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I think it is a case-by-case thing. If your heart tells you to have mercy on a particular person, then it is the right thing to do. However, on a general level, someone is going to register an expired domain.
I don't think the window is always 4-6 months. I once purchased a domain which had been expired for only a day or two. I've had stuff registered with registrars who did not send renewal e-mails. I've had domains where the registrar might have sent them, but they refused to update my contact e-mails when my ISP was bought out. Some registrars will refuse to transfer some of your domains if you do a bulk transfer and it is easy to miss that you only got 18 out of 20 you input. I ended up paying off someone who bought a domain I owned the trademark for because it was cheaper than the arbitration thing and the guy basically made his living selling to people like me for under $900. I had the .net and the prior owner of the .com was in a different industry and also had a legit trademark, but netsol refused to release the domain for months and months and then this guy was able to beat my snapnames and constant checking and e-mail me within less than a day.
I also kept a snapnames on my most important domains until it did not work for me.
What do people use to beat a snapnames and can it be used to protect a domain important to you?
Thanks, Amelia G
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