Handregs that someone grabbed minutes before you

33S · Nov 11, 2017

Have you been in a situation when you sit down to do some research to find good handregs, find a few good names, then you go look where you can register them for less at the moment, put the names into the registrar and find out someone has already registered the name, the name you thought was going to be yours.

Mine is TokenDoctor.com

jideofor · Nov 12, 2017

namelancer said:
Using internic dot net to check availability of pending registrations is always a safe option.

how do you use it. I am on there and I can't see how to check pending registrations... do they have list of dropped names or what?

Mister Funsky · Nov 12, 2017

jideofor said:
how do you use it.

Go to the 'who is' tab and enter the name...if someone has it the data will pull up. This is how I have been using it at least...if it is not registered then I continue research.

cooljub · Nov 12, 2017

There's info on domainsherpa on how to bypass the registrars when checking whois:
https://www.domainsherpa.com/prevent-domain-name-front-running/

Igor Mironyuk · Nov 12, 2017

Adam27 said:
@Dynadot will.

Yes, Dynadot provides Domain tasting service that allows you to register a domain and test it during 5 days. If you don't like this domain now you can request for refund and cancellation of a domain. Money tat you spent on this domain will funded in your Dynadot account.

namelancer · Nov 12, 2017

jideofor said:
how do you use it. I am on there and I can't see how to check pending registrations... do they have list of dropped names or what?

No, they are binary (no drop lists, etc).. when you type in a name it shows as either being already registered or still available:

www dot internic dot net/whois dot html

arjun29 · Nov 13, 2017

Happened recently. But no regrets at all.

HelpUAE.com

lock · Nov 13, 2017

I block these from my brain so I don't get angry and now in a good mood cannot recall one thanks brain.

Nikhil Jain · Nov 13, 2017

Grenovia.com

Leopard · Nov 14, 2017

Happens a Lot. Its usually been 1-2 days after i checked for a domain. Probably this is what is driving impulse hand registering

cooljub · Nov 14, 2017

Leopard said:
Probably this is what is driving impulse hand registering

Wow! I hadn't thought of it this way. So with registrars who employ these tactics, the very real threat of them taking attractive names for themselves could create a situation where sales of registrations increase for them generally. Questionable behaviour indeed.

Kuffy · Nov 14, 2017

I just missed flipbitcoins.com, and it looks as if Pheenix grabbed it.

jideofor · Nov 14, 2017

Kuffy said:
I just missed flipbitcoins.com, and it looks as if Pheenix grabbed it.

oh wow... that was a nice domain imo. it is privacy so we can't see who took it. guess the person registered it via pheenix

nbuzz · Nov 14, 2017

this happened to me on a expiring auction I even purchased the domain / paid for it got an email to say thanks (GoDaddy) then 3 days later they said the original owner had decided to buy it back.. is this for real?

Jv1999 · Nov 14, 2017

Lol, how tf is this happening to you guys! ? Minutes after you find the name! ? Huhhhh!?!?!

jideofor · Nov 14, 2017

nbuzz said:
this happened to me on a expiring auction I even purchased the domain / paid for it got an email to say thanks (GoDaddy) then 3 days later they said the original owner had decided to buy it back.. is this for real?

original buyer can not buy back but renew it. that is how it works.

Jv1999 · Nov 14, 2017

arjun29 said:
Happened recently. But no regrets at all.
HelpUAE.com

Should've been syrianholidays

omelet · Nov 14, 2017

Hi domainers

You should know that your first impressions sometimes are not fully rational. And especially when you are losing some names, you feel even more values the losing name has.

Body, this is too emotional.

The best way is to hold it for a while, justify the name, and make a rational decision based on your research, analysis, and data.

You must have experiences that: some names which gave you very nice first impression, would more and more dislike. Eventually the name has nothing value and on market no one really give it a shit. Only yourself thought it worth a million.

Man, wake up

Rajnish Prasad · Nov 15, 2017

Not 100% but to some extent i agree. 2 yrsback when i saw a 3 letter.info domain free but when i was just about to pay the last page showed that domain is already taken.

Then i checked the whois and i was surprised to know that it was registered a few seconds back only which was later confirmed by the registrar customer careand they said it is merely a coincidence rarely this happens...

But this raises a question that can it be such a coincidence? May or not be.....!!

Jv1999 · Nov 15, 2017

Rajnish Prasad said:
Not 100% but to some extent i agree. 2 yrsback when i saw a 3 letter.info domain free but when i was just about to pay the last page showed that domain is already taken.

Then i checked the whois and i was surprised to know that it was registered a few seconds back only which was later confirmed by the registrar customer careand they said it is merely a coincidence rarely this happens...

But this raises a question that can it be such a coincidence? May or not be.....!!

I saw Coin.VG available today. Didn't bother to WHOIS, but now I wonder. . . maybe its' happened to me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fancy.domains · Nov 15, 2017

33S said:
Have you been in a situation when you sit down to do some research to find good handregs, find a few good names, then you go look where you can register them for less at the moment, put the names into the registrar and find out someone has already registered the name, the name you thought was going to be yours.

Mine is TokenDoctor.com

It has happened to me many times. I remember two names at the moment (but there are many more):

Thailand (dot) fr + Alpha (dot) consulting

creataweb · Nov 15, 2017

Jv1999 said:
I saw Coin.VG available today. Didn't bother to WHOIS, but now I wonder. . . maybe its' happened to me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did Omar VG buy it?

Jv1999 · Nov 15, 2017

Fancy.domains said:
It has happened to me many times. I remember two names at the moment (but there are many more):

Thailand (dot) fr + Alpha (dot) consulting

Thailand.fr <-- good thing it wasn't you. People gave me sh1t for Ohio.co.uk.

Fancy.domains · Nov 15, 2017

Jv1999 said:
Thailand.fr <-- good thing it wasn't you. People gave me sh1t for Ohio.co.uk.

I used to make almost all my income from Thailand related websites 2003-2013. Have had some good Thailand related domain sales as well ($xxxx each). However, Thailand is "Thaïlande" in French!

OnlineDomainShop · Nov 15, 2017

I was going to register Frankly.info for 1$ last month but it was gone after just 2 hours.

Jv1999 · Nov 15, 2017

jobsense said:
I was going to register Frankly.info for 1$ last month but it was gone after just 2 hours.

not even sure if that's good :P. frankly.net sold for 4k, so the .com must've been a solid thing. But .org would be the next bet. . . Info? Idk.

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