Domain in my GoDaddy cart – Can someone else buy it?

[DrJacoby]

When I've managed to find a premium domain name and put it in my cart at Godaddy, can someone else still buy it, or is it "reserved" for me?

If so, for how long?

 

[themavrick]

I don't think its reserved until you have paid for it.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I am not really sure, but if it is 'reserved' it is only for a very limited time, like 10 minutes or something, if you don't finish purchase. For sure just leaving it there overnight will not keep someone else from buying it.

 

[DrJacoby]

Ok, would be nice to know for sure. Maybe I'll contact Godaddy about it, because if I have a nice coupon code, I'd like to find more than one domain before checking out.

 

[CJ6]

If it's just a regular non-registered domain, it's not reserved at all. Anyone still can register it through other registrars or GoDaddy.

 

[DrJacoby]

If it's just a regular non-registered domain, it's not reserved at all. Anyone still can register it through other registrars or GoDaddy.

That makes sense. But what about closeouts?

 

[CJ6]

That makes sense. But what about closeouts?

I'm not sure about closeouts, but I wouldn't risk it. I would think that it's possible to get it even if it's in someone else's cart. Nothing is guaranteed until you pay for it... and have it in your portfolio.

 

[creataweb]

From my experience if you try to buy one from the auctions(.)godaddy(.)com it would not be purchasable for a couple of hours by anyone else. However, I wouldn't push my luck with that.

 

[CJ6]

I once registered a domain from GoDaddy and it was in my portfolio. They took it away the next day and said that someone registered it before me and it was put in my portfolio by mistake. (I don't believe it.)

 

[DrJacoby]

From my experience if you try to buy one from the auctions(.)godaddy(.)com it would not be purchasable for a couple of hours by anyone else. However, I wouldn't push my luck with that.

I was just in contact with GoDaddy support. Apparently, normal domain registrations are reserved for about 5 minutes in your cart.

Buy Now-closeouts are not reserved.

I once registered a domain from GoDaddy and it was in my portfolio. They took it away the next day and said that someone registered it before me and it was put in my portfolio by mistake. (I don't believe it.)

Ouch! That hurts.

 

[wwwweb]

Once you click purchase, it locks the domain for X amount of minutes, but if you release it back, it takes many hours, and you might lose it.

 

[DN Universal]

If you truly feel that it is a good domain name for you to have, then don't procrastinate any longer because it just might not be there too much longer.....

 

[xynames]

I'm not sure if it is "reserved" for any amount of time. I haven't tried this with a premium domain, but with a hand registration I've put it in the GDiddy cart, and then found a better deal for the new reg at another registrar and been able to register it no problem, even while it is still sitting in the GD cart.

I've even been in situations with new regs where I have had it in the cart with more than one registrar at the same time.

 

[DrJacoby]

If you truly feel that it is a good domain name for you to have, then don't procrastinate any longer because it just might not be there too much longer.....

Yes absolutely. The problem is when you have a nice coupon code and want to use it to buy multiple domains.

 

[wwwweb]

Yes absolutely. The problem is when you have a nice coupon code and want to use it to buy multiple domains.

If your domain is that good, a coupon code can only reduce the renewal price of the domain, not the actual domain cost, I am not sure what scale you are talking about, but it sounds kind of petty.

 

[DrJacoby]

I'm not sure if it is "reserved" for any amount of time. I haven't tried this with a premium domain, but with a hand registration I've put it in the GDiddy cart, and then found a better deal for the new reg at another registrar and been able to register it no problem, even while it is still sitting in the GD cart.

Annoying! GoDaddy support just told me there's a 5 minutes reservation. I guess the lesson is to never trust random support staff...

 

[DrJacoby]

If your domain is that good, a coupon code can only reduce the renewal price of the domain, not the actual domain cost, I am not sure what scare you are talking about, but it sounds kind of petty.

It's the Domain Beginners scare.

 

[creataweb]

Maybe they changed their setup but I just last year did this with names from the Auction section and it was reserved for me for at least a couple of hours. Oh well, good luck either way.

 

[UXela]

Closeouts are reserved (and in your cart) for exactly 2 hours after you click the buy now button.
After the 2 hours are up the domain name is removed from your cart. From that moment it takes between 5 and 20 minutes for it to be back in the list = offered to other buyers.

 

[DrJacoby]

Closeouts are reserved (and in your cart) for exactly 2 hours after you click the buy now button.
After the 2 hours are up the domain name is removed from your cart. From that moment it takes between 5 and 20 minutes for it to be back in the list = offered to other buyers.

That sounds fantastic! Are you 100% sure?