[Tfug] Domain names

[Jeffry Johnston]

I have been using mydomain.com for years now (just for the domain and
services, not for hosting).. their service seems fine to me, although
I basically looked around at the time for a low price, and I don't
have a heavy load. That Copper Shadows site is cheaper, but they don't
offer e-mail forwarding, or at least don't mention it if they do.
E-mail forwarding is super handy.. for example, tfug at kidsquid.com ...
hehe

Jeff

On Jan 27, 2008 8:22 PM, Brian Murphy <murphy at coppershadow.com> wrote:
> 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...
> >
> >
> > --
> > --John Gruenenfelder    Research Assistant, UMass Amherst student
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