Comments on: What’s Wrong With Y4.com? It’s Not Registered & Blocked By The Registry http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/10/whats-wrong-with-y4com-its-not-registered-blocked-by-the-registry/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:16:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: tonecas http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/10/whats-wrong-with-y4com-its-not-registered-blocked-by-the-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-18991 tonecas Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:18:16 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4225#comment-18991 The other question for me is: who the hell is RegistrarAds? They have a big portfolio that has been month after month sold out since last year and for what i understand and read on the web they are a company connected to Dotster that "likes" to keep expired domains from their previous owners. There have been reported complaints of wharehousing from registrar companies but this keeps on going... In the case of Y4.com it was registered to InfoMedia Publishing Group. On September of 2007 they did not renewed it. The domain then went to the 30/35 days that Dotster gives to renew the domain and then the domain was not drop but kept on, i suspect, in the "Dotster universe" by using a privacy whois (@privacypost.com). Then, on Jun08, the domain publicly "reapeared" in the hands of RegistrarAds, Inc. Finally, and this is the most strange, they let the the domain drop. They did not let it go to an auction on SnapNames like they use to nowadays. They did not renew it. Nothing. I see them making strange things like puting a domain directly in Pending Delete instead of letting it go to SnapNames and make some bucks but this one was the top one. All this could make a great story :| The other question for me is: who the hell is RegistrarAds?

They have a big portfolio that has been month after month sold out since last year and for what i understand and read on the web they are a company connected to Dotster that “likes” to keep expired domains from their previous owners. There have been reported complaints of wharehousing from registrar companies but this keeps on going…

In the case of Y4.com it was registered to InfoMedia Publishing Group. On September of 2007 they did not renewed it. The domain then went to the 30/35 days that Dotster gives to renew the domain and then the domain was not drop but kept on, i suspect, in the “Dotster universe” by using a privacy whois (@privacypost.com).

Then, on Jun08, the domain publicly “reapeared” in the hands of RegistrarAds, Inc. Finally, and this is the most strange, they let the the domain drop. They did not let it go to an auction on SnapNames like they use to nowadays. They did not renew it. Nothing.

I see them making strange things like puting a domain directly in Pending Delete instead of letting it go to SnapNames and make some bucks but this one was the top one.

All this could make a great story :|

]]> By: Can anyone explain this? Y4.com - DNForum - Domain Sales, Domain Forum, Domain Appraisals, Domain Registrars http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/10/whats-wrong-with-y4com-its-not-registered-blocked-by-the-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-18396 Can anyone explain this? Y4.com - DNForum - Domain Sales, Domain Forum, Domain Appraisals, Domain Registrars Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:18:55 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4225#comment-18396 [...] remember reading blog post about it and no one was able to answer your question. __________________ oaio.com & [...] [...] remember reading blog post about it and no one was able to answer your question. __________________ oaio.com & [...]

]]> By: Fab http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/10/whats-wrong-with-y4com-its-not-registered-blocked-by-the-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-16383 Fab Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:28:46 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4225#comment-16383 The same thing happened to me when I saw yo.org dropped years ago. I couldn't believe it was available when doing a search for yo.com at godaddy and other registrars. It listed yo.org as available and ready for registration. Too bad it gave me an invalid domain name error when I tried to register it :P The same thing happened to me when I saw yo.org dropped years ago. I couldn’t believe it was available when doing a search for yo.com at godaddy and other registrars. It listed yo.org as available and ready for registration.

Too bad it gave me an invalid domain name error when I tried to register it :P

]]> By: Ron Wells http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/10/whats-wrong-with-y4com-its-not-registered-blocked-by-the-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-16377 Ron Wells Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:26:32 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4225#comment-16377 @Sahar Sarid, just place a proxy bid...thanks! @Sahar Sarid, just place a proxy bid…thanks!

]]> By: Patrick McDermott http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/10/whats-wrong-with-y4com-its-not-registered-blocked-by-the-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-16374 Patrick McDermott Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:14:23 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4225#comment-16374 "LL.org domains do not return to the pool, but everything else does, including LL.com, NL.com, LN.com and NN.com." Chris, I do not believe that is correct. I'm pretty sure any 2 character .COM domains that are allowed to expire...are gone for good. Maybe in the future it will change and 2 character domains will be available again. “LL.org domains do not return to the pool, but everything else does, including LL.com, NL.com, LN.com and NN.com.”

Chris,

I do not believe that is correct.

I’m pretty sure any 2 character .COM domains that are allowed to expire…are gone for good.

Maybe in the future it will change and 2 character domains will be available again.

]]> By: Sahar Sarid http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/10/whats-wrong-with-y4com-its-not-registered-blocked-by-the-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-16365 Sahar Sarid Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:42:37 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4225#comment-16365 Coincidently, Y4.NET goes on Bido soon, 1$, no reserve. http://www.bido.com/Auction?name=y4.net Cheers Sahar Coincidently, Y4.NET goes on Bido soon, 1$, no reserve.

http://www.bido.com/Auction?name=y4.net

Cheers

Sahar

]]> By: Andrew http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/10/whats-wrong-with-y4com-its-not-registered-blocked-by-the-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-16364 Andrew Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:00:18 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4225#comment-16364 Right, it's because of the country codes, which is why it's limited to two character domains. Why a LN wouldn't be registrable doesn't make since, though. Right, it’s because of the country codes, which is why it’s limited to two character domains. Why a LN wouldn’t be registrable doesn’t make since, though.

]]> By: Jamie Zoch http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/10/whats-wrong-with-y4com-its-not-registered-blocked-by-the-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-16362 Jamie Zoch Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:34:05 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4225#comment-16362 Hi Michael, The Godaddy search part has been that way since at least I started domaining. Any two letter or two character searched for will give you the same result. "Invalid domain name" Hi Michael,

The Godaddy search part has been that way since at least I started domaining. Any two letter or two character searched for will give you the same result. “Invalid domain name”

]]> By: jp http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/10/whats-wrong-with-y4com-its-not-registered-blocked-by-the-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-16358 jp Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:12:33 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4225#comment-16358 This all being said, anybody want to buy 9O.org (that's O as in the letter). This all being said, anybody want to buy 9O.org (that’s O as in the letter).

]]> By: jp http://www.thedomains.com/2009/07/10/whats-wrong-with-y4com-its-not-registered-blocked-by-the-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-16352 jp Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:32:42 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/?p=4225#comment-16352 Good news MHB, and everybody else, this news makes your 2 letter com net & orgs more valuable. Not only are they rare, but fragile too. Good news MHB, and everybody else, this news makes your 2 letter com net & orgs more valuable. Not only are they rare, but fragile too.

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