An expired domain name corresponds to the situation where a domain name has fallen into the public domain and therefore become available again for registration by a new owner. (This may be due either to correspond to an omission from the previous owner. We remember well that about five years ago a teenager was renewed Hotmail.com the field instead of Microsoft, which had completely forgotten to do so!) .

Although it is still possible to "seize on" domain names expire when they become available, competition around the most interesting names makes the manual method more and more random.

A mini-industry has arisen around the possibility of capture ("grabbing") expiring domain names. And if none of the solutions we offer below you will not be sufficient to itself, a combination of these tactics can help you score some points against tough competition.

The largest company in this new business of acquiring expired domain name, and perhaps the best known, is SnapNames.com. For $ 69, they provide their customers with what they call a "SnapBack" the domain name of their choice. SnapNames will attempt to register domain names SnapBack monitored by the second when the field will fall into the public domain. To increase their chances of success, they have forged many partnerships with a large number of "registrars", big and small. If ever an entire year without a SnapBack is used, it will expire and you must renew it (and buy a SnapBack!).

Another business model is used by NameWinner.com. NameWinner operates in a mode of auction and only charges when a transaction, ie a domain name was actually bought.

After registering on the site NameWinner, choose the field or fields that you want them to monitor, and the price you are willing to offer to get their hands on these areas (all bids start at $ 25 ). It is worth noting that only available domain names already expired. It is therefore to be quick so you do not end up last on the waiting list for a name (By contrast, SnapNames.com allows you to place snapback speculative names that have not expired) . As with most auction mechanisms, NameWinner allows you to specify an initial offer and a "final" offer, it will only be used if others decide to also claim the coveted domain name.

One of the latest sites working on the recovery sector of domain names is ExpireFish.com, which still operates according to another method. ExpireFish.com works in conjunction with RegisterFly.com, a registrar with whom they will have to open an account supplied with money in order to trigger the mechanism of acquisition when the domain name becomes available.

Apparently, this is the most flexible system to monitor a large number of areas, although its success rate appears lower than previously or NameWinner SnapNames. If ExpireFish successfully obtains a domain name that he was watching on your behalf, the domain is transferred to your account RegisterFly, which is deducted from the amount corresponding to the record.

Combining the three services mentioned above is the best way to "seize on" a domain name expired. In addition, NameWinner ExpireFish and charging only success, only the use of SnapBack cost you money.