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Domain Acquisition Help

by nederhoe
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I have found a domain that I want to acquire, but it has already been registered. The domain looks to be parked. I checked to see who the owner is, but there is no Whois info for it. How would I go about trying to contact the owner and purchasing it? Should I use a domain brokering service like godaddy's? Any other ideas? Thanks in advance!
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  • Profile picture of the author LooseChange
    Is the Whois a "private registration" ? Also, on the parked page, is there any link that says click here to buy this domain?
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  • Profile picture of the author Meharis
    Originally Posted by nederhoe View Post

    I have found a domain that I want to acquire, but it has already been registered. The domain looks to be parked. I checked to see who the owner is, but there is no Whois info for it. How would I go about trying to contact the owner and purchasing it? Should I use a domain brokering service like godaddy's? Any other ideas? Thanks in advance!
    If you want to expend money go ahead but, be ready because most like it will be a lot.
    Always there's a way around the domain using synonymous, phrasing it
    differently or simply using an other TLD.
    Meharis
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  • Profile picture of the author davezan
    Originally Posted by nederhoe View Post

    I checked to see who the owner is, but there is no Whois info for it.
    As in there are literally no WHOIS contacts on it? Without revealing the actual
    domain itself, can you perhaps post here a copy of any WHOIS results you are
    getting?

    If the domain is using a WHOIS privacy service, check with the one offering it
    (especially if it's the registrar itself) if it will forward any email sent to it to the
    actual one.
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    • Profile picture of the author nederhoe
      It simply states:

      "The whois server for this domain did not return a valid record."

      There is also no buy it now link.
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  • Profile picture of the author ViserExcizer
    If the domain owners information is classified, you'll have to contact the registrar. But i've bought several domains by contacting the owner directly. You can negotiate better when you're talking to them, rather than using a broker.
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  • Profile picture of the author nederhoe
    After some deeper exploring I found the contact info! Thanks for the help!
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