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This is NOT an accusation; I'm just trying to understand how expiring .com and .net domains are dropped into the deletion pool.
I had been keeping an eye on an expiring domain in the hopes of catching it as a reg fee. I didn't want to backkorder it because, quite frankly, it's a so-so domain (with a hyphen), but it's short and conveys two different meanings, so it might have some value, but not enough to pay 50-60 bucks for it.
Okay, so I find out that the domain has been caught by someone using gtld-servers.net as its servers (all 10 of them!), which I then discovered belong to Verisign.
I had come across these servers before in a quest for another domain, which was taken by the owner of these same servers, but I really didn't look into it, although the 10 servers seemed odd for a new reg.
The domain was caught by Verisign and dropped less than 24 hours later (it might have been sooner than that). I was then able to snag it, even though it still showed as taken on the expiring domain tool that I use.
I thought it was odd that someone would "taste" a name for such a short period of time, especially since tasting has been seriously curtailed, but I thought it was just an anomaly.
Okay, so today, when I saw those same servers attached to a domain I wanted, I had a hunch that the domain might have been dropped (even though it still showed as taken), and I was right! So I snagged that one as well. This is when I discovered the Versign connection.
My question: when registrars release deleting domains, do they release them directly to Verisign who holds them for a short time and then releases the domains into la-la land?
I'm sorry if I'm asking something that might be common knowledge, but this is the first time I have encountered this possibility.
Thanks for any insights!
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This is NOT an accusation; I'm just trying to understand how expiring .com and .net domains are dropped into the deletion pool.
I had been keeping an eye on an expiring domain in the hopes of catching it as a reg fee. I didn't want to backkorder it because, quite frankly, it's a so-so domain (with a hyphen), but it's short and conveys two different meanings, so it might have some value, but not enough to pay 50-60 bucks for it.
Okay, so I find out that the domain has been caught by someone using gtld-servers.net as its servers (all 10 of them!), which I then discovered belong to Verisign.
I had come across these servers before in a quest for another domain, which was taken by the owner of these same servers, but I really didn't look into it, although the 10 servers seemed odd for a new reg.
The domain was caught by Verisign and dropped less than 24 hours later (it might have been sooner than that). I was then able to snag it, even though it still showed as taken on the expiring domain tool that I use.
I thought it was odd that someone would "taste" a name for such a short period of time, especially since tasting has been seriously curtailed, but I thought it was just an anomaly.
Okay, so today, when I saw those same servers attached to a domain I wanted, I had a hunch that the domain might have been dropped (even though it still showed as taken), and I was right! So I snagged that one as well. This is when I discovered the Versign connection.
My question: when registrars release deleting domains, do they release them directly to Verisign who holds them for a short time and then releases the domains into la-la land?
I'm sorry if I'm asking something that might be common knowledge, but this is the first time I have encountered this possibility.
Thanks for any insights!
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