Domain price has changed after I showed interest

Hello community,

I am working on a project for which I need a very specific domain, which happens to be a premium domain. In the past few months, I have been searching the domain repeatedly on various sites that offer the domain for registration, in order to compare prices, but also to see if the price would change over time. I believe this was my first mistake.

I then decided to register the domain, but the company had difficulties registering it. In the end we cancelled the registration, because the price given by the Registry (around $5000) was much higher than initially offered.

I kept on looking and searching for the domain elsewhere, sometimes also just for fun to see if it was still available, and there I found it on a site that looked very promising and serious, for half the price the other company was asking. My biggest mistake was that I didn’t register it at that point.

Now, a few weeks later, me wanting to register the domain, I notice it’s not available anymore. I ask the company, they ask the Registry, and the price is now four times what it was before.

I’m not sure what to do now. I’ve searched for the domain on various sites, with different IP addresses (using Tor). And like I said I had tried to register it before. I suppose they can see all of that. I believe I am the only one looking for this domain. It was never registered yet, so I suppose there isn’t that much demand for it.

They probably think a lot of people are wanting to register it now, and raised the price. What would you suggest me to do? They asked if I am interested in the new price. I haven’t replied them yet. Should I say I’m interested in the old price and that’s it? That price was okay for me, a lot of money but I would pay it. It would be my limit however, anything above I’m not ready to pay because it’s not worth it.

Thanks for reading and I’m looking forward to your suggestions!

Best regards,
Max Zimmer aka petboob

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