How do I purchase a domain name from someone else and transfer
registration to my name?

Even though I have not ?yet? transferred a domain name myself.

If this was a domain name not for sale but you want that specific
domain then I would:

1. You might want to read ICANN?s (Internet Corporation For Assigned
Names and Numbers) policy on transferring domain names between domain
registrars. That would be located here:
http://www.icann.org/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm.

2. First find the contact email look around on the current web page if
you cannot find it look it up in the whois directory. If you still
cannot find it send an email to webmaster@the-domain-name-you-want.com
or .org, .biz or whatever it is. Most domains that are setup will have
an email server that redirects all miscellaneous mail to a catchall
account. You should be able to get in contact with them that way. In
your email to them you can either ask them for a price they?d be
willing to sell at or offer a price. I?d offer a price and start very
low depending on how big of a domain name it is.

3. Once you have the price settled I would do the transfer threw a
trusted company such as tdnam.com. If the domain name you want is
already hosted with godaddy.com the owner can for free threw tdnam.com
list a buy it not price and tell you where to go to purchase it.
Different company?s have different rules/costs/ect? so make sure to
check them out before you do anything.

And it should be pretty simple step by step follow the instructions
from there on out. I hope that helps!


Ryan

p.s. You might want to cross your fingers that the domain name owner
knows what he's doing to. *mine are crossed for you*