I’m very grateful to Andrew and Jeff Reberry for opening up the DropCatch platform which I believe was originally used exclusively to build up the Huge Domains portfolio.
It’s refreshing to use after so many bad experiences using SnapNames, which I have now abandoned completely.
I have a good success rate at DropCatch because it is a fair and level playing field. It is open to anyone so I don’t understand why anyone would seriously want to “compete” with them. What, to operate your own private domain catching service and exclude everyone else?
Or if someone creates 1,000 new registrars and builds a new and competitive open drop catching service, then we would all have to start backordering in two venues instead of one to maintain our success rates. What would be the point or advantage of that?
The article referenced earlier by
@fastcool provides a lot of info about the challenge of building a service.
“Domain drop-catching service DropCatch.com has added five hundred new registrar accreditations to its stable over the last few days.
“The additions give the company a total accreditation count of at least 1,252, according to DI data.”
(DomainIncite. DropCatch spends millions to buy FIVE HUNDRED more registrars. 2 December, 2016.)
DomainIncite also mentions the significant cost of creating 500 new LLC companies to match these 500 new registrars.
A DomainNameWire article about a year earlier said this:
“The company behind expired domain name catching service DropCatch.com has adding 300 more accredited registrars to its arsenal, and now has a whopping 752 registrars. This is according to ICANN’s public list of accredited registrars.”
(DomainNameWire. Wow: DropCatch adds 300 more registrars, now has 752. 9 October, 2015.)
https://domainnamewire (dot) com/2015/10/09/wow-dropcatch-adds-300-more-registrars-now-has-752/
So thanks to Turn Commerce and the Reberry brothers for providing such a fair and valuable resource.