遇到這種情形該怎麼辦？

[alextung]

註冊過期網域名稱，遇到這樣的情形：

Hello Alex. I am the former webmaster of xxxxxxxx.org and we
unfortunately were not able to renew it. xxxxxxxx is a nonprofit
organization devoted to helping the siblings of disabled xxxxxxx and
the agencies that support them. We cannot afford to bid through
Sedo.com and pay the brokerage fee. Is there any way we can purchase
the domain back from you?

Thank you very much,
xxxxxxxx.org

看他們之前的紀錄也覺得他們是非營利的機構，
但又不想免費還給他們(起碼要給我註冊費吧~~)
各位覺得如何處理？

[無法無天]

你怎麼知道他就一定是 之前的站長?

[1paper]

他應該是說，他們不能從sedo.com買回、付仲介費。問你有無其他方法向你買回。

撤掉後，自行和他們交易就好啦！

多少錢的問題？
雖然，信看起來他們好像付不起太多，但自行和他們交易應該也可以出點價呀！
合理價是多少就自行判斷了！

[哈啦]

站在domainer立場，通常對這種信都是一笑置之。假設這個網名真的很重要而且有運作，那在從網名過期到被刪除之前將近二個月的時間他們在幹嘛？這段期間內網站一定無法運作，他們都沒人發現嗎？不然就表示當時該網站已是停擺狀態，或者該網名其實只是redirect到另一個網站而已。從任何角度來看，都表示有無該網名對他們其實已不是那麼重要了。
當然以上是以網名投資者角度來看。
當然用其他角度的觀點來看就另當別論。

[alextung]

說的都有理，我只好回信跟他說，
請證明你真的是前任webmaster(雖然我也不知道是真是假)；然後問他們想出多少錢買？

最後再提醒他們，sedo的fee是賣方付錢的，
因為他們用了"brokerage fee"這個字眼，
我只好猜測大概他們以為看到sedo就要出動sedo的broker來買吧

其實是，
若"真"的是非營利的網站，會想說就便宜的還給"原主人"，
希望他們下次就別在發生這種鳥事了。

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看來這傢伙有可能真的以為一定要用sedo的broker來買，

Hi Alex,
Yes, I am really the webmaster. What would you like to see for me to prove it?

I would rather hear what you are interested in getting for it, so I
can present the proposal to the coordinator. I am the webmaster but I
do not control the money.

I realize the sedo fee is paid by the seller. From the looks of it, I
pay 50 EUR for a 'broker' then I make a bid of a minimum of 60 EUR, 50
of which you pay back to them. Doesn't that seem a bit wasteful?

看來玩網名的在世界上也還只是少數民族。