A domain I’d like to use expired a week ago, It’s registered at https://www.ionos.com/
It might be a domain other people are after, as it’s something like mySurname.net
From my small amount of research, there is a 30 day cooldown period, and then another 30 days before it actually becomes available
I’d like to have the domain how do I go about it? I see there are some services that charge ~80 Euro to jump on it immediately when it’s available, but that doesn’t sit well with me.
The domain was only registered 2 years ago, and it’s likely that nobody else is interested in it.
How do I best go about this?
Contact ionos support and ask what they recommend in this scenario.
Unfortunately, it’s entirely possible that some third party domain scraper bought it already and will try to sell it back to you for a premium.
Thanks, I hope that’s not the case, but if it is they can keep it, I’m not going to support those kinds of practices
I’ve been watching a domain name for years (15?) - it is a “funny prop from a niche movie” in the 90s that nobody even remembers and it’s length isn’t short etc., a name only a real nerd would even know (poilte cough). I’ve watched this domain pass from squatter to sqatter over the years, it doesn’t sell but keeps getting picked up as soon as it expires at the previous squatter. The dotcom domain registry system is completely broken in favour of crony capitalism.