How To Backorder A Domain Name at Godaddy
So you found a domain name that someone else already owns.
Maybe it is getting ready to expire or maybe it still has a year left on it.
Did you know that you can place a BACKORDERon the domain name in the event that the current owner fails to renew it? If the domain drops back to the public, then let our system try to capture if for you. So rather that you having to sit at your computer day after day and waiting for it to become available, place a domain BACKORDER on it.
Keep in mind it is an attempt only as the owner may continue to renew it or other people at other registrars may also have a backorder on the same domain.
The great thing about backorders is they never expire and you never have to renew them. They just keep working for you waiting for the domain to become available.
If you feel that the domain is never going to become available because the current owner keeps renewing it, then just login to your backorder admin area and swap out the name for another domain name you want that is coming up for renewal. Godaddy’s system will attempt to capture that one instead.
If you win the backorder, then it also pays for the first year of the domain name too.