1. Information sheet:
Domain Name
Grabbing - how to
acquire your ideal
domain name
Room101
Call Richard Fincher now 0845 0036 101 internet services
What’s in a name? This is where Room101’s “Domain Name Grabbing” service can
give you a fighting chance of getting your perfect domain
Domain names are a crucial part of name. We have developed a technique for continually
your online identity - they should be monitoring the registration status of a “wish list” of domain
memorable, easy to type and hard to names, which our clients have expressed interest in. This is not
mis-spell. When it comes to choosing a as easy as it sounds, because if not done correctly, it is possible
domain name, the two types which to be blocked for abusing the online look-up facilities. When a
matter are “.com” and “.co.uk” - so why domain name drops off the register, we attempt to re-register it
do so many companies end up with for you immediately.
lacklustre domain names such as “.net’ or “.biz” or with hyphens,
numbers, or other confusing addditions? It’s usually because Great, so that’s simple and foolproof, right?
the domain name they really wanted was already registered by
another party, and therefore they assumed that it was beyond Not quite. Most domain names will have several different
their reach. companies going for them simultaneously, sometimes just to
garner more search engine traffic (these companies won’t care
How can I get a domain name if it’s already registered? what the domain is, just how well listed on Google it was).
Domain names are not in fact owned by the companies which When creating our Domain Name
registered them, they are registered for a fixed number of years, Grabbing service, we felt it made sense to
usually two. This means that it is up to the current registrant to offer it on a NO WIN, NO FEE basis. This
place a renewal order for a domain name when it comes up for is because there is no guarantee of
renewal. It is by no means certain that a domain name will be success. There is a random element
renewed. The company may have no further need for that introduced into the drop-off time, in order
domain name, they may have gone bust, or perhaps the email to preserve an element of fairness, so
address they put down when registering it years ago, is no no-one can predict exactly when the
longer valid and so their renewal reminder wasn’t received. expired domain name will drop off
OK, but how does this help me? Sometimes, a company will grab a dropped-off domain name
in order to see how much extra traffic is generated by it. If
they’re disappointed, they sometimes cancel the registration
Domain names which are not renewed, are deleted from the
within a few days. This is called “domain tasting”. So even if we
global register. Once this has happened, they can be registered
miss it the first time, we may still succeed in getting it for you at
again from scratch by anyone else, in just the same way as a
a later date.
fresh one. One difference is, if there were search engine listings
pointing at this domain name, these will now point to your web
site instead of the old company’s web site. OK so, how do I get started?
O K, so I just need to check it eve ry day, right? Just email us your wishlist of domain names. We will then set
them up on our checkers, and notify you if it drops off and we
Substitute “every minute”for “eve ry day”, and that’s about right. succeed in re-registering it for you. You can cancel the order for
Th e re is now a highly competitive market in pre-owned domain a particular domain name at any time provided that it has not
names. A recent estimate indicated that approximately 20,000 already dropped off and been re-registered by us for you. If we
domain names are dropping off the register every day! Most of succeed in grabbing the domain name for you, we invoice our
these are re-registered by someone else only a few minutes later. fee which is £75 + VAT. This includes two years of registration,
and the checker fee.
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