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Saw a nice post on DNW about namebright and now the bright orange banners here on namepros. Does anyone have any firsthand experience with them?
Michael - we're on it and looking into it. If you don't mind, can you PM me a list of domains you tried to check so we can run some tests with these exact domains? Thanks
Rebies, the names I searched would have no affect on a search. I don't understand why you ask for this. Another rep asked the same thing when I emailed them. It is a recurring issue. If you want i can get a screen video of the search delay next time I do a bulk search.
I already asked that in the very first page of this thread. And they already said they don't do that kinda thing. There is no way to prove it (or maybe you found one, i dunno about that), so you just have to take their word for it.Anyway, this isn't the issue I am now having with the company. This is related to them taking domains that I am searching for. I did a bulk search for 6 domain names this morning, all set to expire today. My retention rate on expiring domains that I am searching is something like 60%-100%, meaning when I search for a group of .com domain names set to expire I typically acquire over half of them if not close to all of them.
4 OUT OF 6 OF THESE DOMAINS THAT I SEARCHED ARE NOW REGISTERED BY HUGEDOMAINS.COM AS OF TODAY!
I did a bulk search for 6 domain names this morning, all set to expire today.
4 OUT OF 6 OF THESE DOMAINS THAT I SEARCHED ARE NOW REGISTERED BY HUGEDOMAINS.COM AS OF TODAY!
Why would [email protected] spread out their registrations? I'm guessing to attempt to coverup what they are doing
I find it extremely odd that they decided to catch the same names I happened to be searching for with over thousands and thousands of other dropping names in the list.
HugeDomains does not manage NameShare.com but here is a list of some that they do:I suggest you find out who registered them, because my guess is that it is NameBright.com or NamesHere, or DomainGetter.com (NameBright older names but still in use) and even NameShare.com
Bro, seriously, that front-running conspiracy you brought up is not a smoking gun. I symphatize with you, if that is true -- if -- ..... However, their robot is really good. I bulked searched somewhere else and i can't believe they snatched what i had in mind. Putting a Terminator against living beings like us, is not fair, but i can live with that. I can't accuse them of front-running, though.@Garandy you joined NamePros just to make this post? Do you work for NameBright? And I am totally aware of what is going on around me. I've been in domaining for quite some time now. I don't trust NameBright or HugeDomains. And like I said, I search names almost on a daily basis. That nearly all the domains I wanted were taken by the same registrar that I was searching on says too much to me.
Never had a single issue like this at GoDaddy for the many years that I have been registering there. And regardless of what is actually happening and if I am totally wrong, what NameBright (or HugeDomains) is doing is very controversial to say the least. They offer a product to register names but they themselves also register names. This act is frowned upon in so many industries and actually illegal in a lot of them.
Hey NameBright, you think your domainer customers (your prime target) are fond of you competing with them?? What customer of yours if they knew your actions in its entirety would be happy with your actions??
So here's what I gather, they have multiple crap registrars that catch all the great expiring names and then have a registrar for us chumps who register the left over crap, which only puts the domains in their hands anyway but leaves us with the costs of registration. They then have sweet rules that work in their favor (like 1 year holding periods for expiring names).
@Garandy you joined NamePros just to make this post? Do you work for NameBright?
Never had a single issue like this at GoDaddy for the many years that I have been registering there.
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What i don't like, is they holding on to drop domains for a year, in the premise that you could get it back in case you changed your mind. I don't remember ICANN rules to be like that on dropping domains. If a domain has dropped, you have to let it go through the normal drop process just like everybody else and make it available to others within the standard designated time frame. Holding it out for a year is way too long and opportunistic. That would be like Namebright scrapping the entire sea floor and leaving no fishes behind. Not even the small ones.
How do you explain the 1 year holding period for expired domains? Is it fair? As far as i know, the rule is, if you drop it, you lose it. Your only chance is within the redemption period. I've never heard of a redemption period that spans 1 year.
i wish they would use their blog for system updates. ive been trying to login for 2 hours now and their site will not load properly.