[Tfug] Domain names

[Bowie J. Poag]

Careful -- Telling someone their brilliant investment idea is worthless 
(domain squatting) is no way to make friends. :)



John Gruenenfelder wrote:
> I'm looking for recommendations on domain registrars.  It's been asked before,
> yes, but not for a while.  What do you use?
>
> And, as a second question, what do I do about domain squatting?  One of the
> domains I wish to purchase is thankfully unregistered.  That shouldn't pose a
> problem.  But, I also wish to purchase one for personal use and of the domains
> I would *like* to use, almost all are taken.  Not by users, but usually by
> squatters.
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> As an example, for one domain I tried the .com, .net, and .org names were all
> occupied by squatters.  The .us version was in use by an actual musician for
> his page.
>
> Is there any recourse to this?  And it's not like they just want a couple of
> dollars to hand it over.  On one I checked, the minimum asking price was
> $1000!  I made an offer of $15.  I haven't heard back from them...
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