Web World Of Insanity
The world has come to a funny point wherein some people will try to sell you anything. Literally anything. Even those things that you already own. Yes, i know it’s funny, but a recent incident from a premium domain name seller certainly proves my point.
It so happened that a so-called premium domain seller company recently sent me a mail regarding a domain “negar-khan.com”. At first my impression was, well that’s a nice domain, but two seconds later, i was shocked and realized that i am the actual owner of this domain, anyways. The domain is for an actress and a model called Negar Khan. I guess she needs a little introduction as she is pretty famous already, because of her film career, television appearances, modeling and modeling incidents. Anyways, the point is how can this domain company list my domain for sale, without any rights or without any kinda ownership. I am still wondering how will they go ahead with the transaction if someone actually does buy the domain from their website.
I ain’t pointing fingers at this hour. Maybe it’s a mistake, maybe they previously held the domain and somehow forgot renewing it, or maybe it could really be a scam. I really don’t know. I guess i really had to inform you all about this incident, maybe because if it wasn’t for this domain and if had been a mailed about some other domain like abcd.com, then i could have fallen for such thing. I could have paid the domain seller an amount of $200 as mentioned on the site. And really got nothing. So in true sense, a heads up for all of you who deal in domains market.
I stick the point again that i ain’t blaming this company as on now, until i know the facts clearly. But thinking about it, first of all this company sends me emails without my consent. I never asked for offers or signed in for any such promotions. So basically they are using my email address without my consent. Secondly they are offering my domain for sale without ownership and again without my consent. You know what, i think i am going to sue this company now. What do you say?
Just in case if i am asked for proof in the future if such thing actually happened, well here are some screenshots to hold my story:
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As for tips, i guess it’s best to check who is records for the domain from DomainTools. Any suspicion or irregularities in the data is worth inquiring about. And it would be pretty cool if you do not buy a domain just for pagerank. Remember my words “Pagerank: Here today, Gone tomorrow”. I don’t know why i am mentioning Google pagerank here, but i guess i just had to bring it up someway or the other. 🙂
Yes, you should sue the pants of these guys. I too do not see the connection between the post and PR, but why not?
Nicole, i have actually seen many people selling useless domains for high prices just based on Pagerank. Once someone buys the domain on that price, there are 99% chances that the domain will lose it’s PR in the very next update. So, i mentioned about domain buying tip about PR.
Yes i know what you mean. Something similar was happeninig to me also, although i was the owner of a domein they wanted to sell it to, and by selling ithey said i will become now a full control user (whatever that mean). Anyway i pass this issue, because i didnt reply to the mail and it seems they left me alone.
This is rather creepy that someone would try and sell you your own licensed property.
Was it up for renewal?
Do you have Whois privacy on it?
I used to get weird renewal things in the mail until I put privacy on my domains.
Nunta, i have had those type of emails as well. However this case is somewhat different in few regards. They are not only offering the domain to me but to anyone who is little interested in it. It’s available for sale on their site.
Edie, I used to have the .info tld of this domain. Couple of months back i got the .com by normal registration through GoDaddy. I do not have the WhoIs privacy on it. And again, as this domain is available for sale on a website by these guys, the whois protection does not come into play!