Quake3World

Anyone here ever bought a domain from a private owner? I have a domain I'm after for my cousin's business, and the owner of the domain seems agreeable to transferring it to me.. but how does one pay for these things in a manner that guarantees transfer? Are there middlemen which can be used?

think you can do this through networksolutions or whoever the domainregistrar is over there

is it a .com or a .co.uk?

nominet sorted out a .co.uk transfer for me a couple of months back (cost nothing and went through fine, but went on their books in case of any grief), internic might offer a similar service.

edit, btw it can get damn expensive if you do get into a dispute so keep the current owner sweet if you can.

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Don't all registrars offer a transfer feature? I recall it's easier for the seller to initiate the process. I have transferred domains to and from GoDaddy accounts without issues.

http://help.godaddy.com/article/3560

Also, the seller could stop the auto-renew of the domain, and you simply pick it up when available....Team effort, but it works.

depending on the registrar, you might have to contact support and ask them directly for a domain transfer code. My peeps work that way.... couldn't find an option for it anywhere in the back end.