So basically, the URL that would make most sense for my band to use would be http://www.thegoodage.com - it's already taken by GoDaddy, though. A whois search provided this info:
Domain Name: THEGOODAGE.COM
Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
Name Server: NS03.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server: NS04.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientRenewProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 31-may-2010
Creation Date: 30-may-2009
Expiration Date: 30-may-2011
The creation date is right around when our MySpace/Facebook started getting more activity, so I'm pretty positive it's a cybersquatter type case with them having purposefully bought the domain with the intent to charge us a shit ton for it after we decide we want it.
I've done a bit of searching online and have found some things about laws regarding cybersquatting, trademarking a name and getting a site back through those channels, and just buying it outright from GoDaddy, but everything seems to take legal fees/lawsuit filings or paying out the ass for the domain.
Has anyone dealt with this sort of thing, successfully or not? Really curious to see just how much work/money it would take to get that domain registered to us.
Domain Name: THEGOODAGE.COM
Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
Name Server: NS03.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server: NS04.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientRenewProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 31-may-2010
Creation Date: 30-may-2009
Expiration Date: 30-may-2011
The creation date is right around when our MySpace/Facebook started getting more activity, so I'm pretty positive it's a cybersquatter type case with them having purposefully bought the domain with the intent to charge us a shit ton for it after we decide we want it.
I've done a bit of searching online and have found some things about laws regarding cybersquatting, trademarking a name and getting a site back through those channels, and just buying it outright from GoDaddy, but everything seems to take legal fees/lawsuit filings or paying out the ass for the domain.
Has anyone dealt with this sort of thing, successfully or not? Really curious to see just how much work/money it would take to get that domain registered to us.