Registrars now blocking registration of dropped domains

I assume no one knows of any registrar that's going to offer anything in the neighborhood of GoDaddy's $1.99 discount codes on new registrations, right?

This looks like it's going to be a permanent thing from what I'm seeing right now.

Registrars allowing reg of dropped names right now:

• Name.com
• Google Domains
• Network Solutions

Please add to the list.

It happened again.

A fresh dropped domain is at this very moment available.
NAmesilo shows the domain as available
GD shows the domain as available and in the next moment as unavailable.
I assume in 1 h 20 minutes they will give it free This sucks!!

llcacquire said:

Registrars allowing reg of dropped names right now:

• Name.com
• Google Domains
• Network Solutions

Please add to the list.

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Namesilo

Domaineus said:

It happened again.

A fresh dropped domain is at this very moment available.
NAmesilo shows the domain as available
GD shows the domain as available and in the next moment as unavailable.

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Yup -- noticed the same exact thing on one of the names I'm watching: appeared as available in GD... and then didn't.. But in reality, it's been available (and remains so) since it dropped this afternoon.

.... and exactly at 8:00:00 PM UTC GD released the dropped domains

SO what is the logic of this strategy?

Are they trying to get people to use their backorder service?

Beezy said:

SO what is the logic of this strategy?

Are they trying to get people to use their backorder service?

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Thats the 1 million dollar question.... I assume soon another registrar will offer some coupons, don't block the dropped domains and take over...

Does not make any sense IMHO. They are loosing BIG since majority of decent domains are already taken 2 hours after drop. Unless all other registrars will join them for some reason.

Beezy said:

SO what is the logic of this strategy?

Are they trying to get people to use their backorder service?

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It could be new strategy shifting priorities from customer satisfaction to shareholders needs. Backorder is $24 something

My best guess is they are going to see if they can push some of us into using their (way) higher margin drop-catching. I don't think we will bite though. We are stingy

Their drop catching sucks. They can't even beat a handreg at GoDaddy.

I am engaged in a conversation with GoDaddy Help on Twitter about this right now. They seem to not know what I am talking about.

Check it out:

https://twitter.com/BodhiNat/status/586602286811582465

Helping you out with this!

EDIT: What we could do is take screenshots at drop time tomorrow and tweet them. One of the domain not available at GoDaddy, the other of the name available elsewhere.

Electric-Shadow said:

Helping you out with this!

EDIT: What we could do is take screenshots at drop time tomorrow and tweet them, one of the domain not available at GoDaddy, the other of the name available elsewhere.

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Yeah, I saw -- thanks @Electric-Shadow! I'm trying not to be a d**k about it at this point, but want to try and see if it is intentional or not for starters.

If they're shown hard proof they won't be able to back out of confronting the problem, whether it's intentional or not. Eyes will see it!

They're 'looking into it' let's see what happens!

I have had all this crap happen to me within a couple weeks ago even.

I ran into this today. I was able to register them an hour or so after they dropped. I was just about to go with a different registrar but tried one last time and the domains were available. Mildly frustrating to say the least.

Interesting, are you suggesting that this 2 hour delay might not apply to all customers? Is there somebody who can register domains exactly when they drop?

Any news from GD?

Domaineus said:

Any news from GD?

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Not yet.

I plan to take some screenshots of GD's unavailable side by side with another registrar's available message today and post it on Twitter, in this thread:

https://twitter.com/BodhiNat/status/586602286811582465

llcacquire said:

Not yet.

I plan to take some screenshots of GD's unavailable side by side with another registrar's available message today and post it on Twitter, in this thread:

https://twitter.com/BodhiNat/status/586602286811582465

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I took yesterday some screenshots...

...I forgot to take a screenshot after the droptime when the dropped domain (in this example vaaja) was not blocked anymore...

Domaineus said:

...I forgot to take a screenshot after the droptime when the dropped domain (in this example vaaja) was not blocked anymore...

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Yeah that's why I will try to have both registrar screens in one screenshot simultaneously, side by side.