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Checked some domains a while back, checked again and registered
anyone else have this problem?
anyone else have this problem?
Checked some domains a while back, checked again and registered
anyone else have this problem?
DomainTools has a refresh issue. Bad when you are waiting for a pending drop within the day. Sometimes the domain is already available for reg, yet DomainTools says it's still taken and pending delete.I use Domaintools and never had a problem.
Which ones ?Checked some domains a while back, checked again and registered
Which ones ?
Which ones ?
Dynadot does not record, store or share any of your searches. We do not keep a company portfolio and none of us could be considered domainers. We have absolutely zero interest in taking domains away from our customers. Personally, I think the idea of any Registrar behaving this way is deplorable. I'm certain my teammates would agree.
I second that. I only whois these days, better safe than sorry. It is true that not all registrars are created equal. Speaking of Godaddy for example, I've called in and asked a few questions. The support openly admits that their system is not designed to cater to the "pro domaining". As Allie saying she couldn't grab the domains she wanted on GD. I have ran into that unavailable scenario more times than I can count. By the time GD catches up to ICANN release time, someone has already scooped the name(s) up. In this business seconds make the difference.When you think about it, registrars snooping WhoIs searches is a complete waste of time for them. I mean, there might be a gem in the rough, but it's like one in every 10k available names (and even that name isn't truly a gem most of the time). However, being a bit paranoid, I spread my bulk whois searches far and wide these days.
More likely scenario: your desired name is on other domainers' list as well, especially if from a recent drop. Also, I follow a lot of (future) tech newsletters and the new products/concepts get picked up pretty much right away. This has happened to me many, many times. I've lost a lot of future tech names to big boy domainers like Andrew Reberry because I've hesitated, say, 10 min or so.
My point being: you're not alone and if you want to play it safe (and save some tears), only do whois lookups when you have the dough to actually buy those names.
Marko, were the domains in question hand regs or did you obtain them from a previous owner? Sometimes the nameservers will stay the same unless you manually change them after a push. As well as on auction sites, I run into that from time to time. The auction site needs to be informed of your new ownership and they can take them down for you. I'm still trying to wrap my head around this, if this what you say is indeed true and not a misunderstanding, then thats some real shady business.SN: Very possible, let me put it this way, dynadot have one of my domains on sedo, so they are trying to sell a domain they do not even have access to. That's the sort of company dynadot are, so I have no doubt they are actively looking for domains to sell themselves.. I was onto their support yesterday who denied all knowledge. So they are either lying or have sold it to someone who doesn't actually own it anymore (because it has been moved to another registrar and I have full control). I have not placed the domain in sedo and would be delighted for sedo to check the logged IP's). You see dynadot didn't know Nominet had returned the domain to me so they were still the registrar, I logged into my dynadot account and the nameservers will transfer (this means I see the nameservers dynadot were using when they had control) so when dynadot stole it they had every intention of selling it themselves, just like your example.
Nominet look to have been in touch I didn't see any .uk domain auctions on dynadot this morning.
I had been using them for a while but you can't use a registrar who is actively seeking take your domains away. I feel sorry for the other people dynadot have done this to who did not know you can simply contact Nominet to get the name back (there is a £12 registrar change fee each time though). I was told by Nominet to move my domains away from dynadot let me put it that way.