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You have three basic choices...
(assuming .com or .net domain)
* Contact the previous registrant (owner) and try to negotiate a price - very risky because most often the previous owner will want a fortune for it. NOT recommended.
* Do nothing - wait about 30 days, and then check the whois to see if it's in "redemption" period (or "pending delete", which often follows that) ... IF yes, then continue to check whois every so often until it to drops out of the database.
-- Check on the web at InterNIC.Net / VeriSign, and/or via whois client (best) to whois.verisign-grs.com; DO NOT use whois service at registrars, etc because many sell / use lookup data to grab domains people seem overly interested in.
* Use a "drop" service to acquire the domain; often the best option, but depends on what the domain is and where it's registered.
-- It's important to be aware that many drop services have partnered with various registrars - using multiple drop services is ill-advised except, perhaps, in instances where the registrar isn't partnered with any particular drop service.
Good luck.
Ron
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Domagon - Website Management and Domain Name Sales
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