In the interest of transparency, I would let the readers of this article know that I have an interest in the topic of the following article. Other than being a regular user of Recommission’s system, I am related to the Owner/Operator of the Site. He’s my brother.

Every morning, before I head off to work, I check Recommission’s Expired Domain List to see what is on the chopping block for that day. Recommission updates its expiring dictionary list every morning so there are always interesting domain names to find and if I’m quick I can backorder one before anyone else does.

I wrote an article before on using different systems to backorder domain names.  In this post I will focus on why I use Recommission to find and acquire expiring domains.

Find Expired Domain Names

I’m a big believer in picking up dropping domain names because domain names always seem to rise in value.

Expiring Dictionary word .com’s are always winners and Recommission makes finding those easy. Even if I can’t backorder from that system at least I know it’s dropping and I can jump over to another backordering system, like Pool, and backorder it there. When I use Pool though, I always make sure the domain name is worth the $60 backorder price tag.

Recommission also features a list of expiring three character domain names. These include three letter, three number and CCC (character character character) combinations. I love grabbing three character domain names. Check out 3character.com to see why it is a good idea to own 3 character domain names. Three character domain names in the .com and .net extensions are long gone and increasing in value every year. Right now is a great time to pick them up as they have declined in market value because of the current economic situation.

Recommission also lists expiring 4 letter .com domain names. Four letter .com domain names have all been registered as of November of 2007. With the climb in value of three letter .com domain names, some companies have focused on acquiring and developing four letter .com domain names. If you do decide to collect a few of these, avoid combinations that include the letters Q, X, Y, Z. These letters most difficult to use as acronyms.

I have looked at other sites on the web for a place that will show you Dictionary lists of expiring domain names but I have not found one as of yet besides Recommission. Every site I find concerning ordered lists of dropping domain names always charge to see their lists. Recommissions system is free to use as of the time this article was written and should remain so for quite awhile.

Using Recommission To Find Expired Domain Names is a post from: Pedro B

Expired Domain Names

I have been collecting domain names for about a year and a half now.  It’s still just a hobby for me as I don’t generally spend a lot of money on any particular domain names but I do enjoy it and I love when I pickup a good expired domain name.

There are a ton of different systems available for picking up expiring domain names.

Pool.com

One place I’ve used to pickup expired domains is Pool.com.  Pool is, by far, the most reliable system I have used to pickup an expiring domain.  Pool uses a system that is much more likely to acquire a domain of your choosing but it’s also one of the more expensive systems available.  Pool charges a minimum of $60 if it captures your domain.  The money is taken from your credit card once Pool has verified that it caught the domain for you but there is a catch.

Unlike other systems that pickup expiring domains, Pool allows multiple users to backorder the same domain name.  This means that just because Pool acquires a domain you backordered, that doesn’t necessarily mean you will own it.  If a domain that Pool acquires has been backordered by more than one of its users it automatically goes into auction.  These Pool auctions can get out of hand sometimes because if you don’t know how many other Pool users have backordered your domain name and, obviously, you don’t know what the current max bid is of other users.  An auction goes on for three days once a domain is secured by Pool.  Pool will email you every time you are outbid and to prevent a user outbidding in the final seconds, Pool will not allow an auction to end if there is a bid in the last five minutes.  The auction just keeps goind until there has not been a bid in the last five minutes.

Snapnames

Snapnames is similar to Pool in that it costs $60 to aqcuire an expired domain name through their system.  The difference is the auction process.  It is much easier to know what your competing against and guess what the ultimate auction price will be.  Snapnames is owned by Oversee.net.  Snapnames has had a deal with Network Solutions for years now and has some sort of affiliation with Moniker.

Snapnames is not as reliable as Pool is but if a domain you are looking to backorder is registered with Network Solutions then there is a good shot that Snapnames will have first crack at backordering it.

Enom

I have never used Enom to be honest so I can’t give a good account of their service, reliability or success rate.  I am very annoyed by Enom and only have a few domains registered with them.  Enom just seems so backward.

GoDaddy

GoDaddy uses a pretty basic backorder system that only allows one user at a time to backorder a domain name.  They are the cheapest system to use but the least successful.  Godaddy charges $18.95 per backorder and that must be paid upfront, however, if the GoDaddy system is unable to capture the domain name, you receive a credit towards a future backorder.

One service I will be discussing in further detail in an upcoming post is Recommission.  I peruse Recommission’s daily list of expiring dictionary domain names often and will show you how to get the most out of it.

Expired Domain Names is a post from: Pedro B