Is namesilo frontrunning

[robert widener]

just so you all know .... namesilo is frontrunning , checked a domain yesterday & today i went to get it & it's gone ...... guess who owns it NAMESILO . so dont be checking any domains at namesilo because if you dont buy it right then it may be gone the next day . does president michael goldfarb have an account here ? ...would he like to respond ?

 

[carob]

I believe the OP can edit the thread title and possibly the first post.

Why not change it to "Is Namesilo Frontrunning?"

That asks a question and invites responses and lets people hear other people's experience and draw their own conclusions.

Some registrars, not Namesilo, have been suspected of selling whois searches on, and Network Solutions used to register any name you searched for and try to sell it for $39 for the next 5 days. So this question could come up sooner or later at any registrar.

If I understand right, OP found a name he wanted was rapidly taken. Has happened to most of us - you can have different intepretations of how that happens, and if you want to jump to making accusations without checking and considering the possibilities, there are still multiple parties you could accuse, not just the registrar.

 

[robert widener]

i changed the title of the thread because that's what it was supposed to be in the first place . i made a mental error in typing the title & should have been paying more attention & i apologize for that . i didn't realize that thread titles can be changed within a certain time limit until it was pointed out to me .

 

[robert widener]

edit

 

[robert widener]

namesilo may be frontrunning , checked a domain & went back to get it & it's gone . so check domain names at your own risk if you use a registrar's website because if you don't buy it right then it may be gone very soon after your search .

just so you all know .... namesilo is frontrunning , checked a domain yesterday & today i went to get it & it's gone ...... guess who owns it NAMESILO . so dont be checking any domains at namesilo because if you dont buy it right then it may be gone the next day . does president michael goldfarb have an account here ? ...would he like to respond ?

 

[robert widener]

i tried to edit the first post in this thread , wasn't able too .

 

[robert widener]

edited

 

[Kate]

This thread is a waste of time. I mean, you could at least post the whois record with relevant dates and timestamps even while omitting the domain name.

 

[robert widener]

This thread is a waste of time. I mean, you could at least post the whois record with relevant dates and timestamps even while omitting the domain name.

then move on kate , thanks for the advice though i'll keep that in mind for future references

 

[offthehandle]

Glad to see everyone commenting in support of Namesilo. When you have time, Please delete this thread @Eric Lyon or @Kenny or other mods. Namesilo is really responsive especially here look how fast they defended this on Namepros and a great company that most people myself included give the recommendations routinely, they are in this unsubstaniated accusation run amok. I have registered hundreds and checked at least a thousand names this past year and use their whois after I log in all the time. Everyday in fact, I use it and never had an issue.

 

[creataweb]

No offense but I'm sure Namesilo couldn't give 2 sh*ts about the hand regs lol

 

[robert widener]

edited .... will have something to say later

 

[Arca]

@Eric Lyon - Can you please clarify the relationship between the @robert widener and @marthak? Was the latter banned for being the former?

 

[jaydub]

Namesilo 6.99 .com. 7.99 .net and 5.99 .org Is still going on..... just fyi

 

[DomainAuction]

Similar situation just happened to me earlier today; placed a max bid on a domain < 1 hour prior it completely expiring and now its suddenly renewed and parked with Undeveloped; will investigate privately ...

*Not saying this is the case, but the chance of the previous owner to (finally) renew < 1 hour prior a VERY LONG expiration cycle is strange. Perhaps NameSilo pushes redemption fee's if bids are placed with hopes to rake in expensive revivals of expired domains? No matter how you slice it, something is off here.

**Not accusing anyone.... yet.

 

[namesilo]

Similar situation just happened to me earlier today; placed a max bid on a domain < 1 hour prior it completely expiring and now its suddenly renewed and parked with Undeveloped; will investigate privately ...

*Not saying this is the case, but the chance of the previous owner to (finally) renew < 1 hour prior a VERY LONG expiration cycle is strange. Perhaps NameSilo pushes redemption fee's if bids are placed with hopes to rake in expensive revivals of expired domains? No matter how you slice it, something is off here.

**Not accusing anyone.... yet.

Hello. I can let you know this is absolutely not the case. As with many other registrar expired domain processes, our Registrants can wait until the last minute to renew to gauge domain valuation as a significant percentage of bids in our system for expired domains occur within the last 24 hours (and many within the last hour to few minutes) of the expired domain auctions concluding. We make more money if an expired domain is auctioned than if it is renewed, so not sure the implication of us "pushing redemption fees" or anything else.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

I watched a domain name expire every year at namesilo. Every year the person renews in final minutes.
Yes i remember the name quite well
Sorry domainauction but the chances of the owner renewing at last minute are pretty good.
Investigate and come back with your findings

 

[Furquan]

@namesilo its better to talk with Mr @Eric Lyon & get this thread closed. I don't think there is any point which requires this threads to be in open status. Not only all the claim by OP which started this thread is truthless but also it seem op wont be able to provide any proof.

 

[jaydub]

I can say I personally have let names go right to the wire at namesilo before renewing..... usually I see the reminder email which I have held in my mailbox

I agree it might be time to close this as the OP has responded in over a month

 

[Arca]

Similar situation just happened to me earlier today; placed a max bid on a domain < 1 hour prior it completely expiring and now its suddenly renewed and parked with Undeveloped; will investigate privately ...

*Not saying this is the case, but the chance of the previous owner to (finally) renew < 1 hour prior a VERY LONG expiration cycle is strange. Perhaps NameSilo pushes redemption fee's if bids are placed with hopes to rake in expensive revivals of expired domains? No matter how you slice it, something is off here.

**Not accusing anyone.... yet.

What you outline here is extremely common at NameSilo. There are many owners there that let domains expire and go to auction, and renew just before the auction is about to close. Why they do this, I don't know.

Another thing is, once somebody places a bid on an expired domains, NameSilo emails the owner to notify them that there is a bid and that the domain will consequently be sold upon the end of the auction (at least I got those emails last when I let some names expire that got bids in the expired domain auctions). It seems that "most" owners that had decided to let a domain expire will change their mind and go to renew that domain after they are notified that somebody has bid on it.

Based on my own experience I'd say that about 80-90% of the expired domains I bid on at NameSilo got renewed after my bid. With the way their expired domain auction system works it's mostly a waste of time to bid on expired domains there.

 

[imadoer]

I watched a domain name expire every year at namesilo. Every year the person renews in final minutes.
Yes i remember the name quite well
Sorry domainauction but the chances of the owner renewing at last minute are pretty good.
Investigate and come back with your findings

I wouldn't waste my time trying to buy expired domains from namesilo. I spent $1,600 on a domain. The guy renewed it within the last few hours. Namesilo took my money within minutes to pay for the domain and took me months to get my money back after tons of arguing and calling my bank and calling namesilo. It caused me so much frustration. Also I can't stand how they're expired domain auction is structured. So I just steer clear of them when it comes to expired auctions