question So Who has a Solution to Andrew Reberry?

[domainhacks-931385]

I doubt people are gonna sit idle for long as that vacuum sucks every good domain out of the drop, and then posts it on his site for $2000. NameJet and Snapnames are in decline as he beats them everytime. Who is next to challenge him?

 

[Name Trader]

@serhatkotan - Which is why GoDaddy don't compete in the Dropcatch Market (At least yet). DropCatch are 500 times more likely ever second to catch drop catches compared to GoDaddy. Why anybody uses GoDaddy to try to dropcatch domains, is beyond my ken.

 

[Furquan]

As of today, 20190309, Andrew Reberry has 1252 registrars. More than 1/2 the total exported from ICANN. [2460] GoDaddy has one. What's up with that? Is there any advantage in him doing this?
Is it only in his mind??

He/team behind clearly making good return of investment no wonder after five years that register count become double.

 

[garptrader]

HD has a lot junk inventory for sale at $xxxx. How many quality domains are in the hands of NP members available at comparable or lower prices?

 

[NameLlama]

Yes, some one try to judge the average quality and value of HugeDomain domains. Use Estibot appraisal algorithm or goDaddy, then compare it to average domainer's.... Hahahaha

You should also request the History of all HugeDomains ever owned and then use WHOIS to see if it might have sold. Visit each one to see which was tturned into a website. How many was sold? How many has turned into websites?
What does an average sold HugeDomain look like? YellowingUndies.com?

 

[Name Trader]

HD has a lot junk inventory for sale at $xxxx. How many quality domains are in the hands of NP members available at comparable or lower prices?

Lots. Why are are we not all millionaires? Instead of struggling domainers.

 

[Domains - Wanted]

It is clear actually, every registrar has a limit of attempting registering a domain name with ICANN.

The more registrars he owns the more registering attempts he has with ICANN...

This is correct, except the attempts are with the registry, Verisign, not ICANN.

He pays 1-2 million dollar per year for only paper work of his registrar companies with ICANN.

Last I checked a while back, ICANN accreditation (paperwork, as you put it) was $3,000 per registrar per year. Assuming 1252 registrars, that's $3,756,000 per year.

That way, after a domain drops he is able to make 1000 requests per second to ICANN, while godaddy is able to send 2 requests per second.

1000+ attempts per second sure sounds like a heck of a lot. That is until you factor in the number of domains they are attempting to catch (thousands each day) and the number of wasted, empty attempts during the drop

 

[Name Trader]

OK. To add to these stats. The Reberry Empire are dropping approx 4.5K of domains tomorrow, according to DropCatch. At that rate, it would mean they are dropping 4500 x 365 = 1,642,500/yr

 

[UltraNames.com]

This is correct, except the attempts are with the registry, Verisign, not ICANN.

Last I checked a while back, ICANN accreditation (paperwork, as you put it) was $3,000 per registrar per year. Assuming 1252 registrars, that's $3,756,000 per year.

1000+ attempts per second sure sounds like a heck of a lot. That is until you factor in the number of domains they are attempting to catch (thousands each day) and the number of wasted, empty attempts during the drop

1000 is just hypothetical actually, i dont remember the actual number, i just know that it is 1000 more time than other registries, even with the number of domains they try to catch it is still giant. :D

Yes it is with verisign, since this request limit per regitrar returns in favor of ICANN, i didnt mention Verisign i guess.

 

[UltraNames.com]

@serhatkotan - Which is why GoDaddy don't compete in the Dropcatch Market (At least yet). DropCatch are 500 times more likely ever second to catch drop catches compared to GoDaddy. Why anybody uses GoDaddy to try to dropcatch domains, is beyond my ken.

You are right, compared to dropcatch, godaddy is like a reminder service i guess, people use it for not valuable domains but just some domains that matter to them actually. Godaddy cant even catches drops at the same day :D

 

[johnnie018]

He does deserve it. but I think the jury is still out as to whether this is a viable model or not.

It feels good to think it may not be working for him doesn't it?

 

[johnnie018]

Has anyone ever thought there's enough domainers and developers at Namepros that together with a combined pool of funds we could build a system to challenge this guy....? Just saying.

Can you imagine, what a mess!

 

[Asfas1000]

OK. To add to these stats. The Reberry Empire are dropping approx 4.5K of domains tomorrow, according to DropCatch. At that rate, it would mean they are dropping 4500 x 365 = 1,642,500/yr

How can you tell how many domains they are dropping on a specific day ?

 

[maksimfa]

HD has a lot junk inventory for sale at $xxxx. How many quality domains are in the hands of NP members available at comparable or lower prices?

I think their goal is purely to profit off of people who forgot to renew their domain for whatever reason.

I had a few names that I did not renew when I was away from the game for personal reasons. They are now regged at Huge Domains asking $2,500 or so. If it was a developed business, I can certainly see paying their extortion prices.

But... if @Rob Monster has his way and the business model moves to owning your name for life, this drop catch business will greatly decline as good names will be owned outright.

 

[BrandableDomain]

As of today, 20190309, Andrew Reberry has 1252 registrars. More than 1/2 the total exported from ICANN. [2460] GoDaddy has one. What's up with that? Is there any advantage in him doing this?
Is it only in his mind??

Yep, that sounds correct, 1,252 registrars, DomainIncite gave a great overview of the state of play at the end of 2016 after DC added a staggering new 500 accredited registrars to change the game.

“The new accreditations would have cost DropCatch $1.75 million in ICANN application fees alone. They will add $2 million a year to its running costs in terms of extra fixed fees.”

Domain Incite

http://domainincite.com/21309-dropcatch-spends-millions-to-buy-five-hundred-more-registrars

One of the best things I did in domaining was to abandon SnapNames and move to DropCatch a few years ago. No more “won” names at registrars you’ve never heard of - some of which vanished or could not be transferred out. Often very stressful, but no longer, domaining became fun again.

So my thanks and congratulations go to Andrew and Jeff Reberry for their superb operations.

One reason I’ve tried to acquire as many domains as I could afford for over a decade (apart from the belief that they are appreciating) is I’ve always been afraid that Verisign, Godaddy or even someone like Google or Apple might take an interest and create say 10,000 new registrars for their own catching service. Maybe too paranoid.

The good times may not last forever, who knows?

The DC operation has been expanding for years so it clearly must be a profitable model. Last I heard I think Huge owns around 5M domains.

@serhatkotan correctly answered your question as far as I know.

 

[Name Trader]

You are right, compared to dropcatch, godaddy is like a reminder service i guess, people use it for not valuable domains but just some domains that matter to them actually. Godaddy cant even catches drops at the same day :D

Correct. They cannot even beat a hand-reg for the same domain at GoDaddy. Now that is APPAULING.

 

[Name Trader]

It feels good to think it may not be working for him doesn't it?

Actually. I like to see people succeed. Even in the domaining industry. I admire their innovation and risk taking. I admire them putting their money where there ideas are, to make it happen. Seizing opportunities. I admire @Rob Monster for much of the same reasons.

 

[Name Trader]

OK. To add to these stats. The Reberry Empire are dropping approx 4.5K of domains tomorrow, according to DropCatch. At that rate, it would mean they are dropping 4500 x 365 = 1,642,500/yr

That's more than$10M/year in wasted registrations.

 

[EbookLover]

the answer is simple " Development".

You should wash your mouth out with soap for saying the "D" word. That's a bad word to domainers. It's worse than the "O" word (outbounding).

 

[johnnie018]

That's more than$10M/year in wasted registrations.

Yep, feels good.

 

[Name Trader]

How can you tell how many domains they are dropping on a specific day ?

It's easy. You search for all the Pre-Release domains they are dropping on DropCatch.