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Getting frustrated with buying my last name

Posted December 22nd, 2005 by Jeremy Schoemaker

UPDATE:

Thanks to all who have helped. I have contacted the owner and we are in negotiations ;)

Again thanks!!

So I have wanted to own schoemaker.com for a long time. The domain whois shows:

Domain Name: SCHOEMAKER.COM
Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.register.com
Status: ACTIVE
Contacts:
No match for schoemaker.com.

I have used brokers and other resources to offer as much as $1,000 for the domain. I have received no response. If anyone can speak German and can find a contact address on that page I would appreciate it. If the domain is not for sale that is cool but I don’t want to miss owning my last name dot com.

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17 comments. What say you?

  1. Good Comment?
    Neon
    October 24, 2007 at 2:12 pm

    From what i see at schoemaker.com, that guy is just a normal user (not domainer). he is asking high price just because he didnt want to sell it, for personal use, but there could be chance that you eventually able to moved him.
    If he is a domainer, there is little chance you can get the domain without huge price tag… as most likely a domainer will know who shoemoney is :D
    When sedo trying to acquire Sedo.com domain, it is worse. Anyway your case is different.

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  2. Good Comment?
    Nick Sullivan
    September 13, 2007 at 5:14 pm

    My surname is too popular, I couldn’t really care less about owning a domain with my surname in though.

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    Ken Savage
    April 6, 2007 at 9:33 pm

    I want to own Savage,com but that’s never going to happen. A real company owns it.

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  4. Good Comment?
    hacker
    January 20, 2006 at 10:56 pm

    I just like spam! I’m collocting junk email…

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  5. Good Comment?
    execute
    December 23, 2005 at 2:40 pm

    Hoho!! MAybe he’ll introduce you to some dutch girls! :D

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  6. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney
    December 23, 2005 at 12:46 pm

    Its actually possible in which case I would be happy to give him a cname or a record after purchase ;)

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  7. Good Comment?
    execute
    December 23, 2005 at 12:45 pm

    So maybe you guys are relatives? :D

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  8. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney
    December 23, 2005 at 10:15 am

    Thanks to all who have helped. I have contacted the owner and we are in negotiations ;)

    Again thanks!!

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  9. Good Comment?
    Julian
    December 23, 2005 at 9:59 am

    It is definetely not German!!

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  10. Good Comment?
    Jammer
    December 22, 2005 at 2:38 pm

    FF without referrer header doesn’t seem to work…

    It’s Dutch, xxxxxx Schoemaker and I guess he lives in Apeldoorn. Probably works for a company named ASWeb (also check web.archive.org) his mail is xxxxx@xxxx.nl But since it’s his family name I don’t think he will sell.

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  11. Good Comment?
    Mike
    December 22, 2005 at 12:37 pm

    Jeremy, if you need someone who speaks German, you should know who to call first :)

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  12. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney
    December 22, 2005 at 11:42 am

    heh… guy submited info on who owns the domain but asked that I not disclose so I just deleted and said thanks ;)

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  13. Good Comment?
    Chris Andrews
    December 22, 2005 at 11:36 am

    eh?

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    John
    December 22, 2005 at 11:08 am

    Registrant: Make this info private

    thanks

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  15. Good Comment?
    Chris Andrews
    December 22, 2005 at 11:03 am

    I’m guessing it’s Dutch, not German.

    But I can’t help, sorry.

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