Dropping names

Lpspider · Feb 21, 2008

There are a few names I've been watching that have dropped recently. Almost as soon as they'r edropped their whois details change. Most are listed as pending delete, yet their creation date says something like 2008-02-21. How is this possible?

Kate · Feb 21, 2008

Not sure what you mean, but when a name drops the creation date is reset to the date it was caught on. The so-called prerelease names (expired names) on the other hand retain their vintage as they are sold instead of going through redemption then deletion.

Lpspider · Feb 21, 2008

I see. well here is an example. It's listed as onhold/pending delete yet was created today (after expiring).

Kate · Feb 21, 2008

I think what you are seeing is old (cached) data. But the name dropped and was caught today.

garptrader · Feb 21, 2008

If the name is any good, someone else will spot it. Even if it isn't any good, there are registrars which automatically catch dropped names, test them for traffic to determine if they can generate enough ad income to hold the registration, and drop them within the 5-day grace period if the traffic is insufficient. I have one name that I was thinking about catching so had a Godaddy monitor on it. When it became available I decided to not register the name. But I have seen that name "tasted" numerous times by different registrars over the last few months.

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