Understanding DropCatching with a bot VS SnapNames/Dropcatch

[semchichi]

Hi!

I've been learning as much as I can about domains and build a little bot to request a domain with dynadot, it requests the registration of a domain about 2 times per second, so I thought I had a pretty good shot at winning the domain.

I check at 11:31am, which is when I estimated it would drop, and SnapNames had won it.

I'm wondering, what difference does my single bot have against SnapNames and the likes? I know they have hundreds of registrars, and dropcatch has over a thousand, but is it just 1000 registrars firing to register in the same millisecond, and first come first served?

Is there any point to me using my own bot, or should I just use snapnames/BO service?

I appreciate your help, thanks!

 

[Hypersot]

You will only manage to snap domains that haven't been attempted to be registered by those services.

To help you understand,
when you use Dynadot, you basically send a request via their API to the registrar, your request gets in a queue (despite not showing on the API request response) and when your time is up, only *then* the registrar makes an attempt to register.

Any BO services, make an attempt multiple times per second *straight to the registry*.

As you can easily understand, you are just not even competing them.

The only way to get a domain is only if those services make no attempt to register a placed backorder. That happens usually with Dropcatch's discount club.

 

[semchichi]

That's really insightful, really appreciate this!

Yeah, I see now I had absolutely no chance! Was fun trying to build something though, and I guess it will still work if they don't try to snap them up, like you said.

Cheers Hypersot!

 

[Armageddon]

Hi!

I've been learning as much as I can about domains and build a little bot to request a domain with dynadot, it requests the registration of a domain about 2 times per second, so I thought I had a pretty good shot at winning the domain.

I check at 11:31am, which is when I estimated it would drop, and SnapNames had won it.

I'm wondering, what difference does my single bot have against SnapNames and the likes? I know they have hundreds of registrars, and dropcatch has over a thousand, but is it just 1000 registrars firing to register in the same millisecond, and first come first served?

Is there any point to me using my own bot, or should I just use snapnames/BO service?

I appreciate your help, thanks!

and...and...and
You only use a API...they use EPP code or have access to EPP code as registrar or those attempted are directed to EPP code

But good job of you if you made such a little program

 

[Lox]

I'm wondering, what difference does my single bot have against SnapNames and the likes? I know they have hundreds of registrars

1000 registrars = 1000 milliseconds
Closer servers (VPS or cloud/shared) to XY (point-to-point) result in faster responses

Regards

 

[DomaiNewbie]

If your programming skill is good enough to make a api call to make all 3 of time without delay, you can win drop catch.

More registerar = Win? Bull Crap.... Than Why Russia still not win? ROFL

 

[dirk]

If your programming skill is good enough to make a api call to make all 3 of time without delay, you can win drop catch.

No you can't.