anyone can be a registrar from a laptop, if they get the accredidation from ICANN, and right software.

I thought the rules were that registrars were supposed to be impartial.
They are not.
I think companies holding domains hostage are immoral, but its not illegal.
You have to be flexible. there are simular domains out there that someone is trying to sell, or maybe even a better one.

I am old enough to remember people and gas stations hoarding gas because there was a crisis ( During the Carter Administration) and paying up to 65 cents a gallon ( WOW!).
This is the same thing.

There are no shortage of ideas, just like there was no shortage of gas.

So many people are caught up on one name. The bottom line is, if you got the mojo to make it successful, an alternative will do just fine.
I've seen plenty of great names on crappy sites.

I'll bet if you post the general idea, a lot of people in this forum will give you some killer ideas.
The web is not a socialist society were everyone has a fair and equal shot. It's just as capitolistic, and ,dog eat dog, as the rest of the world.
Thats why I love it.

[postingpays]

Originally Posted by Geoserv

Is it just me or is the most frustrating part of being a webmaster, actually finding and getting a domain name that you want?

Most good .coms are gone.

Geoserv.

i want to apnaonlin

[cmacarolle21]

One good domain my friend got was voipxchange

Which is Voice Over IP which is going to develop more over the next couple years and I think he'll be able to get a couple 100 for it later down the road.