I understand that this is not exactly watch-related. But I don't know who to turn to for help with this...

I am attempting to contact the owner of a domain name that is not in use. But I am finding it impossible to actually contact the guy. If somebody is familiar with this type of stuff, please PM me. I am willing to provide compensation for your help.

The owner of the domain owns seemingly hundreds or thousands of domains. So I feel he is probably the kind of person who buys to sell.

,David

 

I think a WHOIS search is what's generally used for this, though I'm not sure it'll contain contact information.

https://whois.icann.org/en

 

https://www.whois.net/default.aspx

 

Best bet is a Whois. If it hiding behind a privacy service... depending on why you need it I have some other options that can get you in contact or force someone into compliance.

 

I've been utilizing WHOIS without avail. A lot of his information is behind privacy walls or goes nowhere.

 

Consider hiring a domain registrar, such as GoDaddy, to serve as the intermediary between you and the domain owner.

 

I had a good experience with Uniregistry but I had a broker. If you need a referral let me know

 

If you're looking to buy a domain name my first advice is to buy every variant of it before you contact the current owner. For example if you want to buy "modestproposal.com" and someone took it then look for .Net .Info .Us .So or whatever.

There are assholes that register your domain as soon as you get an LLC just to sell it to you. If you wait a bit they let it go. Specially if they see you got the peripheral domains already

 

...good call. I received this message last night.


Hi,

My name is Corrin and I am contacting you because I have reasons to
believe that you hold a similar domain name.
I am wondering if you would have interest in obtaining jbottles(com) from me?

Thank you for your time and have a nice day!

 

Exactly, the moment you register an LLC some asshole gets an alert and grabs the domain. Say no and get an alternative. In a few months he will offer a discount and if you place an alert on GoDaddy or like it In a year or so your domain will become available. At that point you can buy the .Com and tie it to your existing domain.

 

Oh and by the way
..I just bought jbottles.net .USA. .Info .UK .Biz and .Dotdot

Pm me if you're interested