Hi guys,
Missed this post yesterday. There was no hiccup actually - our client who owned those domains, paid for the email just like anybody else. When he booked it in (it's quite popular so there can sometimes be a few month's wait to get a spot) he obviously owned them and then, either deliberately or by accident, has let them expire prior to the email going out.
We don't generally verify domain registrant details prior to sending and make it very clear that it's the sellers responsibility to get things right when listing/buying premium options and the buyers responsibility to exercise due dilligence when making offers etc.
Nevertheless, we recognise it's not ideal and I guess we should look at taking steps to make sure it doesn't happen again. Although saying that I'd imagine this sort of thing would be pretty rare.
It does highlight a broader issue though (one that Sedo and other marketplaces have wrestled with for years) - that of expired domains still listed on Netfleet. We're going to escalate a purge in the next day or so and do another clearout (which we do periodically of course).
We'll also advertise the expired domains for our members too, together with metrics so that you can perhaps score a few decent hand regs.
Last time we did that (here -
http://www.netfleet.com.au/index.php?a=expired) about 60 domains were snapped up which is great!
It also highlights the opportunities to jump in and make offers on domains. For example above there are some great domains. Maybe you wouldn't pay the asking prices but IF the previous owner did indeed deliberately let them expire, surely he would have taken an offer of a few hundred? Too late now of course but sometimes it can pay to show interest early just in case...
Anyway thanks for the heads-up guys. I'll let you know when we have that list of available to reg domains ready.
Oh and baconfarmer, appreciate the 'Reason for editing'
