Is 3973342.com (EXPEDIA.COM) really being deleted by WordDial?

Did you know that Expedia, Inc., the international travel booking company, owns 3973342.net and 3973342.org? That's not so surprising seeing as that ESPN, SONY, GOOGLE and numerous other companies own their wordnumber* as a domain. Try 3776.com or 466453.com.

* for more about the word 'wordnumber' visit http://www.worddial.com/how_to_use.php

What is a bit shocking is that WordDial, the New Zealand internet company that owns over 1 million numberednumeric domains, actually owns 3973342.com and might be deleting it for good. 3973342.com expired on April 24th; that means that within the next 2 months, those who backordered the domain are in the running to own a prime piece of domain real estate.

Why would WordDial let this one go? Is there a trademark problem? Not likely.

When I did a whois search on the site of the domain registrar, DOTREGISTER, there is a 'NOT FOUND' error message.

Maybe someone at WordDial forgot to click 'autorenew' for that domain and will correct it.

If not, then I'd suggest backordering that puppy!