GJ

Me and a msn contact were looking up domains for a future site. We found the right domain, the content, the logo and everything else were all sorted but we just needed to buy the domain. He searched for the domain on ukreg.com and I searched for it on Namepros and we came to the result that it was availble to register, this was last night. This morning I went to find out if it was still availble to register but to my shock, This domain was UNAVAILBLE to register!
He clames that he recives a email and that Namepros were to blame but I don't think that Ron would do a thing like that.

The msn convo:
He then went offline, His MSN always gives up on him.


Has this happened to anyone else??
If so, What site did it happen to you on?

Zeeble

I swear that some sites must have spybots. You see, a few times Ive been on a domain reg site, found an amazing domain, topped up my account, and then when I come back 5 mins later the domains gone....

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THESTOKIE

A quick check of the whois would help sort this out name of owner and site where the domain is registered should help u. Please post the name if this is the case. However almost all domain sites have log records of each domain search ive built a few sites for people and this feature is very easy 2 add. imo i dont think namepros will be to blame there pretty honest around here and i dont think RJ would want to risk a bad name just 2 make a few quick bucks. But All domains are open everyone soon as they have dropped or found (Not defending the actions of this person as this is very bad practice and gives domain resellers a bad name). 1 thing i might suggest if this name is very vaulable to keep the details of the email and make a claim the name was registered in bad faith if you have the funds to do it. However $370 is a lot cheaper but i would not give the person the satisfaction and would file a complaint if i was u.

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GJ

Unable to fetch WHOIS results. www.****-**.com may be available to register!
Unable to fetch WHOIS results. www.******.com may be available to register!

For both sites it is the same.

Zeeble

I don't understand, whats stopping you from regging them then?

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GJ

It says it is not availble to register, I think this only happens when the domain is new.
Is this right?

Zeeble

hm, where are you checking the whois? Check the whois at whois.sc

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DomainSlayer

I've had tis happen before when I went to register www.frogs.ws on enom?
Said it was available then it was taken in 2 minutes thought this was very odd

Joey

Hmmm, I do wonder about certain registrars....

Zeeble

I think its illegal for them to do it.... but Im pretty sure that some people must be monitoring it.

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Killmur

Great now I am a little worried about some of these registars. Nothing like a nice shock finding out that a domain you reg is stolen right out from under your nose.

Mark

Those so called advertisements in this section : http://www.namepros.com/registerindex.php

Are Not really advertisements - They are there to be reviewed ..... There is no real Advertisements in there - Just reviews ~
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=95830

As far as a Domain being shown available one minute and not available the next minute .... This happens all the time , and is usually just a whois error. Sometimes it may be just several folks having the same idea at the same time as well ... But at least once a week someone brags about purchasing a domain that was not really available in the first place ~

www.internic.net/whois.html and www.whois.sc are two of my most used whois sources.

AcornDomains.co.uk

A domain going before you regged it I can understand but getting an email from them saying it is for sale? How did they know you were interested? Sounds dodgy to me. Can you check the IP address of the email you received?

Right click the email in Outlook / Options / Internet Headers
will show the source IP address

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snoopi

The same has happened to me. E.g. good domains that were available at the time I was searching, next day a whois search showed that they have been regged many YEARS before.

Is this a problem with an outdated whois script or some registars can modify whois records for each domain? ...

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Kodeking

Based on your whois results you posted, the whois script was down because it said info unavailable. If you are talking about talk-tv.com, its been registered for 6 months now.

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Badger

Enom have a similar flaw in their system.

You see examples offered similar to the name you want and all extensions are gone bar the .com. After youve leaped for joy and try to regged, it appears to have gone, not gone, just always regged.....

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ApeXX

Just because it is illegal will not stop them... And all domain registering companies moniter the domain searches. I see why you are irritated though!

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Killmur

"delete please wrong topic"

GJ

That was one of them but nope, Wasn't the one I was talking about.