[SATLUG] OT: Getting an already-registered domain name

[David Kowis]

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Don wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 November 2007 11:28, herb cee wrote:
>> Matt Kinsel wrote:
>>> I was using Register.com in my search. And my searches couldn't have been
>>> long before August, so the evidence does seem to point towards some kind
>>> of scam....
>> Matt, how important is the ending 's'?  This one is available...(Firefox
>> can't find the server at www.kinselkreation.com). .....  then you also
>> have the satisfaction of knowing they have wasted the gamble of getting
>> $150 from you. I just used the browser not the search site, so they not
>> tipped off.
>>
>> Or you could add an 's'. Firefox can't find the server at
>> www.kinselskreations.com.
>>
>> Anyway I be damned if I would pay a dime to them, make sure they eat it.
>> herb
> 
> This is the way to go.  Register kinselkreation.com and, if it's a big deal, 
> go back in a year and register it with the "s" because once you've moved on 
> they'll let it lapse.
> 
> I'm a paranoid; I'll type a potential domain into my browser to see if it 
> exists but the only time I'll search it is when I'm in the process of 
> registering it.  I've half suspected something like this could happen if I 
> didn't.

I use www.enom.com or www.sitelutions.net for my domainname stuffs. enom
is a top level provider, but they're expensive. sitelutions is cheaper
and has done a great job.


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