Some questions from a newbie

[hasked]

Hello there, I have some questions for you and i'm pretty sure this is the right place

I would like to obtain a domain (.com) that expires the 21th of april. The domain is with Godaddy and from what I read on their website they give a grace period to the owner to renew the service. I'm quite sure that this domain is not going to be renewed.

I would like to be almost sure to partecipate at least at a private auction, what's the best way to try it?

-Which sites guarantee a good percentage of catches? I'm probably going to apply to at least 3 sites.

-Do I have to apply for the backorder service before the expiration date or it's to early?

-On godaddy I read that if they catch the domain then even if you do the backorder they do a public auction for it, that's crazy!

reading about it from this forum I selected Namejet, Snapnames, Dropcatch and Pheenix do they have a private auction? Am I going to have a good probability to catch the domain or you suggest to do a backorder also on other websites?

Thank you in advance

 

[DNWon]

Hi @hasked Welcome to NamePros!
What makes you so sure the name won't be renewed?

 

[hasked]

thank you, I'm not so sure, I think the owner couldn't be interested in it anymore.

Another question, is a private backorder service for the companies I selected? I mean if I do a backorder for let's say abc.com do compare somewhere that I'm trying to catch that domain so someone else can try to catch it even if he didn't know about it?

 

[Constantin S]

Welcome to NamePros!

I would like to obtain a domain (.com) that expires the 21th of april. The domain is with Godaddy and from what I read on their website they give a grace period to the owner to renew the service. I'm quite sure that this domain is not going to be renewed.
- Then buy it from GoDaddy auction directly.

I would like to be almost sure to partecipate at least at a private auction, what's the best way to try it?
SnapNames is the only dropcatch service that provides private auctions in-case there are 2 or more people that backorder the same domain.

-Which sites guarantee a good percentage of catches? I'm probably going to apply to at least 3 sites.
Dropcatch, Snapnames, Namejet, Pheenix. (in that order)

-Do I have to apply for the backorder service before the expiration date or it's to early?
From what I know you can place a backorder only when they are listed on backorder websites (like Dropcatch, SnapNames etc.)

-On godaddy I read that if they catch the domain then even if you do the backorder they do a public auction for it, that's crazy!
That's normal.

reading about it from this forum I selected Namejet, Snapnames, Dropcatch and Pheenix do they have a private auction? Am I going to have a good probability to catch the domain or you suggest to do a backorder also on other websites?
Dropcatch and SnapNames catches 90-95% of all dropped domains, those 4 are more than enough.

 

[hasked]

I would like to obtain a domain (.com) that expires the 21th of april. The domain is with Godaddy and from what I read on their website they give a grace period to the owner to renew the service. I'm quite sure that this domain is not going to be renewed.
- Then buy it from GoDaddy auction directly.

Is Godaddy going to do a public auction before give the possibility to the other services to catch it?



I would like to be almost sure to partecipate at least at a private auction, what's the best way to try it?
SnapNames is the only dropcatch service that provides private auctions in-case there are 2 or more people that backorder the same domain.

And what happen with the other services if I'm the only one applied for it?

Thank you again