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  • d-null
    . . .
    • Apr 2007
    • 13724
    #31
    Originally posted by Slappin Fish
    It is possible. When the registrar has an agreement with a domain auction company, or run their own service, like Network Solution (Namejet) or Godaddy (TDNAM) the domain name never actually drops. It is just pushed.

    Although they do usually move it and put a holding page up couple of weeks before.
    slappin fish is correct, I bought it from the registrar so it never completely dropped... usually when I do that though, the registrar does change the nameservers to parked, but for some strange reason this time the nameserver didn't change

    the domain is over 10 years old, 5 letter generic PR4... shows no data with alexa and I have no way of determining exact traffic.... what should I ask for it?

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      • baddog
        So Fucking Banned
        • Apr 2001
        • 107089
        #32
        Originally posted by jetjet
        slappin fish is correct, I bought it from the registrar so it never completely dropped... usually when I do that though, the registrar does change the nameservers to parked, but for some strange reason this time the nameserver didn't change

        the domain is over 10 years old, 5 letter generic PR4... shows no data with alexa and I have no way of determining exact traffic.... what should I ask for it?
        I still think you should confirm you have control over it.

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          • Wagerboy
            Confirmed User
            • Jul 2006
            • 2290
            #33
            I thought the nameservers dropped after a domain expires? It has happened to me...
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              • DateDoc
                Outside looking in.
                • Feb 2005
                • 14243
                #34
                Which one is it? If it is the US Govt there are only 3 possibilities I believe.

                nicic.org
                nccic.org
                ncjrs.org

                hmmm but they are PR6 and 7.

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                  • d-null
                    . . .
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 13724
                    #35
                    Originally posted by Wagerboy
                    I thought the nameservers dropped after a domain expires? It has happened to me...
                    That is why this is a strange one, it is the first time it ever happened to me where I purchased a domain and the nameservers didn't get reset. It has been half a year now and still......


                    baddog: I did a whois and my proxy info shows up, and the domain is in my domain manager..... I am pretty sure I have control of the domain

                    I think I figured out why this happened...... the nameservers are the registrars, and this particular domain was and is hosted at the same registrar. so in other words they must have paid or are paying their hosting account with the registrar, but forgot to renew the domain registration itself.

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                      • Ron Bennett
                        Confirmed User
                        • Oct 2003
                        • 1653
                        #36
                        The current registrar could simply choose to take the domain name back from you; to keep from losing their webhosting customer, and also to avoid upsetting the government agency.

                        So before you change the name servers, consider transferring the domain name out first to another registrar.

                        With all that said, since you waited so long to fully assert ownership on a domain that is still being utilized by the previous registrant, probably the best thing to do is contact the registrar and ask for them to refund your money and return the domain to the previous registrant.

                        Ron
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                          • ~Ray
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                            • Jun 2003
                            • 18361
                            #37
                            what happened?
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                              • d-null
                                . . .
                                • Apr 2007
                                • 13724
                                #38
                                Originally posted by AdvertisingSex
                                what happened?
                                I still have it, I put up some placeholder type content on it and moved nameservers

                                pr3 and pr4 internal pages, haven't done anything with it at all, been too busy with other things, haven't even put one back link to it since I got it
                                Last edited by d-null; 12-06-2008, 05:03 PM.

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                                  • ~Ray
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                                    • Jun 2003
                                    • 18361
                                    #39
                                    Originally posted by d-null
                                    I still have it, I put up some placeholder type content on it and moved nameservers

                                    pr3 and pr4 internal pages, haven't done anything with it at all, been too busy with other things, haven't even put one back link to it since I got it
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                                      • Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE
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                                        • Jan 2004
                                        • 16502
                                        #40
                                        Originally posted by d-null
                                        I still have it, I put up some placeholder type content on it and moved nameservers

                                        pr3 and pr4 internal pages, haven't done anything with it at all, been too busy with other things, haven't even put one back link to it since I got it
                                        The government agency hasn't contacted you about it or anything?

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                                          • d-null
                                            . . .
                                            • Apr 2007
                                            • 13724
                                            #41
                                            no, I had put up a "this domain may be for sale" thing on it, but never heard word from them, I took that off after a few months

                                            it appears that whoever was responsible for not renewing it may have been embarrassed and under tight budgets or something and later they put up their old content under a different brand new domain name which is not as good (which is not getting much google love as my site has over ten years age on it and is still ranking way above them for their own keywords, and my placeholder content is ambiguous enough that it fits the content relevance well)

                                            using the term "government agency" may be a bit of a misnomer, it was not a .gov, but it was a .org by an agency that works within government funding and coordinating civic government and state government programs

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                                              • Kudles
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Feb 2003
                                                • 5477
                                                #42
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                                                  • IllTestYourGirls
                                                    Ah My Balls
                                                    • Feb 2007
                                                    • 14311
                                                    #43
                                                    Originally posted by d-null
                                                    no, I had put up a "this domain may be for sale" thing on it, but never heard word from them, I took that off after a few months

                                                    it appears that whoever was responsible for not renewing it may have been embarrassed and under tight budgets or something and later they put up their old content under a different brand new domain name which is not as good (which is not getting much google love as my site has over ten years age on it and is still ranking way above them for their own keywords, and my placeholder content is ambiguous enough that it fits the content relevance well)

                                                    using the term "government agency" may be a bit of a misnomer, it was not a .gov, but it was a .org by an agency that works within government funding and coordinating civic government and state government programs
                                                    Then its trademarked? And you are about to get a bunch of lawyers down your throat?

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                                                      • BSleazy
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Aug 2002
                                                        • 6721
                                                        #44
                                                        You should of just contacted them telling them the situation and felt good about yourself. Especially since you didn't use it for any good purpose
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