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Ask HN: How to Buy Squatted Domains?

13 points by dgfitz ↗ HN
How does one go about buying a squatted domain? I realize domain names in this day and age aren’t super important, I am curious if knowledge persons have strategies or ideas as to how acquire a domain name that a.) you know has been squatted on for years and b.) cannot find any contact information associated with said domain.

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neximo64
It comes down to be willing to pay for it. There are domain brokers who can help get in contact with the owner, you can still contact through the privacy whois contact details to forward the details on..
echoangle
Did you check the domain lookup of the registry the domain is under? They might give you a way to contact the owner.
MarcOnly
Find who is hosting this domain through domain lookups, likely it will be hidden but if you email the "privacy email", they will still get it. I receive these emails all the time.