[Tfug] Domain names

[Brian Murphy]

John, my company is still a Godaddy/WildWestDomains reseller.  We're  
running a sale on new .com registrations and transfers for just  
$6.95/yr plus the 20cents ICANN takes.  We also have .info domains on  
sale for $1.99/yr plus the ICANN fee.

The website is www.coppershadowdomains.com.

When someone squats on a name, there is unfortunately little you can  
do.  The low-ball offer you made is about the best option you have.   
If makes you feel better, we don't hold a large squat portfolio. :-)

And if you need SSL certs, we have them on sale for $14.95 at the moment too.

Thanks for your consideration.

Brian

Quoting John Gruenenfelder <johng at as.arizona.edu>:
> 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.
>
> 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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