Buying a domain name

puter hater · 06-Oct-2005, 07:19 PM #1

The owners of the domain name newlifechristianschool.com are accepting offers from interested parties willing to obtain ownership rights over the domain name. You can place your offer by filling out the form below.
This is a good faith offer. If you believe that your rights are violated please read the disclaimer

I was wondering what ownership rights mean? What it means to the company or person buying the name?. Do you still register it every year? The school my son goes to is named above and they are interested in buying the name but they are a bit weary because they and I do not understand the process.
puter hater

Squashman · 06-Oct-2005, 07:44 PM #2

They are basically offering to transfer ownership of the domain name to anyone who wishes to pay them. You still have to keep the registration up. You can usually pay a few years in advanced.

This is available
NEWLIFECHRISTIANSCHOOL.US

You might also check into getting an .edu domain since it is a school. I am not sure who handles those.

Squashman · 06-Oct-2005, 07:52 PM #3

Here it is.
http://www.educause.edu/edudomain/
NEWLIFECHRISTIANSCHOOL.EDU is available to request!

brendandonhu · 06-Oct-2005, 09:14 PM #4

It means the name is already registered and they'll probably quote you a ridiculous price for it.

puter hater · 07-Oct-2005, 01:15 AM #5

According to the site an offer of $600.00 might do it. That is not to bad that is if u really want the name.
HMMMMM edu. now I wonder. Its a school. But what do u think,would it be harder to fine being .edu instead of .com?

Squashman · 10-Oct-2005, 11:50 AM #6

$600 is outrageous. I pay roughly about $9 for my domain names. I would go for the .edu if I were you or the .US

**TechGuy** · 10-Oct-2005, 12:47 PM #7

I believe you need to meet some pretty tough standards to get an .EDU, but maybe that's not a problem for you.

$600 is a bargain if it's the name you want -- I've spent a lot more for names that I really wanted (www.techguy.com most recently). A lot of companies just buy up .com names as fast as they expire in hopes of selling them for thousands -- and, given enough time, they usually do.

Squashman · 10-Oct-2005, 01:02 PM #8

Too me, the whole system seems like Blackmail and extorsion! They really need to crack down on this crap.

**AcaCandy** · 10-Oct-2005, 01:10 PM #9

Possession is 9/10ths of the law

I have one that I know a group wants, they email me every few months, and I keep telling them to make me an offer. I'm not going to get rich quick on it, but I'm definitely going to recoup my registration fees since 1999, and then some

Oh, and since Mike hosts it for free, I'll probably owe him something too

I'll make a donation to the site

puter hater · 10-Oct-2005, 01:33 PM **#10**

I think $600. is a bargain to. Its a popular name. But she is a small school so all I can do is advise to buy it. Most likely in the future she may be able to let go of it for some extra ducats.

Blackmail is a great word but I BELIEVE they think "FREE ENTERPRISE."

Squashman · 10-Oct-2005, 01:35 PM **#11**

I live in Wisconsin and most of the schools here either use the .US or .EDU. I don't see a problem with using either of them especially if you are a small school that doesn't have alot of money.

jiml8 · 10-Oct-2005, 08:27 PM **#12**

Quote:

Originally Posted by puter hater

I think $600. is a bargain to. Its a popular name. But she is a small school so all I can do is advise to buy it. Most likely in the future she may be able to let go of it for some extra ducats.

Blackmail is a great word but I BELIEVE they think "FREE ENTERPRISE."

Is New-Life-Christian-School.edu available?
How about NewLife-Christian-School.edu?
or NewLifeChristian-School.edu
or New-LifeChristianSchool.edu
or New_Life_Christian_School.edu
or - well, you get the idea.

brendandonhu · 10-Oct-2005, 09:30 PM **#13**

The .edu is available, its the .com that's taken

puter hater · 10-Oct-2005, 09:54 PM **#14**

I was going to contact who ever regarding .edu tomorrow. Today was a holiday so I was holiday-ing it

I didn't see what the rules were regarding .edu on the site. I may have missied it.

Squashman · 11-Oct-2005, 01:57 AM **#15**

Quote:

Originally Posted by puter hater

I was going to contact who ever regarding .edu tomorrow. Today was a holiday so I was holiday-ing it

I didn't see what the rules were regarding .edu on the site. I may have missied it.

You can start the whole process online. Just follow the instructions on the website.

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