Grrr domain tasting...

[QualityNames.com]

Real bummer. A couple of days ago I checked the availability of a domain . It was still available.

Checked if there were TM issues. No issues. Went to my registrar only to find out it was regged by Wan-Fu China, Ltd.

If traffic is zero. How long does it take before they drop the domain I want to register?

 

[DotWeekly]

Most services allow 96 hours of testing. So check the whois and the time stamp of reg. add 95 ish hours to that, and that will be the time to drop. This will be very hard to guage, because they could drop it after 2 days, or 3 days or they could wait the full 96 hours.

Hope this helps.

 

[QualityNames.com]

Thanks Jamie. Rep added

 

[Smith]

try this:

http://www.safelookup.com

it's not quite finshed, but it works and is safe

 

[Kate]

Wan-Fu China is a known taster
From experience 4 days and the name should drop :gl:

 

[QualityNames.com]

Update: I am a happy camper! The domain name dropped. I am now the proud owner of a new domain name. :hehe:

 

[dhscott]

Update: I am a happy camper! The domain name dropped. I am now the proud owner of a new domain name. :hehe:

Care to share?

 

[domaindigger]

Real bummer. A couple of days ago I checked the availability of a domain . It was still available.

Checked if there were TM issues. No issues. Went to my registrar only to find out it was regged by Wan-Fu China, Ltd.

If traffic is zero. How long does it take before they drop the domain I want to register?

How the heck is it that you checked the availability of a domain and someone else took it? How the heck could they know, this seems like a massive violation of your privacy?

Could a Pro please explain this, how is this legal?

 

[dhscott]

Adding a brag

Some whois websites AND registrars will taste domains if they contain XX keyword for a couple of days to see if the domain gets traffic. If it does, they register it and park it and if it doesn't, they surrender it.

It is not technically illegal under ICANN rules.

Also, if the whois website or registrar has it in their terms and conditions that your searches are recorded, then they are doing nothing illegal either.

BIG NOTE: www.qwhois.net does not register or taste domains you lookup! :D

 

[domaindigger]

Some whois websites AND registrars will taste domains if they contain XX keyword for a couple of days to see if the domain gets traffic. If it does, they register it and park it and if it doesn't, they surrender it.

It is not technically illegal under ICANN rules.

Also, if the whois website or registrar has it in their terms and conditions that your searches are recorded, then they are doing nothing illegal either.

BIG NOTE: www.qwhois.net does not register or taste domains you lookup! :D

I can't understand how or why ICANN allows this to happen.

Do you know which major registrars DO NOT record your searches? (I know for a fact that GoDaddy.com does, they're horrible in this regard.) For example, does Moniker do this?

 

[domaindigger]

Anyone?

 

[Dave_Z]

All registrars supporting .com "log" your searches. But they don't have to sell
or share that data with 3rd parties, especially if they don't benefit from it.

ICANN "allows" it to happen because there's no "law" broken. But their working
committees are discussing this issue.

In the meantime, I suggest you be ready to register the domain name on the
spot once you see it's available. If the one in question is recently taken, give
it about 120 hours (5 days) and hopefully it'll drop.

 

[domaindigger]

All registrars supporting .com "log" your searches. But they don't have to sell
or share that data with 3rd parties, especially if they don't benefit from it.

Do you know which registrars don't sell the logs?

 

[aki]

i have been using namecheap.com for a while, and some domains i wanted i didn't have cash for at the time and they were still available a couple days later.

 

[ofclean]

I've searched things in godaddy and seen them available for months.

 

[domaindigger]

I've searched things in godaddy and seen them available for months.

They we're probably dropped...and no one's saying this happens 100% of the time with GoDaddy, but it happens often enough that I won't use them anymore.

Wan-fu, Matuzi, Wang-lee, MaisonTropicale all feed off of the GoDaddy logs.

I want to start using Moniker, but I want to make sure they don't sell out as well.

 

[Smith]

*cough*

try this:

http://www.safelookup.com

it's not quite finshed, but it works and is safe

 

[YesBrilliant]

It is not technically illegal under ICANN rules.

Well, it IS technically ilegal in the offline, real world.

Do that at Wall Street and you are prosecuted, arrested and banned, maybe for life. Remember Martha Stwart?

That is just like Insider Trading!

 

[metaxom]

On another forum a Moniker guy said that they do not sell out search records. I am using Moniker and I do not have problems but I lost domains with other registrars by not buying the domains at the right time. I am not saying it's their fault.

They we're probably dropped...and no one's saying this happens 100% of the time with GoDaddy, but it happens often enough that I won't use them anymore.

Wan-fu, Matuzi, Wang-lee, MaisonTropicale all feed off of the GoDaddy logs.

I want to start using Moniker, but I want to make sure they don't sell out as well.

 

[Dave_Z]

On another forum a Moniker guy said that they do not sell out search records. I am using Moniker and I do not have problems but I lost domains with other registrars by not buying the domains at the right time. I am not saying it's their fault.

Funnily, a Vice President from Go Daddy has posted in some online news sites
they don't sell their queries. Yet a lot of people still believe otherwise.

Unfortunately it's easy for people to believe that, especially if they don't care
to fully understand how the process works.