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Do a whois query and email the owner directly. For low amount offers going through a broker is definitely the wrong approach in my opinion. GoDaddy has a free

Do a whois query and email the owner directly. For low amount offers going through a broker is definitely the wrong approach in my opinion. GoDaddy has a free monitoring service [1] where you add the domain(s) you are interested in and it will email you each time that domain WHOIS data is updated. This is very useful to get notified when a domain name is about to expire and then get deleted (redemptionPeriod, pendingDelete). Over a 5+ year time period, quite a few domain names I was monitoring were eventually dropped by their previous owners. These weren't highly sought after, but your local insignificant city .com, some rather unique first/last name...these type of domain names. [1] https://www.godaddy.com/help/setting-up-domain-monitoring-579 https://www.godaddy.com/help/setting-up-domain-monitoring-57... (not affiliated with GoDaddy; not even using them as a registrar, but this tool proved useful for me)

Ligrev 6y ago
GoDaddy have been caught doing some dodgy things in the past. Like taking your money for brokerage and not doing any work afterwards. Or registering domains and parking them if lot of people search for them e.g. via who is or the registration form. Hopefully they've turned it around and actually working on useful services nowadays...
sfkdjf9j3j 6y ago
Most data in WHOIS is a dead end. Try looking up a few sites, apparently everyone lives in Panama now.
- lgierth 6y ago
  Gandi at least actually forwards these emails, I tested it with my own domains recently. But generally you're probably right...
eslaught 6y ago
> GoDaddy has a free monitoring service [1] ... Does anyone other than GoDaddy have such a service? I would use this, but wouldn't trust GoDaddy not to steal the domain out from under me and then try to extort me for money. (Or just be obnoxious and try to advertise to me left and right.)
- ValentineC 6y ago
  > Does anyone other than GoDaddy have such a service? I've been using DomainTools's monitoring service [1] for years. I wouldn't trust GoDaddy with anything domain-related either. [1] https://research.domaintools.com/monitor/domain-monitor/ https://research.domaintools.com/monitor/domain-monitor/

Ligrev 6y ago

GoDaddy have been caught doing some dodgy things in the past. Like taking your money for brokerage and not doing any work afterwards. Or registering domains and parking them if lot of people search for them e.g. via who is or the registration form. Hopefully they've turned it around and actually working on useful services nowadays...

sfkdjf9j3j 6y ago

Most data in WHOIS is a dead end. Try looking up a few sites, apparently everyone lives in Panama now.

lgierth 6y ago
Gandi at least actually forwards these emails, I tested it with my own domains recently. But generally you're probably right...

eslaught 6y ago

> GoDaddy has a free monitoring service [1] ... Does anyone other than GoDaddy have such a service? I would use this, but wouldn't trust GoDaddy not to steal the domain out from under me and then try to extort me for money. (Or just be obnoxious and try to advertise to me left and right.)

ValentineC 6y ago
> Does anyone other than GoDaddy have such a service? I've been using DomainTools's monitoring service [1] for years. I wouldn't trust GoDaddy with anything domain-related either. [1] https://research.domaintools.com/monitor/domain-monitor/ https://research.domaintools.com/monitor/domain-monitor/