As a person who has sold and bought domains: 1. Do a Sedo.com search and see if it is listed there. 2. Search on Godaddy.com and Name.com and see if the domai

As a person who has sold and bought domains: 1. Do a Sedo.com search and see if it is listed there. 2. Search on Godaddy.com and Name.com and see if the domain is offered for a lower price. 3. If 1 and 2 didn't yield any results, monitor the domain using the many services available. If it drops, you will get notified. Expensive domains do get dropped once in a while, due to various reasons. 4. As throwaway158497 suggested below, offer a much lower price, if you can withstand the potential consequences. >How would you go about it? Think of a clever short .com and hand register it for less than $20. Or, if there is a second choice domain available for a lower price, buy that. Keep the rest of the money with you.