Comments on: The Drop http://www.domainnoob.com/blog/2008/10/the-drop/ My Trip To Domainland Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:16:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: C Demi http://www.domainnoob.com/blog/2008/10/the-drop/comment-page-1/#comment-89 C Demi Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:06:40 +0000 http://www.domainnoob.com/blog/?p=8#comment-89 good blog post! captures what a lot of us are dealing with... frustration about what feels like insider trading that tips the scales against Non-registrars in favor of domain auctioneers et al. I'm dealing with one right now that has hit 75 days after expiration and no sign of it coming up for availability. MelbourneIT says it goes Pending Delete at 71 days and could take through 80 days to drop. BUT... they are partnered with Afternic.com the auctioneer site, who is partnered with BuyDomains... so how can you ever be on an even playing field?? any new insights for us since Oct08? thanks, CD ------------------- Hey CD, thanks for stopping by. I've got nothing new on The Drop. I'm off it for now. It might get more interesting now that large scale domain tasting seems to be over. (See DotWeekly's <a href="http://www.dotweekly.com/2009/04/22/rip-domain-name-tasting/" rel="nofollow">RIP: Domain Name Tasting</a>). About trying to catch one... I keep a list of domains I would like to have on backorder at Snap, NameJet, and Pool. Realistically I don't expect to nab anything the Pro Parkers are after, but I've managed to get some names that were valuable to me personally... my brother's name.com, a band I used to play in. com etc. I like having it automated. I forget about it until I get that email alerting me that one of the domains is in Pending Delete. Then I get anxious for a few days, wondering if I'm going to end up in an auction or not. I assume you've got the domain you're after plugged into Snap, NameJet, and Pool. At least that way you have a chance. And if you do end up in auction, at least you know how much it went for. Good luck with your catch, and keep me posted. . good blog post! captures what a lot of us are dealing with… frustration about what feels like insider trading that tips the scales against Non-registrars in favor of domain auctioneers et al.
I’m dealing with one right now that has hit 75 days after expiration and no sign of it coming up for availability. MelbourneIT says it goes Pending Delete at 71 days and could take through 80 days to drop. BUT… they are partnered with Afternic.com the auctioneer site, who is partnered with BuyDomains… so how can you ever be on an even playing field??
any new insights for us since Oct08? thanks, CD
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Hey CD, thanks for stopping by. I’ve got nothing new on The Drop. I’m off it for now. It might get more interesting now that large scale domain tasting seems to be over. (See DotWeekly’s RIP: Domain Name Tasting). About trying to catch one… I keep a list of domains I would like to have on backorder at Snap, NameJet, and Pool. Realistically I don’t expect to nab anything the Pro Parkers are after, but I’ve managed to get some names that were valuable to me personally… my brother’s name.com, a band I used to play in. com etc. I like having it automated. I forget about it until I get that email alerting me that one of the domains is in Pending Delete. Then I get anxious for a few days, wondering if I’m going to end up in an auction or not. I assume you’ve got the domain you’re after plugged into Snap, NameJet, and Pool. At least that way you have a chance. And if you do end up in auction, at least you know how much it went for. Good luck with your catch, and keep me posted.

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]]> By: JoeTheDomainer.com http://www.domainnoob.com/blog/2008/10/the-drop/comment-page-1/#comment-11 JoeTheDomainer.com Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:48:49 +0000 http://www.domainnoob.com/blog/?p=8#comment-11 I'll let you know how bad the reg-fee names are after their listing in Latona's newsletter next week :) It is EXTREMELY difficult to find solid dropping names. At GoDrops.com, we take the time to mark 'good' names and show them dropping live -- and have a lot of fun in the process. These days, a lot are dropping and gems DO fall through the cracks, but not many. I register maybe 3 domains per week that I feel are strong enough... out of 50,000 that I vet every week (shorter 2-word dot coms only -- keep your eye on the prize!). The list you provided is a little old and 'GoDroppers' since then have bagged some really good ones, notably during today's drop (e.g. I reg'd ColoradoAtlas-dot-com), but those who DO get the Gems for reg fee -are- pretty shy about it... --------------------------- Hi Jason, Thanks for stopping by. Happy to hear you have some names going into Rick Latona's newsletter. GoDrops is super interesting and now that I've got my new(er) Mac up and running I'll definitely be joining you guys for some Live Drop action. Congratulations on a fascinating site. If you're up for an interview I've got questions. Good luck with some sales–JoeTheDomainer.com too (Smart!). I’ll let you know how bad the reg-fee names are after their listing in Latona’s newsletter next week :)

It is EXTREMELY difficult to find solid dropping names. At GoDrops.com, we take the time to mark ‘good’ names and show them dropping live — and have a lot of fun in the process. These days, a lot are dropping and gems DO fall through the cracks, but not many. I register maybe 3 domains per week that I feel are strong enough… out of 50,000 that I vet every week (shorter 2-word dot coms only — keep your eye on the prize!).

The list you provided is a little old and ‘GoDroppers’ since then have bagged some really good ones, notably during today’s drop (e.g. I reg’d ColoradoAtlas-dot-com), but those who DO get the Gems for reg fee -are- pretty shy about it…
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Hi Jason,
Thanks for stopping by. Happy to hear you have some names going into Rick Latona’s newsletter. GoDrops is super interesting and now that I’ve got my new(er) Mac up and running I’ll definitely be joining you guys for some Live Drop action. Congratulations on a fascinating site. If you’re up for an interview I’ve got questions. Good luck with some sales–JoeTheDomainer.com too (Smart!).

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