GoDaddy Backorder service

[verbster]

Has anyone had any luck using GoDaddy's backorder service?

I bought the service a long time ago, but haven't been able to capture any dropped domains. Every time it fails to capture a domain, it reverts back to a domain backorder crdit for the next attempt. Missed out on another one today. At this rate, I'll never get rid of it.

Just wondering if there are any places or times their service works well enough to pick up a domain.

Incidentally, how does the backorder service work with their own domains when they put any domain worth anything in their auction?

 

[AEProgram]

it says:
available date 4/16/2014
last checked on 4/16/2014 9:36 AM

and you are saying .coms drop between 2:00PM-2:47PM EST

they have to be checking at least 2:00PM not 9:36 AM!


am I missing something?

thanks AEProgram

The last checked on will always be the time or a bit after the time you submitted the request.

My guess is that you made the requests 7:30PM or so SA time.

The image you show is of 2 different domains. This means you requested one backorder then 15 or so minutes later another.

I hope this helps

PS here is a sample of a name I ordered. I am in USA East Coast, my time is 3 hours ahead of GD time.

 

[Abdul Aziz R]

I understood what your are saying
and that makes sense...

what I couldn't understand is, it is written that it will be dropped 16-4, and today is 16-4

so when will it be dropped? i am just wondering

 

[AEProgram]

I understood what your are saying
and that makes sense...

what I couldn't understand is, it is written that it will be dropped 16-4, and today is 16-4

so when will it be dropped? i am just wondering

if its a .com it already dropped, if they caught it usually by 4pm EST you will get an email, if they didnt the email goes up up until about 10PM EST.

But you can check the whois and see for yourself if they got it or not

http://www.verisigninc.com/en_US/whois/index.xhtml

post in who caught it, sometimes gd uses different names such as Go China, Go France etc etc

 

[Abdul Aziz R]

I found that they are all gone

iGenerate - Expiration Date: 16-apr-2015 - Registrar: ENOM439
FutureLine - Expiration Date: 16-apr-2015 - isimtescil.net

both missed

 

[AEProgram]

I found that they are all gone

iGenerate - Expiration Date: 16-apr-2015 - Registrar: ENOM439
FutureLine - Expiration Date: 16-apr-2015 - isimtescil.net

both missed

igenerate = namejet
futureline / isimtescil.net looks like a snapname catch

important names def order by several dropcatchers

 

[Abdul Aziz R]

what about yours
is it dropped today

 

[AEProgram]

what about yours
is it dropped today

yeah one was caught by pheenix the other at name.com

 

[Abdul Aziz R]

congs man

 

[Name Trader]

@aalrashed - So you have learned first hand that GoDaddy Backorders are useless for anything except domains which you could have hand-regged yourself. They cannot even beat another hand-reg at GoDaddy. That's how useless they are. Since Pheenix came on the scene, I now use them rather than GoDaddy for capturing these type of domains. They are actually very good at capturing domains. They've captured 95%+ of all domains I have backordered there. Without any need to prepay, like at GoDaddy. As regards to the 95%+ percentage, its high because I never backorder highly competitive domains anywhere. They are usually niche domains that I want and am too lazy to get out of bed in the middle of the night to hand-reg.

With regards to NameJet/SnapNames. If the domains have backorders there, then you must backorder the domain at those companies to stand any chance of competing in the ensuing auction. Actually, between them they will capture about 80%+ of all dropping domains, captured.

 

[Abdul Aziz R]

thanks stub

I register there... will give them a try

 

[GoKaizen]

I can't get my head around it either. I thought they went to auction but it's beyond me at this point LOL

Old rule was backorders were on a first come, first serve basis. Obviously GoDaddy realized that they would make more $$ doing backorder auctions.

It's happened to me more than once where I reuse the backorder, when a domain is in auction or after it exits closeout, and it still is not caught or someone else gets it. Do some people get special treatment?

GoDaddy's back order system is only good for domains that drop and are not picked up by anybody else. Heck they cannot even beat a GoDaddy hand-reg for the same domain. That's how Whack they are.

Yup!

 

[GoKaizen]

IT'S TERRIBLE

https://www.namepros.com/threads/godaddys-backordering-system-is-whack.805392/