Originally Posted by NaughtyVisions

I had a domain for years, that pretty much sat idle forever. A few years ago, I developed it a bit and started using it to promote affiliate stuff. I will admit that I did it very half assed....didn't update it regularly, and only really updated it for a few months before it went to the back burner.

I inadvertantly let the domain expire. A few months later, I went to register it again, and I got the message that it was a "premium" domain that I could purchase for $299/yr. I pretty much said fuck that and registered the .net (which, funny enough, I haven't done anything with either...lol). The only thing I have ever known to be done to the domain, was the little bit that I did when pushing affiliate stuff.

Since I registered the .net, I started getting emails that the original .com was going to be purchased by xx company, and they wanted to know if I was interested in it. I wrote back and told them I wouldn't pay more than the standard $10 that I would pay to register any other new domain. Never received a direct reply, but did keep getting emails asking if I was interested in purchasing this "premium" domain from them.

So, I clicked the $1.99 GoDaddy link in that other thread...typed in my original .com, and sure enough, it's available for $9.99! So I used the coupon and just got it back for $2.17 (actually I went 2 years for about $10 bucks, but whatever...lol).

So since I was able to just wait it out to get the domain back at a normal price, I'm just kind of wondering what pushed it to be a "premium" domain at a higher price?