I've always preferred the personal touch. Find the whois info, and hopefully there'll be contact info in there. Failing that, go to the website (assuming there

I've always preferred the personal touch. Find the whois info, and hopefully there'll be contact info in there. Failing that, go to the website (assuming there's one on it), and see if there's contact details on it somewhere. If that still doesn't work, Sedo are fairly good at ferreting out information. I'd always try to make the actual buyout overtures myself, as you get a better feel for the person that way, and you never know when the connection might come in useful in the future. I'll try and get a mate of mine who's a domainer to respond to this with his thoughts.