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First let me say I realize domain investing is very competitive.
Years ago there was a suspicion that some registrars were monitoring the search queries at their sites and registering domains searched for by people typing domain names into their search boxes.
Lately I have been wondering if some of the whois tools and smaller registrars or their employees monitor the search boxes used in their sites for good quality, available domain name ideas, and possibly registering these names themselves, or perhaps telling a friend outside of their company, and the names are quickly registered.
Lately when I generate a list of domain names to check and run them through some of the checkers at some of the well know smaller registrars, and come back hours later or maybe the next day, all the most obviously good names are gone, more times than not.
As I said at the start, I realize domain investing is very competitive and sometimes names go quickly, but it just seems a little suspicious to me sometimes, especially when I test some good .co names for example.
While .co's are being registered a lot more lately, what are the odds of having these registered just hours after checking them at a registrar?
I may be very wrong about this, I don't know, so I do not want to mention a particular company and risk harming their rep and their business.
My question is - does anyone else notice this, or am I just imagining this?
Years ago there was a suspicion that some registrars were monitoring the search queries at their sites and registering domains searched for by people typing domain names into their search boxes.
Lately I have been wondering if some of the whois tools and smaller registrars or their employees monitor the search boxes used in their sites for good quality, available domain name ideas, and possibly registering these names themselves, or perhaps telling a friend outside of their company, and the names are quickly registered.
Lately when I generate a list of domain names to check and run them through some of the checkers at some of the well know smaller registrars, and come back hours later or maybe the next day, all the most obviously good names are gone, more times than not.
As I said at the start, I realize domain investing is very competitive and sometimes names go quickly, but it just seems a little suspicious to me sometimes, especially when I test some good .co names for example.
While .co's are being registered a lot more lately, what are the odds of having these registered just hours after checking them at a registrar?
I may be very wrong about this, I don't know, so I do not want to mention a particular company and risk harming their rep and their business.
My question is - does anyone else notice this, or am I just imagining this?
