Backordering domains?

[fantasia]

how does backordering domains work? has anyone successfully backordered a domain? Places like godaddy.com offer this service but i wonder if it works.?

 

[Kodeking]

I have not backordered, but I know many people have used it.

 

[Elefekt]

never done it but i am doing one now. it does work but you have to know which is worth it and which will probably not be renewed.

 

[DomainSage]

I put in my first order with Snap Names last night so will see how it goes.

Not quite the same but I did do fairly well out of Enom's club drop.

All the best

Richard

 

[Artico]

GoDaddy is quite good. Try there! :tu:

 

[Tippy]

I use GoDaddy but lets face it, its a long shot on great/good names, GD recently missed these BO's I had placed with them :

RemoteControl.net
FreeDomains.net
InterMall.com
BannerCode.com
Verified.net

Mike

 

[dax]

Domain backordering is a process in which each registrar submits dosens of queries per second to the registry in order to be the first one which will put the "DN zone" for particular domain after it is deleted.

The first/fastest one who does it gets the domain.

To improve the success rate, professional grabbing services (like Snapnames, Pool, GoDaddy...) use several registrars to do this for them.

The key thing is to be the first one after the current (dropping) DN zone is deleted.

Thats all.

PS: Introducing WLS (which will do the grabbing on the registry level -// the one described above is on registrar level) will make this kind of querying obsolete for com/net domains.

Still, current way of grabbing domains will remain good for org/biz/info domains, where WLS will not apply...