How to Snatch an Expiring Domain
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How to Snatch an Expiring Domain
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Re: How to Snatch an Expiring Domain
#2This article is from 2005. Are its precepts still valid?
Re: How to Snatch an Expiring Domain
#3In other words, if someone all of a sudden bids $1000 on a domain, will a domain company decide to snatch it up themselves or “shill bid” against you on it?
I have no doubt this "shill bidding" goes on all the time. When the .asia TLD was opening up, you had to "register your interest" in acquiring any domain, and there was always, always another bidder. Some of the time they seemed real but other times I was highly suspicious that anyone would be interested in that domain. And sometimes the fake bids would seem to go against each other, often for ridiculous, obviously valueless domains like "americaneaglerjregionaljet.asia" etc (that is a real example).
That was pool.com too. I have no doubt whatsoever that the auctions were (deliberately) compromised then and I have no reason to believe anything has changed.
That said, with ICAAN fast asleep, what choice do we have ...
Re: How to Snatch an Expiring Domain
#4This article is from 2005. Are its precepts still valid?
I'm not sure. The only time I did this was in 2007 or 2008. I saw that the expiring domain was hosted with Godaddy, so I concluded without any research that I should use Godaddy's domain backorder service. It cost $17.95 + registration and it worked.
Re: How to Snatch an Expiring Domain
#5When shopping for domains it's best to start at a small WHOIS provider that you trust to give you a yes/no answer. If you shop at NSI or GoDaddy you will find that the domains you were searching might be registered a few days later. Only hit up GD if you're ready to buy (avoid NSI at all costs)
Re: How to Snatch an Expiring Domain
#6This article is from 2005. Are its precepts still valid?
Hopefully somebody more knowledgeable can fill in the details, but my understanding is that for godaddy domains they are auctioned on tdnam.com before they are dropped. Therefore, even before placing a backorder you probably want to try to snatch it there.
Re: How to Snatch an Expiring Domain
#7This article is from 2005. Are its precepts still valid?
I'm not sure, but I recently snatched the domain adfeeling.com via Godaddy's domain backorder system. I probably was pretty ignorant on the whole thing now I read this story, but in the end, it all went pretty smooth and the costs were predictable.
Re: How to Snatch an Expiring Domain
#8Ick... I think I'd rather just pick something no one would want (google.com, or yahoo.com, say) and build the brand.
Re: How to Snatch an Expiring Domain
#9When shopping for domains it's best to start at a small WHOIS provider that you trust to give you a yes/no answer. If you shop at NSI or GoDaddy you will find that the domains you were searching might be registered a few days later. Only hit up GD if you're ready to buy (avoid NSI at all costs)
Just never use GoDaddy. NameCheap is way better.
GoDaddy is the AOL of registrars.
Re: How to Snatch an Expiring Domain
#10In other words, if someone all of a sudden bids $1000 on a domain, will a domain company decide to snatch it up themselves or “shill bid” against you on it? I have no doubt this "shill bidding" goes on all the time. When the .asia TLD was opening up, you had to "register your interest" in acquiring any domain, and there was always, always another bidder. Some of the time they seemed real but other times I was highly…
Theres actually a fairly recent (Nov 2009)case where SnapNames was found to have had an employee placing shill bids:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/181731/domain_auction_site_fa...