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**elivate** · 07-21-2006, 07:56 AM

I had a bid in for a great .ca domain that was dropping the other day... bk.ca. I had a bid in with Pool and SiberName. I just checked to see if the domain resolved to a site because I did not get any notification from either drop-catcher... and it goes to http://sibername.com/auction/ and the whois says: This domain name was registered by using Sibername.com.

Now I know that this is typical of the whois for a domain that has just been picked up from a drop, especially a .ca, it takes a while for the name to be transfered to the new owner, etc... But, why was I not notified that my bid was "out bidden" as the emails from SiberName usually say? Did they just keep the name for themselves?

Man, each time I go after a high quality name this drop-catching thing really looks like a shady business...

07-21-2006, 07:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
elivate Platinum Lifetime Member Name: Peter Last Online: Today 07:11 AM iTrader: (30) Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,570 DNF$: 0 Location: Canada Country:	Am I still paranoid? I had a bid in for a great .ca domain that was dropping the other day... bk.ca. I had a bid in with Pool and SiberName. I just checked to see if the domain resolved to a site because I did not get any notification from either drop-catcher... and it goes to http://sibername.com/auction/ and the whois says: This domain name was registered by using Sibername.com. Now I know that this is typical of the whois for a domain that has just been picked up from a drop, especially a .ca, it takes a while for the name to be transfered to the new owner, etc... But, why was I not notified that my bid was "out bidden" as the emails from SiberName usually say? Did they just keep the name for themselves? Man, each time I go after a high quality name this drop-catching thing really looks like a shady business...