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Sadly http://merl.in has been idle for the past 10+ years, and I have not been able to get in touch with the owners...

My name is Justus, and I had my eye on https://just.us for years. It was just the photo gallery for a couple’s 60th anniversary dance.

I checked every year on the expiry date to see if they renewed. Every year they did.

One year I forgot to check and now the domain is parked and for sale for $288k.

If it is any consolation they probably used a bot to pick it up and you would have been beaten to it unless you were going to use a bot.

That actually is a bit of consolation, thanks!

I've been waiting years to try and get jo.sh but it's a heckin premium domain and doesn't expire until 2027 (registered in 1998)