You have done much research about starting a website & also thought about the domain you want to register but when you search the name you thought on the registrar’s website, you found that the domain name is taken. What will you do at that time when you found this.
Well firstly, you can think about various alternatives to getting different domain names. As there are many creative ways to think about a domain name for your website but you can try to buy a domain that is already registered.
BUT HOW?
Well, there is a process to buy a domain that is already registered and in this write-up, we will know the process of registering a domain that is owned by someone else.
What To Do?
Visit the website whose domain do you need
Firstly, check the website whose domain you want to buy. You have to check whether it is active or not because there are many who have just bought a domain & not using it as they are looking for a buyer to buy their domain. Also, there might be a chance that someone bought the domain & not using it as their project gets on hold.
Well, you can give it a try & ask the user to buy that domain for your website by contacting the website owner.
- Find The Domain Owner: For contacting the website owner, you are required to find the owner of the website so that you can deal with your domain. For this, you can visit “Whois.com” to get the details of the website owner by entering the domain URL of the website. This website offers you information about the domain such as:
- Date of Registration
- Who has registered the domain
- Contact details of the owner
Now talking about the reality, many owners keep this information private on the “Whois” You actually can’t able to find complete information through this. The other option is getting contact information from the website contact page itself. But chances are nil of getting contact details from the website owner as the site is not live.
- Get in touch with Domain Broker: Keeping a domain broker between you & your domain owner is actually a great way to get ahead. You have to set the budget that you want to pay to the domain owner for owing the domain for itself. Firstly set the pricing you want to offer for buying a domain & take the deal ahead.
You need to negotiate your pricing with the domain owner as it is not sure that he will be ready for the pricing you offer. Your domain broker will also help you in this.
