Ask:HN Buying a parked domain from GoDaddy. How'd you do it?
Hi,
I am interested in a domain that is parked on GoDaddy site. I am trying to contact the owner but GoDaddy is hiding its name behind a paywall and asking for $70.00 upfront +10% commission of the transaction price.
So how'd you it? Any inputs/suggestions and feedback will be great. Thanks.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 19.7 ms ] threadI lost $70 trying to re-acquire jseliger.com after a screwup that was 80% my fault and 20% Wordpress's fault. At some point I'll write a blog post about the experience, but the big, important takeaway is that GoDaddy itself or a subsidiary of it may be warehousing the domain, or unwilling to sell it. (They've actually been caught doing this: http://techcrunch.com/2008/12/03/godaddy-uses-standard-tacti...).
In any event, when I was panicked I actually paid the $70, only to realize that "Domainsbyproxy" was listed as the owner—which GoDaddy owns!
When I did more research and realized the mistake I'd made, I disputed the charge. I got the $70 back but will never get back a) my dignity or b) the domain name.