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

 

[stewmath]

@stewmath - this is a great question, namesilo has $50 prefund, dynadot no minimum prefund but prices are higher per registration until you hit $500 for year and InternetBS is $65 and has API limit. RRPproxy you need a biz license then prefund is $120ish, do not bother with gandi or enom since neither has realtime registration. Actually you can fund Gandi with a low amount like $20 and never actually use it because they allow multi threading, it will check names using gandi API then another registrar will catch! Those are all I have personally, so maybe some other users can chime in with the other handful.

Also if you sign up with @FPForum link to AJM Domains they have low $25 prefunding, but they have an API limit

What types of names are you looking to catch, like what TLDs? That will help point you toward the best registrars to use.

Ill be aiming for keywordkeyword.com type domain names, preferably from aged websites so i can use them for parked revenue.

 

[usernamex]

@stewmath - OK I don't know how high competition is for the types of domains you are after. How are you going after them or getting them now? And what are you paying?

 

[stewmath]

@stewmath - OK I don't know how high competition is for the types of domains you are after. How are you going after them or getting them now? And what are you paying?

Im only willing to see what domains i can get at reg fee, if the domain is at a registrar that snapnames do not have an exclusive contract with then it may be possible to grab it. However, not possible if someone has backordered it on dropcatch as dropcatch has its own icann accredited registrars, and hundreds of them too.

 

[usernamex]

@stewmath - If you are getting some now by hand reg, this will work for you brilliantly and probably increase your catches, since you'll be able to beat the other hand regs, and be in the running with the rest of us API users.

If I had to do it over again with what I know now, to start with minimum funding I would put $50 in NameSilo and Gandi $10-20 just for the threading. Use that to see how it goes and get a feel for the software, that's 5 COMs basically, COM cost is $9 (or just fund $54 to get one more!) I would guess there are users who use NS only and are doing fine.

Then to kick it up a notch add DynaDot, the cost for COM is $11 until you accumulate or prefund $500, then it drops to $8.75.

The losing registrar doesn't matter once it is Pending Delete, since that is beyond the point of it having been pre-release auctioned. You can look at NameJet and see if there are bids, in which case don't bother. DropCatch does not show watchers or orders ahead of time, on purpose I am sure.

 

[stewmath]

Sometimes might be worth still going after a name even if its preordered on snapnames, unless its a name thats on a registrar which is partnered with snapnames. Then yeah dont bother.

The problem with snapnames is due to the agreement with those registrars they dont even need to attempt to catch those donains. They just put an order in through the registrar while its still in pending delete and rather than deleting the name they just swap the owner directly over to snapnames.

Its pretty dishonest and unfair in my opinion

 

[uman328]

I have bought the program recently and i caught a good domain. I need to catch a few more to recover the initial investment.

Keep in mind that you have to add some funds in each registrar account, otherwise the API cannot register the domain. The support is one of the the best i had for a digital product.

I will come back with a review.

 

[wayne wooldridge]

I use my own software. If anyone is interested, it is based on namesilo API. If there is enough interest in the software, other registrar's API can easily integrated.
I only ask for a small donation of atleast $10(a bargain if you ask me) in return. A namesilo account with API access that is funded is required and for now, compatible with Windows only.

 

[creataweb]

I use my own software. If anyone is interested, it is based on namesilo API. If there is enough interest in the software, other registrar's API can easily integrated.
I only ask for a small donation of atleast $10(a bargain if you ask me) in return. A namesilo account with API access that is funded is required and for now, compatible with Windows only.

Tell me more sir.

 

[spiritfly]

I own DesktopCatcher for around 4-5 years. I have rarely used it for .com/net and other popular TLDs, but in my experience it is worth it giving it a go. Of course you cannot beat any big registrars like dropcath or pheenix, but I've found it helpful many times when I wanted to catch some domains that I knew were not very popular, but I still wanted to be sure I'd get them.

However, I've had great success with some other ccTLDs in the past, so I highly respect this software! The support is awesome as well. It's a great tool to have in your arsenal for sure!

 

[davidc1]

i have exactly the same feedback with this software !

 

[Cdomains]

The support is awesome as well.

I'll second that!

 

[wayne wooldridge]

Tell me more sir.

Currently it only has namesilo's api integrated, but other registrars could be added if requested. Basically what it does is at drop-time(between 10:45 a.m. and 12:15 pm Pacific Time) it continuously makes API calls with namesilos dropcatch command on a list of domains you add via a txt file. You have to have a pre-funded namesilo account with an api key.(you can easily generate your personal key in account settings.)

Attached are some screenshots

 

[usernamex]

My guess is there are many users (like me) who use Desktop Catcher for niche catching, especially ccTLDs and ngTLDs which NameSilo doesn't do. For that NameSilo has really limited use, if the drop goes past 12:15 or if you want more than COM and NET. Personally, I now prefer using the registrars that don't have the restrictions like Dynadot and RRPProxy so I can pare down my pre-funding.

@wayne wooldridge - You'd for sure have some interest anyway, methinks a good idea to start your own thread : thumbs up :

 

[wayne wooldridge]

My guess is there are many users (like me) who use Desktop Catcher for niche catching, especially ccTLDs and ngTLDs which NameSilo doesn't do. For that NameSilo has really limited use, if the drop goes past 12:15 or if you want more than COM and NET. Personally, I now prefer using the registrars that don't have the restrictions like Dynadot and RRPProxy so I can pare down my pre-funding.

@wayne wooldridge - You'd for sure have some interest anyway, methinks a good idea to start your own thread : thumbs up :

Can you tell me which registrars you do prefer? You do make some valid points as to how limited namesilo API is for someone who wants to catch other TLDs.

 

[eko prasetio]

I use my own software. If anyone is interested, it is based on namesilo API. If there is enough interest in the software, other registrar's API can easily integrated.
I only ask for a small donation of atleast $10(a bargain if you ask me) in return. A namesilo account with API access that is funded is required and for now, compatible with Windows only.

pm me detail sir..

 

[sapfir]

Hello !

error from April 2017

DynaDot Thread Exception [Logged] Error: Unable to connect to the remote server

What to do ? Thanks

 

[usernamex]

@sapfir - is it still happening? Did your IP address change? I did a modem upgrade and forgot to update my IP in DC and got the same error

. . . This would mean the software was unable to establish a connection to DynaDot's server. It would only come from two things, either a temporary drop in your internet or a DynaDot's server being temporarily unavailable. If you were seeing responses coming back from other registrars at the same time then it was likely on DynaDot's end and not yours. Hope this helps

 

[GeorgeQuang]

is it available to using this software against Back-Order services ?

 

[davidc1]

is it available to using this software against Back-Order services ?

sure but you will win nothing with the software.

 

[FPForum]

@GeorgeQuang & @davidc1 it would really depend. Higher demand names which are sure to have multiple backorders will not be likely to grab. But, I've had people tell me they've beat personal backorders at multiple places in the past. It can be done. But once again, there are other variables that would come into that. The demand of backorders would certainly be one of them.