• gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    1 day ago

    Ah… I did not understand the auction link. I thought “expired” meant that the auction ended. I guess it describes the status of the domain.

    Thanks

    Edit: who tf downvoted me admitting my mistake and thanking for the clarification lol

    • walden@sub.wetshaving.socialEnglish
      2·
      23 hours ago

      Without saying who downvoted you (I can see who did because I’m an instance admin), I’m pretty sure that person is gunning for “person who downvotes the most on the fediverse”. They have a lot of hate in their soul.

      • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        22 hours ago

        Don’t get me wrong - I certainly earn most of the downvotes I get. That was just a weird one that caught me off-guard. It is as you say.

    • 1Fuji2Taka3Nasubi@lemmy.zipEnglish
      7·
      1 day ago

      You don’t actually “buy” domain names. You basically rent them from a registrar. “expired” meant someone forgot to pay rent / renew the lease so control of the name goes back to the registrar. They can just delete it after some grace period but domain names that has traffic going to them has value so they are usually put up for auction by the registrar nowadays, which is what you see here.