A company steal my domains

[geek]

I use namecheap.com to search whether a domain is available. But i found out that everytime i found a nice domain, a same company will buy it the next day. This happened to me more than once so i think namecheap records all the domains that we search and sell those information to other company.

Here are those domains that got stolen:
putvideos.com
videoside.com
funnyegg.com
videobump.com

This is the company that stole it:
chestertonholdings.com

To make things worse is that when i emailed them, the company sell those domain at a very high price. For example funnyegg.com, they charge me USD400!!!!!!

Is there a domain website that is safe for us to search available domain? What can i do to stop this from happening again?

 

[bonzer]

Hey Not sure on anysite that is safe to search but personally I only search When I am going to register the domain.

So maybe when you are ready to register search for the domain that fits what you are looking for and register it. ?

 

[geek]

Hey Not sure on anysite that is safe to search but personally I only search When I am going to register the domain.

So maybe when you are ready to register search for the domain that fits what you are looking for and register it. ?

Normally my habit is search for a nice domain in a domain website, if available then put all the nice domain into a list in my notepad and compare which is better, then only i register the domain.

 

[B33R]

For the record, no one "stole" anything. It wasn't yours in the first place.

The ICANN registrar is NameKING.com, are you sure you weren't using them?

Also did these names just recently drop? Companies regularly scan lists of just dropped domains so they can register them for themselves and put ads on them.

 

[HBK216]

No one stole anything from you. So please enough with the misleading title & whining. God what are you 12? Don't search what you aren't ready to register immediately.

 

[geek]

It's not Namecheap. They don't do that, and for the record, no one "stole" anything. It wasn't yours in the first place.

The ICANN registrar is NameKING.com, are you sure you weren't using them? As far as I know, NameKing has absolutely no connection with Namecheap. Namecheap are one of the good guys in this business.

Also did these names just recently drop? Companies regularly scan lists of just dropped domains so they can register them for themselves and put ads on them.

Nope im not using nameking.com, i dare to say this matter got something to do with namecheap because it is very obvious. I never use any other site to check domain availability other than namecheap and its no coincidence either because it happened more than 3 times.

Those name did not just recently drop. That is why i smell something fishy going on. I know it wasn't mine in the first place but issit fair to us as a customer? I spend almost 1 week to find a nice domain which is suitable for my project and the company use our effort to get it without even wasting any time.

I don't think it is even legal for namecheap to record what domain we search in the site and sell it to other company like chesterton holdings.

 

[B33R]

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[geek]

No one stole anything from you. So please enough with the misleading title & whining. God what are you 12? Don't search what you aren't ready to register immediately.

Im not whining and im not 12. I just need to know which site is safe to search for available domain. Normally when a domain comes into my mind, i will do a search in namecheap and if it is available, then i'll put it into my notepad and later on when another domain name cross my mind, i'll repeat the process. End of the day i'll gather all the nice domain which is available and compare to find the most suitable and register it. Is that wrong?

 

[Amnezia]

i have been using name cheap for 18 months+ and have never had any problems with them

 

[geek]

Hey Not sure on anysite that is safe to search but personally I only search When I am going to register the domain.

So maybe when you are ready to register search for the domain that fits what you are looking for and register it. ?

What if the next day you think of a better domain? So if i do what you suggested i'll end up with alot of redundant domains right?

 

[dan_Vt]

Very interesting, if all true. I haven't had problems with NameCheap, knock on wood.

And, while those saying your domains were not stolen are correct, I still think the practice of registering searched-for domains is less than ethical.

If there's a name I'm interested in I usually just try to visit it first. If no site is found, I just consider it available, and if I decide to buy it I only then search at a registrar when ready to buy.

Good luck in the future getting names!

D

 

[geek]

Very interesting, if all true. I haven't had problems with NameCheap, knock on wood.

And, while those saying your domains were not stolen are correct, I still think the practice of registering searched-for domains is less than ethical.

If there's a name I'm interested in I usually just try to visit it first. If no site is found, I just consider it available, and if I decide to buy it I only then search at a registrar when ready to buy.

Good luck in the future getting names!

D

Yeah i don't think it is ethical as well. I think i will use your method, visit the site first and ONLY use the search when register.

 

[blue^ray]

funnyegg.com is a good name I would have regged it then and there the other 3 i duno about.

I have never seen any good domains searched by my from namecheap as stolen or many they are just all shit

 

[Dave_Z]

On the side, namecheap's boss confirmed www.iwhois.com is "clean". You can
try using that to search for availability next time.

BTW, is your computer "clean"?

 

[RJ]

NameKing.com is a registrar that does "domain tasting". This might come as bad news, but if you hadn't had written them there's a good chance those domains would have been redropped within 5 days. They still might drop them, so keep an eye on the whois over the next couple days and see if they become available again.

Ref:
http://www.icannwiki.org/Domain_tasting
http://www.namepros.com/industry-news/196514-35-million-names-registered-april-32-a.html

I also think it possibly had nothing to do with your WHOIS checking. Domain tasters are nortorious for just registering everything on lists of domains they come across. Did you find all those domains on a list somewhere, or did you make them up yourself?

 

[geek]

NameKing.com is a registrar that does "domain tasting". This might come as bad news, but if you hadn't had written them there's a good chance those domains would have been redropped within 5 days. They still might drop them, so keep an eye on the whois over the next couple days and see if they become available again.

Ref:
http://www.icannwiki.org/Domain_tasting
http://www.namepros.com/industry-news/196514-35-million-names-registered-april-32-a.html

I also think it possibly had nothing to do with your WHOIS checking. Domain tasters are nortorious for just registering everything on lists of domains they come across. Did you find all those domains on a list somewhere, or did you make them up yourself?

Oh my god! Thanks for the reply! I didn't know there is such thing as domain tasting. I regret now because i just sent them an email last night asking for the price of the domain just like last time when they grabbed funnyegg.com and when i ask them the price they say USD400.

I didn't find those domains on a list somewhere because i make them up myself. And i think NameCheap search tool is not safe because it happened alot of times and everytime it got grabbed by the same company. All this thing doesn't happened at the same time because funnyegg.com and putvideos.com happened few months ago and recently videoside.com and videobump.com.

If Bob Parsons found out about "Domain Kiting" or "Domain Tasting" and since he is the founder of GoDaddy, does it means that it is safe to search for available domain in GoDaddy?

 

[enetwork]

How you know namecheap's boss confirm that? You messaged him?



Oh my god! Thanks for the reply! I didn't know there is such thing as domain tasting. I regret now because i just sent them an email last night asking for the price of the domain just like last time when they grabbed funnyegg.com and when i ask them the price they say USD400.

I didn't find those domains on a list somewhere because i make them up myself. And i think NameCheap search tool is not safe because it happened alot of times and everytime it got grabbed by the same company. All this thing doesn't happened at the same time because funnyegg.com and putvideos.com happened few months ago and recently videoside.com and videobump.com.

If Bob Parsons found out about "Domain Kiting" or "Domain Tasting" and since he is the founder of GoDaddy, does it means that it is safe to search for available domain in GoDaddy?

Kashoon,

We do NOT log our client's searches and we do NOT sell ANY of our clients information in any way shape or form. We are totally against this type of action. I don't know how to make this any clearer.

I'm not sure how your searched domains were registered but I am 100% positive that is was not from our end.

This is also the first accusation of this type that I have ever heard about our company so it's obviously not a pattern in any way.

 

[Dave_Z]

If Bob Parsons found out about "Domain Kiting" or "Domain Tasting" and since he is the founder of GoDaddy, does it means that it is safe to search for available domain in GoDaddy?

For now I'll take Bob's word they don't log searches as well, just as Richard K/
enetwork posted above.

 

[Damion]

Im not whining and im not 12. I just need to know which site is safe to search for available domain. Normally when a domain comes into my mind, i will do a search in namecheap and if it is available, then i'll put it into my notepad and later on when another domain name cross my mind, i'll repeat the process. End of the day i'll gather all the nice domain which is available and compare to find the most suitable and register it. Is that wrong?

Is it wrong? It definately isn't the approach you should be taking.
It's better to think of a set domains all in once and decide which ones you definately see potential in and then reg those.

After you regged them you can make the final decision which one you are going to use.
If you have in your opinion a great name and it's available then REG it since other people may have the same idea as you as well you know

Yes, this will mean since you are gathering a list of options and that you spend some money for nothing but in return you may have a great domain on your hands that fits the project perfectly.

Remember regarding regging domains you need to act fast and decisive. You snooze you loose...

 

[armstrong]

You can try checking domains via http://www.internic.net/whois.html , as these guys help regulate the internet. If their whois isn't safe, I don't see who else can be trusted.