[skdotdan]

Not exactly what you are asking, but I found a great name/brand that sounds like if it had to be the name of a big corporation. Strangely enough, the .com is registered but not used, and there are no companies using that name.

I tried to contact the owner, but I can't because of Whois privacy.

[cryptarch]

You can!

The anonimized email address must work by ICANN rules, so if it isn't there or working you can report the domain for faulty/incomplete whois data. I suppose reporting to the registrar first would be courteous, or you can go to ICANN directly:

https://forms.icann.org/en/resources/compliance/complaints/w...

"If the registrant knowingly provides inaccurate information, fails to update information within seven days of any change, or does not respond within 15 days to an inquiry about accuracy, the domain name may be suspended or cancelled."

https://whois.icann.org/en/primer#field-section-3

[skdotdan]

I just tried to send an email to the "Registrant Mail" and...

* ATTENTION *

This email is being returned to you because the remote server would not or could not accept the message. The registeredsite servers are just reporting to you what happened and are not the source of the problem.

The address which was undeliverable is in the section labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----".

The reason your mail is being returned to you is in the section labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----".

This section describes the specific reason your e-mail could not be delivered.

Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail administrator.

[geofft]

Registrants are required to have a working contact address and reply to, at least, communications from their own registrar in a timely fashion. They don't have to reply to everyone from the general public, but if you got a bounce, that's a good sign the email address is legit dead.

You can file a complaint at

https://forms.icann.org/en/resources/compliance/complaints/w...

and ICANN will follow up with the registrar, who will follow up with the registrant or cancel the registration. I'm pretty sure this is exactly the intended use: a domain squatter can't register a name and disappear completely.

[skdotdan]

I didn't know that! Thank you very much. I'm going to try to get in touch.

[overcast]

As said below, the privacy email will definitely work, that's how I've obtained domains in the past. Whether they answer or not, is a completely different story :)

[skdotdan]

I just tried to email to the Registrant Mail and...

* ATTENTION *

This email is being returned to you because the remote server would not or could not accept the message. The registeredsite servers are just reporting to you what happened and are not the source of the problem.

The address which was undeliverable is in the section labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----".

The reason your mail is being returned to you is in the section labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----".

This section describes the specific reason your e-mail could not be delivered.

Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail administrator.

[skdotdan]

Thanks!