Purchasing Domain Buy Service to Try to Acquire Registered Domain Names
If the domain name you want to register is already registered by someone else, you can have one of our Domain Buy Agents attempt to acquire it for you. We cannot, however, guarantee acquisition of the domain name.
When you purchase our professional Domain Buy Service, we include a certified appraisal, and you work with your personal Domain Buy Agent to attempt to acquire the domain name.
As soon as the appraisal is complete, usually within 48 hours, we contact you by email to remind you to establish a negotiation range for the domain name. Your agent cannot begin the process of contacting the domain owner until you have set your opening and maximum offer amount.
The Domain Buy Agent gives their best effort to contact the current domain name registrant over the 30-day term of the Domain Buy Service contract.
The agent also researches the viability of acquiring the domain name, including:
- Checking the domain name's current registration
- Is the registration public or private
- Who is the current registrant
- Is registrant information current
- Has the domain name expired
- Is it currently in redemption
- Checking if the domain name is currently listed for sale by the registrant.
- Checking if the domain name is listed for sale through an aftermarket service.
NOTE: We cannot directly contact the registrant of privately registered domain names. Our Domain Buy Agents follow the standard procedure of asking the proxy company, which provides the domain name's privacy service, to contact the registrant.
If the current domain name registrant is interested in selling it, the Domain Buy Agent negotiates the lowest possible selling price, up to the maximum limit you set. Offers are valid for 10 business days. You cannot cancel the offer during this negotiation period unless you are considering a counter offer by the seller.
If a sale is unsuccessful or the owner of domain name is unreachable, the Domain Buy Agent notifies you. At that time, you can choose to purchase a backorder on the domain name.
To Purchase Domain Buy Service
- Go to our home page.
- From the Domains menu, select Domain Buy Service.
- In Search for a domain name, enter the domain name you're trying to purchase, select the domain extension from the list, and then click GO.
- If the domain name has already been registered, click Use a Domain Buy Agent to get this name to purchase our Domain Buy Service.
- Click Add To Cart, and continue through the checkout process.
The sale may take a few minutes to process. As we work to contact the current owner and acquire the domain name for you, you can check the status through the Domain Manager. For more information, see Checking the Status of Domain Names with Domain Buy Service.