domains Epik.com Dropcatch Mega Thread

[Rob Monster]

Every day, Epik is dropping more and more domains.

For many TLDs, on day 36 of expiry, we send names through a Snapnames expiry auction. The minimum bid there is $79 which is high for some domains.

On Day 43 of expiry, the last day before we delete names, we do a reverse auction with the final price of domains dropping all the way down to $9 plus the renewal cost.

Every day we see great names get picked up for peanuts. Last night DrugAddiction.Co went for $9 plus reg fee, for example.

You can check out the daily inventory here:

https://marketplace.epik.com/daily-diamonds

The Epik.com team will post in this thread about particularly insane bargains that you might want to know about.

Also, for NamePros members, we have dropped the Backorder fee all the way down to $8.49. So, if you want to backorder at Epik, you can still get a non-exclusive but no-auction backorder for reg fee. For premium domains, the renewal fee is added to the backorder fee, but for a .COM, $8.49 is the all-in refundable backorder deposit.

So, follow this thread and we'll drop some backordering nuggets here.

 

[CJ6]

One issue(?)
When a backorderable domain is listed on Afternic. The afternic price shows up instead of the backorder price. Is there a way around that?
(I don't need it now. Im not backordering it. I just saw it on 1 domain today.)

 

[Rob Monster]

One issue(?)
When a backorderable domain is listed on Afternic. The afternic price shows up instead of the backorder price. Is there a way around that?
(I don't need it now. Im not backordering it. I just saw it on 1 domain today.)

Yup, that makes sense since we do get the Afternic MLS feed. We'll take a look.

 

[Rob Monster]

Yup, that makes sense since we do get the Afternic MLS feed. We'll take a look.

PS - I deposited $25 "Bug Bounty" to your Epik account. That is a legit bug. It should be patched on Monday. Good catch.

 

[CJ6]

PS - I deposited $25 "Bug Bounty" to your Epik account. That is a legit bug. It should be patched on Monday. Good catch.

I see it. Thanks.
Consider it spent within the next few days.

 

[Gube]

Today's dropcatch results for me : 2 domains backordered, 2 missed
These were a bit more valuable than before
Duo/Zen (com) & Same/Room (com)
One catched by snap and the other one by dropcatch (no auction, Huge domains ?)
Will try with more domains tomorrow

 

[CJ6]

I feel almost like it's Christmas morning...
$8.xx dropcatch service. $25 bug bounty. Now I just need that $XXX,XXX sale to happen. Is that too much to ask?

Edit: I wasn't asking you to make it happen... just putting it out there that it would be nice IF it happened.

 

[Gube]

Yes. Any other items for the Pending-delete Filter Wishlist?

https://marketplace.epik.com/pending-delete

We'll try to knock them out in an update next week.

An other possible filter : "Domain pattern"
Like on Expireddomains (they have a lot of filters if you need more)

-- And I was able to add a backorder on a previously "premium" listed domain
with the add-backorder link : https://registrar.epik.com/add-backorder/yourdomainhere.com

 

[Gube]

Hello everyone,

Here is today's list of picked deleting domains
https://armored.net/index.php/s/iqAFF4T3TPJX9TG
You can download the sheet file from Armored (Powered by Epik)
I will improve this list everyday so you can find the best domains

Gube

 

[BradWilson]

-- And I was able to add a backorder on a previously "premium" listed domain
with the add-backorder link : https://registrar.epik.com/add-backorder/yourdomainhere.com

And again I added this to my plugin

 

[Lakshan]

Nice service @Rob Monster . Always domainer friendly.
Can I know what TLDs and ccTLDs are supported? Some sites charge hefty fee for ccTLD backorders

 

[Rob Monster]

Nice service @Rob Monster . Always domainer friendly.
Can I know what TLDs and ccTLDs are supported? Some sites charge hefty fee for ccTLD backorders

Good question. We are mainly dropcatching Verisign names but in fact you can backorder most TLDS at Epik. With @Gube now on the team, we'll see if we can take this to the next level. He already identified something very useful for .COM and will be working closely with our engineering team this week to gather feedback and test improvements.

 

[Dan Nayo]

Good question. We are mainly dropcatching Verisign names but in fact you can backorder most TLDS at Epik. With @Gube now on the team, we'll see if we can take this to the next level. He already identified something very useful for .COM and will be working closely with our engineering team this week to gather feedback and test improvements.

Hi, Rob.
Tried to place an order yesterday, on a name that was available. But it shows $199. I contacted live chat at epik. They said item wasn't available that I had to backorder. Then I place an order in Porkbon it went through. It happens twice yesterday.
Please look into it. And again the Microsoft//com is showing 199 for me.

Thanks.

 

[Gube]

Hi, Rob.
Tried to place an order yesterday, on a name that was available. But it shows $199. I contacted live chat at epik. They said item wasn't available that I had to backorder. Then I place an order in Porkbon it went through. It happens twice yesterday.
Please look into it. And again the Microsoft//com is showing 199 for me.

Thanks.

It is possible to backorder any domain currently taken. When the domain will drop, Epik will try to get it for you. If it shows 199$, it means the domainer price wasn't applied to your account. PM your username to Rob so he can enable it to your account (Backorder price is 8.49$ for NP users)

Gube

 

[Dan Nayo]

It is possible to backorder any domain currently taken. When the domain will drop, Epik will try to get it for you. If it shows 199$, it means the domainer price wasn't applied to your account. PM your username to Rob so he can enable it to your account (Backorder price is 8.49$ for NP users)

Gube

Yeah, thanks.
But it should be noted though. That the name I had issues about wasn't from backorder name. It was a name that's was already available. I had to buy it instantly from porkbon without going through the backorder route.

Thanks again.

 

[Gube]

Hello everyone,

Today's Pending Delete list is here
https://armored.net/index.php/s/g5YNPxqdHABqdBp
(Hosted by Armor, Powered by Epik)

It's now based on a Scoring system and not on Appraised Values
The score is calculated on multiple factors such as domain length, domain age, words "balance", readability, Number of TLDs taken, Alexa rank..
In the coming days, I will add more data to these lists to help you find the best names

Take a look at the list, and backorders as many names as you want

Gube,

 

[Blitzpotz]

Nightowl report:

• I tried to backorder a few names out of @Gube ´s list. When I copy-and-pasted them into the relevant order field and tried to go to the next step I landed on Epik´s homepage and was not able to finish. Note: Cart was empty, I was logged in; I tried several times.
  
• Later I checked your Daily Diamonds, found nice glass pearls and purchased them for $9 plus one year of renewal for additional $8.49. The website seemed to be slow during this action and I had to process payment twice regarding a website error at the first time. But it worked then, after changing from CC to In-Store-Credit what may be coincidence, and I found those tasty crumbles immediately in my portfolio. They were shown as unlocked and alerted as due for renewal, still showing the old expiry date (2019). I wanted to renew at once for another year and 2021 was shown as new expiry date in Checkout. So the renewal of Daily Diamonds was working but the new expiry is not shown in the portfolio. I double-checked with Whois where renewals until 2020 are confirmed. (Now, one hour later, domains are locked and eypiry date is correct in my account. I´ll post this though.)

 

[Gube]

Nightowl report:

• I tried to backorder a few names out of @Gube ´s list. When I copy-and-pasted them into the relevant order field and tried to go to the next step I landed on Epik´s homepage and was not able to finish. Note: Cart was empty, I was logged in; I tried several times.
  
• Later I checked your Daily Diamonds, found nice glass pearls and purchased them for $9 plus one year of renewal for additional $8.49. The website seemed to be slow during this action and I had to process payment twice regarding a website error at the first time. But it worked then, after changing from CC to In-Store-Credit what may be coincidence, and I found those tasty crumbles immediately in my portfolio. They were shown as unlocked and alerted as due for renewal, still showing the old expiry date (2019). I wanted to renew at once for another year and 2021 was shown as new expiry date in Checkout. So the renewal of Daily Diamonds was working but the new expiry is not shown in the portfolio. I double-checked with Whois where renewals until 2020 are confirmed. (Now, one hour later, domains are locked and eypiry date is correct in my account. I´ll post this though.)

I just tried with the first 2 names from today's list, It works
Did you use the bulk search form ? https://registrar.epik.com/index/bulk-register-domain
Gube,

 

[Blitzpotz]

Did you use the bulk search form ?

No, I used a link in this (or another Epik?) thread which leads to a specific backorder site.

 

[Blitzpotz]

No, I used a link in this (or another Epik?) thread which leads to a specific backorder site.

Great, I am quoting myself.
Here is the link. There I chose "Actions" - "Add new backorder".

 

[Gube]

Great, I am quoting myself.
Here is the link. There I chose "Actions" - "Add new backorder".

I will check that. By the time it's corrected, you can use the Bulk search form
It works the same way