To anyone naming their company and moving on when the Whois comes back as registered -- if you're really like the name, you should follow up with whoever owns i

To anyone naming their company and moving on when the Whois comes back as registered -- if you're really like the name, you should follow up with whoever owns it! I was recently trying to come up with names for a website / app I've been working on and wanted to finalize a name. The couple of ideas I had were already registered, including the name I really wanted. I ended up sending out emails to the contact on record for the domains I was interested in and ended up buying the exact name I wanted for around $100, which was far less than I was expecting them to settle for. The name had been registered for 13 years and nobody who owned it ever did anything with it.