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Domains..part deux

Jan 30

Posted by kosh in usual | 1 Comment

I had a surprising transaction with a domain squatter this past week. I made a post earlier about a domain squatter in Korea who had registered sparkoflight.org . Well I’ve been talking to him this past week to negotiate a possible transfer of the domain registration to us (my friend and I). The squatter initially demanded US$2000 and later ended up giving it to us for free, once he realized that the domain was going to be used for a non-profit cause. I’m really surprised that I managed to get it for free, along with the domain being registered for 3 more years!

On a side note, looks like my earlier rant about Triversal is now the number 2 result on Google when you search for the keyword. Yikes! They now claim that we haven’t paid them in 2 years… :(

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Domains

Jan 22

Posted by kosh in usual | No Comments

I’ve had to deal with a couple of issues related to domain names over the past few days.

First, I was trying to purchase a domain name for a friend who’s non-profit org is building schools for the blind in India. I found out that this guy from Korea had already purchased the domain and was domain squatting while waiting for someone like me to come along and offer him a sack of money for the domain name. This guy wants $2000USD to give up the domain name to us. I wish domain squatters like these could just be …well…I’m not gonna say it.

Second, as you may already know, I manage the website for one of the premier bhangra competetions in the Pacific Northwest. (http://www.bhangrabash.com). Sometime last morning, the domain forwarding stopped working without notice and I spent most of the days calling and mailing the company. I also found out that, Triversal, the company that registered our domain is probably run by some geek, in a shady basement in U-Village. Anyways, the forwarding started working again this morning but I’m terribly unhappy with their service and looking to move away. If only I could reach them and get that damn EPP number…

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