The aftermarket in domain names is a fascinating business where thousands of euro change hands on a daily basis.
With IE domains dealing is practically forbidden, but there’s nothing to stop you from registering a “previously owned” domain name.
We wanted to make it easy for our clients to find expired IE domains, so we use an RSS feed to make it all happen.
You can see a full list of deleted IE domains here
Needless to say normal restrictions and rules apply.
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Thats amazing. I wonder what percentage breaks down into
– uncontactable admin
– company gone bust
– owner couldn’t be bothered
– owner gave up trying to sell to proper owner etc.
Some good ones in there too.
You’d be amazed at some of the domains I’ve seen on that list since they first started producing it.
Some I know have gone bust, others seem to have been purely speculative registrations or “ideas” that never fully developed. In other cases it’s hard to know what happened
What are the legalities behind buying “used” .ie domains? If they have an rbn or company with the name “blahblah” would they not be more entitled to “blahblah.ie” than someone else? From a legal point of view would this be allowed? I’ve seen some cracking domains as of late becoming available.
Jason
If you are referring to the deleted list you would need to justify your registration as normal. The same would go for any IE domain where you may have reached an arrangement with the current owner.
However the RBN (registered business name) does not have to be exactly the same as the IE domain you wish to register. If you have a registered business and can justify the registration of a domain then the IEDR should allow you to register it. The main issue is in providing the justification.
Is that clear enough?