Another name disappears from GoDaddy cart...

yep - happened a few times......I now just grab it straight away

MrAcidic said:

yep - happened a few times......I now just grab it straight away

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Thanks...I guess that should be the takeaway from this. Rather than keep adding names, just go ahead and check out one at a time.

Mister Funsky said:

Thanks...I guess that should be the takeaway from this. Rather than keep adding names, just go ahead and check out one at a time.

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Yep, before putting it in the cart do your reasearch and then BAM! Cart and pay and move on...

Not just at Godaddy, but every registrar.....to be on the safe side (I might be paranoid, but I sleep better for it)

Yes and it tends to happen more frequently the better the domain.

MrAcidic said:

I sleep better for it

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Wow...that took me way back to the first time I used the godaddy aftermarket/auctions years ago.

While getting chemo I could not sleep well for many weeks and I would wake up continuously...one night in particular I found several names and put them in my cart...when I woke up the next morning (many hours later) I was surprised they were gone!?!?!

Looks like I am still in a learning curve years later!

UPDATE:

I've been doing this a long time and I know how carts work, especially the timing out aspects, availability after adding, etc. but today has been a new experience.

This thread was about one name in particular disappearing from my cart while others remained and just now, as I am preparing to leave for a meeting, for fun I did a search through the auction section of godaddy. Several times since my initial post I have double checked to see if the name would somehow return(?) to may cart and it did not.

The last step I wanted to take was to check the auction pages again and the name that went missing was back. I know a name will come out of availability once someone puts it into a cart and can come back if that person does not buy it within a couple hour window (roughly), but I am still confused as to how it 'dropped' out of my cart.

The bottom line is that when I spotted the name again, I deleted the other names in my cart (taking it to empty status) and added the name in question. Once it was there I promptly checked out and it appears as though it has gone through.

So, as I am getting ready to rush out the door, I wanted to let others know what happened in the event they might experience this same scenario.

It happened to many many times and if you are so sure it was good then why delay the checkout? Always move ahead with the checkout.

u find good name you think its worth a lot
put it in cart
wait 45 minutes
find out its gone
and you wonder why?

even sherlock holmes would solve this one heh

Probably some API access who keeps hitting it.

alcy said:

u find good name you think its worth a lot
put it in cart
wait 45 minutes
find out its gone
and you wonder why?

even sherlock holmes would solve this one heh

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Since you are implying you are in sync with Sherlock, why don't you let me know how long you would expect something to remain in a cart before a system would purge it?

(hint--there are industry standards)

Also, since you have that insight, why would it disappear in the first place when others did not?

I await your sharing of knowledge.

wwwweb said:

Probably some API access who keeps hitting it.

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I didn't consider that...I'm sure HD's bots were actively crawling as well as others...thanks for the constructive comment.

Abdullah Abdullah said:

Always move ahead with the checkout

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Yep, that's my new MO with them now.

That's good to know. I'll be more careful about checking out after I put something in my cart. Actually I don't usually use the cart to prevent other people from grabbing a domain whilst I "think about it". I usually do that thinking before I put anything in my cart. I was also under the impression it was a fixed time in the cart. What is it 2 or 3 hours. So it's a surprise that it is not a fixed time.