Namecheap just snaked another domain off me
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Re: Namecheap just snaked another domain off me
#2If they're really doing this (and I don't particularly doubt it) someone should script up a little bot to search for domain names that are likely to trigger the mechanism. Find word clouds around some of the newer domains like .quest with characters under a certain limit...
...or perhaps that's feeding the beast and namecheap will be thanking us in 5 years when people are knocking down their doors for the hot domains we generated.
Re: Namecheap just snaked another domain off me
#3If this is the case, and it has happened already to the OP.. How could you have confidence going BACK to namecheap for it to happen again..
Re: Namecheap just snaked another domain off me
#4If they're really doing this (and I don't particularly doubt it) someone should script up a little bot to search for domain names that are likely to trigger the mechanism. Find word clouds around some of the newer domains like .quest with characters under a certain limit... ...or perhaps that's feeding the beast and namecheap will be thanking us in 5 years when people are knocking down their doors for the hot domains…
If the goal was to find out the keywords, it would feed the beast, but if the goal was to bump their expenses in hopes they turn it off, you'd need a serious amount of domains for them to autobuy!
Re: Namecheap just snaked another domain off me
#5I've never had this happen in 20 years of buying hundreds of domains and searches for thousands. I've been exclusively using NameCheap for 5ish years now, too.
The business model doesn't even make sense. How many domains would Namecheap be rolling the dice on if they did this after a single search?
If billions of domain searches happen every year, we're going to see quite a few coincidences like this. An anecdote is not proof, and it's not like this domain (dnd.quest) was incredibly unique.
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#6i lost ftuff.com over them (just skip a renewal) and they're trying to sell it back for 10k
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#7It's worth noting that this happened on the very day that .quest became generally available[1].
I think it's a case of first-day demand, not somebody picking good domains from Namecheap's logs.
[1] https://icannwiki.org/.quest
Edit: technically the next day UTC, but the same day where I am.
Re: Namecheap just snaked another domain off me
#8Someone who claims to work at NC responded down that thread saying "Hi - I'll look into this further as I work with Namecheap, but we don't have a history of doing this as you state."
https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/lwgrkz/namecheap_ju...
Based on the account history, it does look like they work there.
Re: Namecheap just snaked another domain off me
#9I've always thought that Namecheap is one of the good guys. I'll wait for an answer from them, before judging.
Re: Namecheap just snaked another domain off me
#10It's worth noting that this happened on the very day that .quest became generally available[1]. I think it's a case of first-day demand, not somebody picking good domains from Namecheap's logs. [1] https://icannwiki.org/.quest Edit: technically the next day UTC, but the same day where I am.
There are quite a few people in that thread who claim to have experienced the same thing.
I hope its not true. I really like namecheap. I would hate to have to dump them.