DesktopCatcher software

[Paul123]

Hi everyone.

Just interested to hear if anyone has had any experience of software you can buy for drop catching. With drop catchers all allowing multiple back orders and then going to auction, it makes sense to buy the software if it works ? The cost is around $200 which is a good investment if it catches a few good domains. Maybe it's worth buying a few different software packages to stand a better chance of catching a good domain ?

Any thoughts please ?

Best,
Paul

 

[STELLAR]

Andrew. I am not a 'techie' in anyway. Quite the opp !

If I PM you with my email address do you have a users guide (for dummies) you could forward to me ?

Best,
Paul

Andrew provides an excellent software with easy to use interface and easy to understand manual, actually depending upon the registrar its just a few steps and then you're all set to go.

The best part about this software for me is not the software itself but the support you'll get from Andrew. Which I think is one of the most important aspect of any product.

For a nominal amount (yes nominal, one can recover this amount by selling a mediocre domain as well) you get excellent support and lifetime access (including updates) to the software which I think deserves much more coverage than it has.

 

[Cdomains]

FPForum,

I was thinking about getting the Desktop catcher software at Halloween when you had that discount running, but I was busy and missed it. Do you think you will be running some kind of special this week for Black Friday?

 

[FPForum]

FPForum,

I was thinking about getting the Desktop catcher software at Halloween when you had that discount running, but I was busy and missed it. Do you think you will be running some kind of special this week for Black Friday?

Thanks for your post and interest @Cdomains! There is indeed a Black Friday promotion going on this week. Just visit the website and you should see a popup for the latest Thanksgiving promotion. It will be running from now through Sunday.

 

[jamesau]

Andrew, had a question but thought I would post for all: would this work on a Vultr cloud server? It would be Windows 2012 R2 x64, with specs: 1 CPU, 1024MB MEMORY, 20 GBSTORAGE, 2000 GBTRANSFER

Do you know what the best value cloud servers or VPS would be to run this?

 

[FPForum]

Andrew, had a question but thought I would post for all: would this work on a Vultr cloud server? It would be Windows 2012 R2 x64, with specs: 1 CPU, 1024MB MEMORY, 20 GBSTORAGE, 2000 GBTRANSFER

Do you know what the best value cloud servers or VPS would be to run this?

Thanks for your question @JRayers! The software should run ifne on a virtual cloud, and the specs you posted should be just fine. Those are comparable to the Windows VPS services which I recommend in the DesktopCatcher blog. As for the best one, Windows 2008 or 2012 would be the best choice OS-wise. I would also recommend getting one located within the US, with 100Mbps or 1Gbps uplink.

 

[Cdomains]

Can schedulers be reset. After setting a time for a letter, clicking that letter does not bring up the window again. Maybe I am missing something, but can we change or reset a schedule once it is set under a particular letter?

 

[Cdomains]

Never mind. I just found the reset under the settings. Please disregard. Thanks.

 

[Cdomains]

FPForum -

Getting error messages what do they mean?

1 - xxxxxxxx.com UNKNOWN ERROR ..via DynaDot

The one below is self explanatory, I know.

2 - xxxxxxxx.com INSUFFICIENT FUNDS ..via NameSilo

I have a credit card set up to make purchases and I got the above error message.

I know this is a NameSilo question, but I thought you might know - Do I actually have to prefund the API account somehow?

I can't find anywhere in the NameSilo interface that addresses this or gives the option for it.



Also - When setting the scheduler, how long should I set it to run for?

When the .com's and the.net's drop, is it safe to assume that someone will catch them pretty quickly or do I have to let the scheduler run for the full drop time window which I believe is about an hour or so?

 

[jamesau]

DynaDot may be an IP address issue?

NameSilo; you do need to prefund. I had to contact their support about this first time round.

 

[FPForum]

Thanks responding @JRayers! @Cdomains and I have already worked this out via PM. You're exactly right about the DynaDot key - it was wrong. Also, for NameSilo you must deposit funds as they can't do direct credit card processing during the drop. By the time your card gets processed someone else will have the domain

 

[Cdomains]

NameSilo; you do need to prefund. I had to contact their support about this first time round.

I can't seem to find the answer to this question, so maybe you can answer. With the NameSilo prefunded account - does NameSilo automatically add funds to your prefunded account when you are low? Do they give you the option, or once you prefund do they keep using your payment method to keep you prefunded?

I haven't prefunded my account yet because I do not want them to continually top-up my prefunded account with out asking.

I have not found the answer to this on their website and I thought I would ask here before contacting them for the answer.

 

[Cdomains]

I just found this-

Automatic Replenishment

You never need to worry about running out of account funds with our automatic replenishment program. All you need to do is to set your minimum threshold and replenishment amount, and once your balance goes below your threshold we will automatically add funds to your account!

Does anyone know if you can turn off automatic replenishment and just add funds as needed or do they require you to set a minimum?

Can you opt out of the prefunded account once you start it if you change your mind? In other words, can you turn it off if you don't want it anymore?

 

[campout]

@Cdomains I pre-fund my NameSilo accounts with PayPal. And I always uncheck the box that (I think) tries to opt you in to automatic funding. So far, NameSilo has never automatically re-filled my pre-fund. But you've got to be careful because I think they try to sneakily opt you in with that default "checked" box when paying with Paypal.

 

[FPForum]

I've never had a problem with automatic re-fills through NameSilo. I never tick any option but I'm trying to think if I have done that sometime in the past...

 

[Cdomains]

I've never had a problem with automatic re-fills through NameSilo. I never tick any option but I'm trying to think if I have done that sometime in the past...

Thanks,

I just don't want my card to be charged without my knowledge or pre-approval. I think anybody would feel the same way. I don't want to opt-in and be stuck with automatic charges on my card. If no one has the answer I guess I will have to contact NameSilo and ask.

 

[FPForum]

Was NameSilo able to assist you Cdomains?

 

[Cdomains]

Was NameSilo able to assist you Cdomains?

Actually, I never contacted them, I just went ahead and funded the account. For anyone who is interested, you have the option, inside the account, to decide if you want to have the account automatically topped up.

 

[Arca]

@Cdomains I pre-fund my NameSilo accounts with PayPal. And I always uncheck the box that (I think) tries to opt you in to automatic funding. So far, NameSilo has never automatically re-filled my pre-fund. But you've got to be careful because I think they try to sneakily opt you in with that default "checked" box when paying with Paypal.

That sneaky little pre-ticked opt-in box was recently removed Now it’s just a regular paypal button.

 

[dearxyz]

I want it to support Chinese! DesktopCatcher

 

[jamesau]

Couple of questions:

• In my log, every few hundred/thousand entries one of the letters seems to move up/down a row. Are you aware of a bug like this? eg. Running orders for 'domaina.com' 'domainb.com', log looks like:
  domain.com NOT AVAILABLE ...
  adomainb.com NOT AVAILABLE ...
  Extension is .CO if that helps. Fortunately it doesn't seem to place an order for 'adomainb.com' even though I can see by manual search that it is available. Just seems to be a logging error. Can send my log for reference?
• Do you know of a backorder service that connects with XZ.com? I'm getting smashed at the moment by one individual buyer through XZ.com.