Homemade Drop Catch ccTLD

[CharliePug]

Hi, guys!

Lately I've been backordering dropped ccTLD domains from my country, where there're only two backorder platforms but the competition on bids is increasing too much, and I the prices are going almost as high as the gTLD's ones.

My question is: how hard and expensive is to set my own system to catch dropped domains? There're only two backordering services, so the competition shouldn't be as hard as compiting with Pool, Snapnames, etc.

What would I need? I've found this DesktopCatcher software, which works with a few registrar API's that support my target ccTLD. If I set up a few VPS with multiple instances on each one, would I be able to catch some domain or I'm being to naive?

Thanks!

 

[Kate]

Which TLD ? If you have your own registrar, then you have direct access to the registry for faster catching, but there may be caps set by the registry. The conditions for setting up a registrar vary a lot from one TLD to another...

 

[CharliePug]

Hi, sdsinc! Reading Desktop Catcher features I understood that, somehow, I just need to use another registrar API to register the domains. Did I get it right? Or do I need to be approved as a registrar by the national NIC?

Sorry if I make foolish questions, I'm quite new to domaining world... :D

 

[Kate]

You are not going to compete against registrars with just an API I'm afraid.