Drop Catching is Dead?

[Name Trader]

Hi,

I've just spent all day long going thru the dropping domains at NameJet, for my usual selection of keywords. I managed to backorder just one domain. I don't consider this time well spent considering it'll probably be caught by DropCatch. Does anyone else have the feeling that drop catching is pretty much totally dead? Is all the oxygen being sucked up by the Pre-Release Auctions? I don't think I'm going to look again at the drop catching domains. My time is much more valuable than these meagre pickings. I used to be able to identify at least 10 domains or more to backorder from the next 3 days dropping domains.

Any thoughts or comments appreciated.

 

[RGkiiing]

do you not use expired domains to filter drops?

 

[ninjadomain]

Nice thread! Drops becoming more difficult for sure.

 

[Name Trader]

do you not use expired domains to filter drops?

I didn't. But I'm going to start

 

[MR Harrist]

I think expireddomainnet are good website, sometime I collect some spam domain to feeding my site, but unfortunately, there's some list that have high quality wasn't listed there, but I still that website are good, cause many ppl recomended that site, in many forums! I think you should try that site, and its free anyway.

 

[Aaron Nijsse]

I can't imagine drop catching dying anytime soon. I've made ton of money off of one and two word .com domains I've found. So many people forget to renew domains. At least one out of every 500 domains expired is worth at least a couple hundred dollars.

 

[Name Trader]

I can't imagine drop catching dying anytime soon. I've made ton of money off of one and two word .com domains I've found. So many people forget to renew domains. At least one out of every 500 domains expired is worth at least a couple hundred dollars.

Are you talking about Pe-Release Auctions or Drop Caching. Because most of those domains you are talking about, all get picked up in Pre-Release, and never make it to the Drop. And. Any decent domain which makes it to the drop, 50-75% of the time is picked up by DropCatch.com for HugeDomains.com. Leaving the dregs for the rest of us. I don't think Drop Catching (not Pre-Release Auctions) in anything like as fruitful,as you are describing. In fact. I don't believe it's worth the effort anymore, for the small pickings and huge competition. Sure. We still catch the odd domain. But as a business model, I think it is dying, if not completely dead.

 

[Keith DeBoer]

You can find snapnames, namejet and godaddy (closeouts+expired) pre-release lists on my website (ExpiredDomains.net) and a lot of other domain lists all in one place. I also have a pending delete list that is as far as I know the most comprehensive in the world.

From what you are writing, I think you can save a lot of time by using my website. At the moment you can enter up to 30 keywords per domain name filter (starts with, ends with or contains), so you could check your 150 keywords with only 5 searches per domain list.

You can use the saved searches system to speed it up even more. You have to invest some time to set everything up like you want it, but I think it is worth it especially for reoccurring keyword lookups. You can also enabled email updates for the saved searches. With that you will get 1 email per day including all newly found domains matching your searches.

If you have questions or suggestions, just post them here or use the contact form on my website.

@kostaki Thank you soooo much for providing this amazing tool to the domaining community. Cheers!!

 

[ninjadomain]

Stub, perhaps start your own drop-catching service?

 

[Name Trader]

Stub, perhaps start your own drop-catching service?

Why would I want to do that if I think Drop Catching is dead Besides. I don't have the funds to compete with DropCatch, or, even to compete in their "inflated" auctions.

 

[ninjadomain]

Perhaps you can with resources, just wishful thinking.

 

[Name Trader]

Don't get me wrong. I wasn't casting any aspersions with my use of the term "inflated". I was merely trying to insinuate how pricey I think the bids are on DC. I suppose, that is to be expected with Public Auctioning of drop-caught domains.

 

[ben pedri]

You naturally became a better name picker ,chances are the domains you do backorder and get now are more valuable than the domains you once found easier to grab,which are still probably sitting in your account. Based on what you posted Im sure the domain you do get will more than make up for all the ones you dont get and once did. I think that makes sense . Keep on TRUCKING

 

[Name Trader]

You naturally became a better name picker ,chances are the domains you do backorder and get now are more valuable than the domains you once found easier to grab,which are still probably sitting in your account. Based on what you posted Im sure the domain you do get will more than make up for all the ones you dont get and once did. I think that makes sense . Keep on TRUCKING

So true. But I'm not there yet. Still buy some unsellable domains But a lot less than before

 

[DanBingham]

You can find snapnames, namejet and godaddy (closeouts+expired) pre-release lists on my website (ExpiredDomains.net) and a lot of other domain lists all in one place. I also have a pending delete list that is as far as I know the most comprehensive in the world.

From what you are writing, I think you can save a lot of time by using my website. At the moment you can enter up to 30 keywords per domain name filter (starts with, ends with or contains), so you could check your 150 keywords with only 5 searches per domain list.

You can use the saved searches system to speed it up even more. You have to invest some time to set everything up like you want it, but I think it is worth it especially for reoccurring keyword lookups. You can also enabled email updates for the saved searches. With that you will get 1 email per day including all newly found domains matching your searches.

If you have questions or suggestions, just post them here or use the contact form on my website.

I use this daily, and find it extremely useful. Thanks to @kostaki for creating such a valuable tool, and if you haven't already checked it out - you must!

 

[golan]

Dropcatching is not dead at all. I usually spend a couple hours daily on the next day drop list, mostly searching for SEO domains, but when i spot a great name i just add it to my to-catch list, and sometimes it hits. I'd say one of 10-20 tries. I've collected quite a few good to great names for regfee within the last few months. But as the name hunt is not my primary concern, but let's say collateral activity besides my SEO domaining, i can afford not to be stressed at all about whether i catch a good name or not.

 

[Name Trader]

Dropcatching is not dead at all. I usually spend a couple hours daily on the next day drop list, mostly searching for SEO domains, but when i spot a great name i just add it to my to-catch list, and sometimes it hits. I'd say one of 10-20 tries. I've collected quite a few good to great names for regfee within the last few months. But as the name hunt is not my primary concern, but let's say collateral activity besides my SEO domaining, i can afford not to be stressed at all about whether i catch a good name or not.

My original post had a question mark in it's title. It was a question rather than a statement of fact. I'm sure there are some average domains dropping every day. The problem is most of the better one's are hoovered up by DropCatch. Like you. I catch a few domains using Pheenix, which is probably only marginally better than doing a hand-reg when the domain drops.

 

[domeen]

Been also doing drops for month now, I think I didnt do for 5 years or even more.
And I love it. I just love it. I am addicted again.
So nice ones dropping, Agreed a little expensive, but still. In order to make money you need to spend it.

snapnames - ok
namejet -ok
dropcatch - also ok,

godaddy auction - too many bidders, not worth it.

 

[Name Trader]

Been also doing drops for month now, I think I didnt do for 5 years or even more.
And I love it. I just love it. I am addicted again.
So nice ones dropping, Agreed a little expensive, but still. In order to make money you need to spend it.

snapnames - ok
namejet -ok
dropcatch - also ok,

godaddy auction - too many bidders, not worth it.

GoDaddy is not DropCatching*. They're Pre-Release Auctions. SnapNames/NameJet do both Drop-Catching and Pre-Release Auctions. DropCatch, as their name suggests, are pure Drop-Catchers (the best by a mile).

To be clear. I was talking about Drop-Catching, not Pre-Release Auctions with this thread.

* Also to be clear. You can backorder dropping domains at GoDaddy. But they cannot even beat hand-regging the domain.

 

[domeen]

GoDaddy is not DropCatching. They're Pre-Release Auctions. SnapNames/NameJet do both Drop-Catching and Pre-Release Auctions. DropCatch, as their name suggests, are pure Drop-Catchers (the best by a mile).

To be clear. I was talking about Drop-Catching, not Pre-Release Auctions with this thread.

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[Name Trader]

i think you don´t need to explain grandfrather how to make kids!

my remarks were not necessarily, directed specifically at you, but to other less experienced people in this thread, who could have been mislead by your comments. This thread was also specifically about DropCatching, not Pre-Release Auctions.