MorphZone.org Domain Name
  • ASiegel
    Posts: 1369 from 2003/2/15
    From: Central Europe
    Hello everyone, the original registered owners have released the morphzone.org domain name. It should become available for registration some time within the next two weeks.

    While there are no plans to move MorphZone away from "morph.zone", despite the higher annual costs, if any of you have an emotional attachment to the morphzone.org domain and would prefer to keep it away from spammers, you are about to have a chance to get it for yourself.
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  • Jim
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    Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
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    morphzone.org is listed as not available in my searches.
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  • »15.02.17 - 16:55
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  • ASiegel
    Posts: 1369 from 2003/2/15
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    Quick update in case anybody is interested: The domain is being offered for auction by Godaddy until March 5. The minimum bid is 12,00 USD / 11,99 EUR.
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    pampers
    Posts: 1061 from 2009/2/26
    From: Tczew, Poland
    Quote:

    ASiegel wrote:
    Quick update in case anybody is interested: The domain is being offered for auction by Godaddy until March 5. The minimum bid is 12,00 USD / 11,99 EUR.


    Why don't you get it and make a redirection to morph.zone?
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  • ASiegel
    Posts: 1369 from 2003/2/15
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    @ pampers

    I have insufficient personal interest in retaining the old domain name to pay for it.

    I opened this discussion thread merely for the sake of transparency. In the unlikely case that anybody feels differently about it than I do, they now have an opportunity to step in.

    (For the record, the MorphZone.info domain will not be renewed either. Due to the much shorter time of use, I sincerely doubt anybody will care about this one though.)
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    takemehomegrandma
    Posts: 2720 from 2003/2/24
    I wanted to contribute so I placed a bid (with the intention to also pay for keeping the domain alive in the future), because I think it would be a point in keeping various old links working pointing here from who knows what sites. It seems someone has placed a limit higher than my bid though. I don't feel too keen in engaging a bidding race (who knows where it would end?) over a domain name that has really lost its meaning in practice, so...

    :-/
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  • »27.02.17 - 13:20
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  • ASiegel
    Posts: 1369 from 2003/2/15
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    @ takemehomegrandma

    Thanks for looking into it. No need for a bidding war, indeed.
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    amigadave
    Posts: 2793 from 2006/3/21
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    I can't fully describe how much I dislike (hate) people or organizations who buy url's just to sit on them hoping they can coerce people who are really interested in using that url to pay a much higher price to obtain it. If it were up to me, it would be illegal to sit on domain names, if you have no intention to use them, and are only sitting on them to extort money from people who actually want to use any particular url.

    I have a company name that I have used for the last 10+ years, but it is not something that really makes any money, but I suppose it could some time in the future, and various people or organizations have tied up the .com url for my company name, and constantly send me emails offering to sell the domain name to me. I usually ignore their emails, but occasionally, I send them the nastiest email I can come up with, just to voice my hatred for what they are doing.
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    asrael22
    Posts: 404 from 2014/6/11
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    amigadave wrote:
    I can't fully describe how much I dislike (hate) people or organizations who buy url's just to sit on them hoping they can coerce people who are really interested in using that url to pay a much higher price to obtain it. If it were up to me, it would be illegal to sit on domain names, if you have no intention to use them, and are only sitting on them to extort money from people who actually want to use any particular url.

    I have a company name that I have used for the last 10+ years, but it is not something that really makes any money, but I suppose it could some time in the future, and various people or organizations have tied up the .com url for my company name, and constantly send me emails offering to sell the domain name to me. I usually ignore their emails, but occasionally, I send them the nastiest email I can come up with, just to voice my hatred for what they are doing.




    I have to agree.
    Unfortunately domains is not the only thing this happens.

    Manfred
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    amigadave
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    Can someone tell me how I can find out who owns any certain domain name, when entering it redirects you to a different site? Is there a way to look up if the url is actually owned by the people trying to sell it? I don't know much about such things, but would like to keep an eye on the domain name I am interested in obtaining, to know when it is about to expire, and maybe get lucky enough to purchase it on the exact date and time when it expires.
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    Acill
    Posts: 1914 from 2003/10/19
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    Looks like Bill Buck owns morphzone.org if you do a whois on it now.
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    Acill wrote:
    Looks like Bill Buck owns morphzone.org if you do a whois on it now.


    Seems unlikely, why would Bill bother?
    But if you need a denial or confirmation you could always ask Andre to make an inquiry.
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    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12058 from 2003/5/22
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    > why would Bill bother?

    Wasn't he (or Genesi) also the previous owner?
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    Andreas_Wolf wrote:
    > why would Bill bother?

    Wasn't he (or Genesi) also the previous owner?


    That is why I suspect this listing still remains, but its really dated.
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  • »08.03.17 - 12:54
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    TheMagicM
    Posts: 1217 from 2003/6/17
    I'd rather Bill own it than some retard that wants to screw it up. Havent talked to him in a long long time.
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    bbrv
    Posts: 750 from 2003/2/14
    From: Earth
    Hi Folks. We hope you are all doing well.

    We let Andre know we would not be renewing the domain in case anyone wanted to grab it. As the site was moved and redirected to a new URL, we did not think we needed to continue to carry the cost of the old domain. We let it go.

    We have been in Washington D.C. now for three years. We moved out of the Weston Centre in San Antonio in late 2013. Feel free to stop by and say hello if you are in town.

    Best regards,
    Raquel and Bill
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