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

 

[damance]

Lifetime license?

 

[Zsolt Bikadi]

Lifetime license?

Contact us regarding lifetime license.

Answering some questions and some more comments:

- The main reason of introducing monthly license (besides that revenues can be better predicted) is to keep it useful

If we have too many users (lifetime license) the chances of catching a domain by a given Desktopcatcher user drops linearly. What everyone really hates if they are beaten by another Desktopcatcher user. We want to stop "spamming" our software. There are users with 10+ licences, who make it harder for other DesktopCatcher users to catch domains. Having less user provides better experience for those who have it.

- We are considering launching a lite version of the software for one time low fee that will have one or two registrars, like Dynadot. There are users who are only interested in these.

- DesktopCatcher is not for everyone, it is not for beating DropCatch and not for apparently high value .com domains. There are two main field where it can make big bucks:

i, under radar domains, which you don't want to share with dropcatching companies because you can't be sure if someone picks it then
ii, non-com field

- We know users who make thousands or ten thousands a month with DesktopCatcher - the monthly fee of the software is negligible for these users and they are our target customer base

E.g. we just got an email today and this happens time to time:
"Yes, and again credit goes to you for another sale. C*********.com was dropcatched by Desktopcatcher. Sold it last week for $3,500."

 

[Lightthrower]

I keep getting the error "Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow" when I try to start/update the software, I have the lifetime license and when I send an email they never respond to me. Anyone else had this problem with DC?

 

[Cdomains]

I keep getting the error "Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow" when I try to start/update the software, I have the lifetime license and when I send an email they never respond to me. Anyone else had this problem with DC?

Try reinstalling the software.

 

[Lightthrower]

Try reinstalling the software.

I actually just found out what it was, my file in appdata folder was too big, over 2 gigs, deleted it and now it works! How it helps someone else some day!

 

[Ntmt]

Any ideas how to figure out in advance if pendingDelete .co will become registry premium or not after deletion? It is needed to not spend time backordering premium domain.

 

[uDomains]

Any ideas how to figure out in advance if pendingDelete .co will become registry premium or not after deletion? It is needed to not spend time backordering premium domain.

you can go on dynadot backorders here,and search for .co domain that you plan to catch,if it is premium it will show premium price for backorder

 

[Cdomains]

Anyone else getting errors from Namesilo in Desktopcatcher?

Namesilo has always worked.

Yes, I have funds in my account

No, I have not changed my IP

Nothing has changed in my account.

The other registrars are still working fine.

Just Namesilo is not working.

I am just wondering if I am the only one having this problem.

I want to know if this problem is with Namesilo or not.

Thanks-

 

[davidc1]

namesilo is very very slow...
much faster to order thru their website than their api.

 

[Cdomains]

much faster to order thru their website than their api.

Their Api is not working for me at all.

 

[Lightthrower]

So I was trying to get a domain and this morning I see this for the Whois:

Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.desktopcatcher.com
Registrar URL: https://desktopcatcher.com
Updated Date: 2020-05-09T08:42:56.0Z
Creation Date: 2020-05-09T00:31:14.0Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-05-09T23:59:59.0Z
Registrar: Virtua Drug Ltd
Registrar IANA ID:

Did they steal my domain? Are they a registrar now? I don't see them in the ICANN list https://www.icann.org/registrar-reports/accreditation-qualified-list.html

 

[Armageddon]

So I was trying to get a domain and this morning I see this for the Whois:

Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.desktopcatcher.com
Registrar URL: https://desktopcatcher.com
Updated Date: 2020-05-09T08:42:56.0Z
Creation Date: 2020-05-09T00:31:14.0Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-05-09T23:59:59.0Z
Registrar: Virtua Drug Ltd
Registrar IANA ID:

Did they steal my domain? Are they a registrar now?

Domain Name: DESKTOPCATCHER.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1753203731_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2019-10-19T17:56:06Z
Creation Date: 2012-10-19T04:46:20Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2020-10-19T04:46:20Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: 480-624-2505
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Name Server: JAKE.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
Name Server: LEAH.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM

 

[synecdoche]

Hi all - I want to give this software a try, but find the website very confusing. Have a few questions - would be great if you could help answer some of them.

1) Is this software working as of May-2020? I see the last couple of posts only pointing issues.

2) Is this a cloud based software of does one have to download and install on local machine? are there any specific requirements of the machine?

3) what is the process like? I believe one has to download the software after paying the monthly subscription on the website? Is that all there is to get started? Or any other steps needed? At what stage does one get a customer account? Is there a customer support system?

4) Once registered, I hope there is an option within the dashboard to cancel the monthly subscription if the software is not making sense for you.

Apologies for the long list. But wanted to check on a few things before diving in with both feet. Thanks in advance.

 

[davidc1]

Before, it was a lifetime licence installed on your pc.
I have a licence and it works but it has been sold by the developer, not sure they continue to develop anything as i see release notes... https://www.desktopcatcher.com/release-notes/

 

[KindName]

Hello,
Is there any news about this software? I would like to try it too.
Thanks.

 

[aZooZa]

Looks like it's on the shelf...

 

[kam]

so bad for this software, i use it for years for all my regfee needed domains, before i used my own php script but DC is more handy and we had great software with the creator.

now the offer is much more different than before, it's seems it's the end...
$70 per month is much more expensive than the price before...

Have you seen these words on your sales page:

https://www.desktopcatcher.com/purchase/lease/

Other competitors with one time payment could be:
http://dropking.com/
Do you know some others ?

I just release one of my self-use dropcatch program to test the market response.
The price is competitive.
Portable version and it only access it's own folder and you can put it into USB stick, it never write anything into appdata folder, registry, etc.

https://domainsoftwares.com/product/domain-monster/

Free Demo version
https://domainsoftwares.com/product/dropcatch-monster-dynadot-api-demo-version/

 

[BrunoWillis]

Hi,

I bought 'Lifetime License' for Desktopcatcher last year but can't download the exe file. I receive an error message in my account. Support has received several emails from me without replies but the emails were opened (one even 14 times). Can you please assist? Thank you.

EDIT: The emails went to my spam folder. Now everything is sorted.

 

[uDomains]

I just release one of my self-use dropcatch program to test the market response.
The price is competitive.
Portable version and it only access it's own folder and you can put it into USB stick, it never write anything into appdata folder, registry, etc.

https://domainsoftwares.com/product/domain-monster/

Free Demo version
https://domainsoftwares.com/product/dropcatch-monster-dynadot-api-demo-version/

your software would be competitive with desktop catcher only if you add few more registrars,the same that desktop catcher has and maybe some new,and if you code it so that it can catch all new tlds like xyz and majority of cctlds,for now i dont think that anyone will buy it just to use it with dynadot api,for that desktop catcher still works fine

 

[kam]

your software would be competitive with desktop catcher only if you add few more registrars,the same that desktop catcher has and maybe some new,and if you code it so that it can catch all new tlds like xyz and majority of cctlds,for now i dont think that anyone will buy it just to use it with dynadot api,for that desktop catcher still works fine

If I remember right, desktop catcher will forced their new customers use the software under their VPS Server only. I think not everyone is happy with it and they may looking for an alternative.

Dropcatch Monster [Dynadot] is supporting 270+ extensions.
https://domainsoftwares.com/2020/06...s-are-supported-by-dropcatch-monster-dynadot/

Dropcatch Monster [Dynadot] will remain only support Dynadot.
The selling point of Dropcatch Monster is only one time fee, minor updates are always free.

I don't plan to implement license check into it. No one want to be keep track by others or forced to use a specific VPS to access a software while they can't copy the software away.

I may release another version such as Dropcatch Monster [Namesilo], Dropcatch Monster [epik] etc. But I will never integrated them into one piece.

It's because when too many functions are integrated into single app, the software will be very expensive and it won't be survived in the market without license check.


Kam