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Checking for available domain name = giving it away?

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Stoic Joker:
I've been with TuCows/DomainDirect now Hover for years and never had a problem. It took two months to get a company site spin-off domain name selected and approved by the brass before it was finally registered. The name picked was still there when the time came.

Damn-if-I-know where (can't find the link I thought I'd saved), but it seems like there was an ICANN level organization that would allow you to appeal for a squatted domain if you could prove you had a legit use for it and the squatter didn't. I was thinking about trying it for TClock.com at one point, but never had the time.

40hz:
It happens.

The registrars I use are reputable and don't (afaict) play swipe games. But you never can tell so it pays to he careful.

Since I'm 100% sure I want the domain before I look, I'll just load the desired domain in my browser. All I want is the .com TLD so it doesn't matter to me if other TLDs are available.

If it's not found, I scoot over to the registrar I usually use and see if it really is available. About 90% of the time it is. I register it then and there for the shortest time available. That way my loss is minimal if I ever change my mind or never get to it. Later on, if it does get used, I'll increase the registration time. Often up to the maximum I can afford or think I'll use. But until the domain gets put up on web, one year's worth of registration is sufficient.

This works for me because I'm not into being a "dog in the hayloft" sitting on top of hundreds of domain registrations I'll never get around to personally using - and I don't believe in owning and brokering domain names as a business.

But that's just me. :)

f0dder:
Since I'm 100% sure I want the domain before I look, I'll just load the desired domain in my browser. All I want is the .com TLD so it doesn't matter to me if other TLDs are available.-40hz (January 23, 2011, 08:51 AM)
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I'd definitely never use one of those "check a zillion TLDs" services, nor a "get a domain name FOR FREE" services - those are surefire ways of getting the domain squatted.

Carol Haynes:
Happened to me too - looked for a domain name in the morning went back next day to buy it and it had squatters.

In the UK cybersquatting is now illegal - why can't the US do the same with .com domains?

Stoic Joker:
In the UK cybersquatting is now illegal - why can't the US do the same with .com domains?
-Carol Haynes (January 23, 2011, 09:58 AM)
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Because we have an apparent aversion to sensible legislation. Here is an example using Florida law:
1. Seatbelts are mandatory, and the cops can now even pull you over just for a seatbelt infraction.
2. Motorcycle helmets are optional (which isn't bad in and of itself, but...).
3. Bicycle helmets are (by law) mandatory...

Now these three laws make sense when viewed together how?

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