Freshly registered names not necessarily virgins

[MAllie]

Perhaps it's stupid of me, but I've only just realised that when you register a name it's not necessarily one that has never been registered before. I registered one a few days ago and have since discovered through Google that it has been around the block a few times. It's actually a misspelling of another word, but in its misspelled form it's perfect for a purpose I have in mind. I had an idea that dropped names that weren't picked up again were languishing in some kind of limbo, rather than returned to the pack. Interrrresting!

[draggar]

Sometimes you can get lucky with this. I once hand registered a name that dropped a few months earlier and it took me a while to figure out why it was getting traffic (I had it parked). Too bad traffic trickled down to nothing so I let it drop.

It's also interesting to see names that you dropped appear on your keyword drop lists.

[MAllie]

What is a 'keyword drop list,' Draggar?

[Ehsan]

Yup happens to me a lot of times you can check if it was registered before through these tools a part from google www.archive.org , and http://whois.domaintools.com/sample.com go down until you see the DomainTools Exclusive section there you will find something like this

Whois History: 8 records have been archived since 2003-07-17.

[MAllie]

Thank you, Ehsan. I will now go down through my tiny portfolio checking all my names.

[Ehsan]

Thank you, Ehsan. I will now go down through my tiny portfolio checking all my names.

I think you just found your new hobby , i used to do it first but now cant care much less if i like it , but i do check some before hand registering

[draggar]

What is a 'keyword drop list,' Draggar?

I'm subscribed to some drop services, like pool.com and they send me daily emails of domains that match keywords that I have saved with them.

So, if you have "computer" as a keyword, they'll send you a list of all the domains with the word computer in them that are dropping soon (in hopes you'd backorder them).

I wasn't sure of a better way to word it.

[simon johnson]

Something to look out for here, is that some names may receive traffic that is not appropriate for parking companies. If a domain has been ab(used) before, dropped and then you hand reg it later for a legit business, then you might run into trouble when you park it.

[DotSauce]

I would venture to say that the majority of available domains (which aren't obscure) have been registered or "tasted" in the past.