Pitchback Domains

[Ms Domainer]

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I recently backordered a domain through Snapnames and Pool.

Neither caught it, so no auction.

However, a registry called Pitchback Domains caught it, and it remains registered with them.

Okay, so you win some, lose some; I just thought it was weird that a small company would actually catch the domain--snapnames was really working at trying to catch it (for hours, everytime I went onto my account, it said "Acquiring name").

But this is where it gets weird. It says enom is the registrar, and that www.Pitchbackdomains.com is the contact.

But that's it. The Whois info is incomplete.

And the website is not resolving. So, in effect, it's an invalid Whois.

Why would a defunct company work so hard at trying to catch a domain and then provide such a sketchy WHOIS entry?

Any ideas what might be up?

I don't really want to reveal the domain, at least for now, because I think the owner should have a chance to update his/her info before someone files an invalid Whois complaint. It's only been about five days since the domain was dropped and caught.

I won't be filing an invalid Whois complaint because I had backordered the name, so I would have a conflict of interest.

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[gazzip]

alot of companies like snapnames enom etc have loads of registrars that are only used to try and catch names.

I got a domain the other night at snapnames, the registrar that caught it was.......wait for it :blink:



DomainTimemachine.com :lol: ..Boy do I wish I had one of them

looks like its one of Snapnames catchers



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[Ms Domainer]

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Hum....Interesting.

Snapnames sent me an email that said that they were unsuccessful in acquiring the domain.

If this is true, could they be warehousing domains that didn't get a lot of interest or enough bidders?

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[gazzip]

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Hum....Interesting.

Snapnames sent me an email that said that they were unsuccessful in acquiring the domain.

If this is true, could they be warehousing domains that didn't get a lot of interest or enough bidders?

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Its normal if they notify you if they don't manage to capture the name, there are loads of people/registrars trying to capture names all the time.

If the name was showing as pending delete then its a free for all, ie: whoever gets there first gets the name...maybe it ended up at pool or namejet ? ..or it may have been caught by a private catcher.

I'v had a few domains from snap where I was the only bidder so I don't think its anything strange or deliberate IMO.


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