The routes.
BUY IT NOW
A fixed price. You pay and the name is yours, subject to transfer.
Fastest and most certain.
AUCTION
Competitive bidding until a closing time.
You may win at less than a fixed price, or lose.
MAKE AN OFFER
You propose a price. The seller accepts, declines, or counters.
Suits names with no stated price, or where the stated price is beyond you.
EXPIRED AUCTIONS
Names whose registration is ending, offered before they are released.
LAST CHANCE AND CLOSEOUT
Later stages of the expiry process, frequently at lower prices.
BACKORDER
A request to acquire a name if it becomes available.
No guarantee, and it puts you in position.
BUNDLES
Several names sold together as one lot.
WHICH TO USE
Buy it now, if the price suits and you want certainty Offers, if it does not Auctions, if you are prepared to compete Backorders, for names not currently available
