Legalnonconforming
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Something I’ve wondered about for a while.
When a domainer dies, what actually happens at the registrar level?
Do registrars ever see whole accounts just sit there, expire out, and get dropped because nobody knew what was in them or how to access them? Or is that rare?
What does the estate process usually look like in the real world? Is it a pile of paperwork and death certificates, then transfer to the estate/executor, or do most registrars have no real streamlined process for this?
And do heirs ever come looking for the valuable names, or do a lot of good domains just quietly die with the owner because the family has no idea what they had?
Curious whether anyone here has seen this firsthand, either as a registrar, investor, executor, or someone helping sort out an estate.
There has to be a surprising number of strong names that were lost this way.
When a domainer dies, what actually happens at the registrar level?
Do registrars ever see whole accounts just sit there, expire out, and get dropped because nobody knew what was in them or how to access them? Or is that rare?
What does the estate process usually look like in the real world? Is it a pile of paperwork and death certificates, then transfer to the estate/executor, or do most registrars have no real streamlined process for this?
And do heirs ever come looking for the valuable names, or do a lot of good domains just quietly die with the owner because the family has no idea what they had?
Curious whether anyone here has seen this firsthand, either as a registrar, investor, executor, or someone helping sort out an estate.
There has to be a surprising number of strong names that were lost this way.
