For Sale Best Way to Catch a Drop These Days???

[socalboy]

This is probably the basics to most of you people, but it is the first time I really want to catch a drop! I found something that I think is interesting, but may not be appropriate for the typical dropcatcher. Would anyone be kind enough to share the best way to reel it in? Thanks,

SoCalBoy

 

[Togoodhlth]

Best bet would be to backorder the domain at:
http://snapnames.com
http://pool.com

Gl

 

[katherine]

If you could share a few details this would help. For instance:
- extension
- registrar
- current status: expired, redemption, etc
Some registrars have agreements with snap or namejet (or godaddy with tdnam) so the name will be sent to auction before it even drops. In this case you need to backorder with that particular service.
For dropping domains (pending-delete) it costs nothing to place a backorder with snap, pool and namejet so you increase the odds of catching the domain by backordering with several dropcatchers. Be prepared to enter a private auction with other people.

 

[socalboy]

Thanks for the advice. It's a .com.

I think I lost it because the reg info just changed, but here's what it now says:

Active
New expiration date is in 2008, on the same day as the creation date
Registrar is DOMAINDISCOVER
Registrant is DomainDiscover Security Department (used to be a woman in England)
However the servers are still EXPIRED3.DOMAINSUPPORT.NET, EXPIRED4.DOMAINSUPPORT.NET

Maybe it never even dropped. It was definitely several weeks expired a week or so ago. She had purchased it from BuyDomains for x,xxx last year.

Does anyone know, is Domain Discover Security Department private registration, or is the registrar just holding it pending the drop? I know GoDaddy drops show a 1 year renewal date in the WhoIs even while the domain is dropping.

Thanks.

 

[cursal]

I know GoDaddy drops show a 1 year renewal date in the WhoIs even while the domain is dropping.

good to know

 

[katherine]

good to know

If you look at the full whois you will notice registrar expiry date and registry expiry date. When a domain expires, it is provisionally renewed so the registry expiry date is +1 year. The registrar can still drop the name and get a refund from the registry within 45 days.
So you need to pay attention at registrar expiry date.

 

[socalboy]

I guess I don't know where the full whois is. Do you have a link? NetSol says

Domain expires on

Verisign says

Expiration Date

and DomainDiscover says both

Expiration Date

and

Domain expires on

Thanks again.

 

[katherine]

Try Domaintools for example. You will see registry data on top and registar data at the bottom. There should be a discrepancy of 1 year between registry and registar expiry date. Pay attention to registar data.

 

[registercompass]

I did really well with expiring domains that have alexa rank and a google pagerank 3+.

Its really easy to sell text links on those domains. The ROI is normally around 2-3 months depending on how long it takes to get some link buyers on.

My top performing domain makes around $400 a month since January 07

I recommend that you have to manually verify the Pagerank of expiring domains your interested in.
Near 80% of them use a 301 redirect and their pagerank is not real its faked!

It's not worth backorder a domain like that.

Hope this helps you making a great domain grab ...

 

[dnol]

thanks for sharing knowlege,but is it easiy to check alexa rank very easily for 1 million domains?

 

[gorilla_bob]

DNOL,

FYI, Not sure if you had a chance to look at www.freshdrop.net but it scans literally millions of domains each day for PR, Google Result Counts, etc and it also has a scan to tell if the Google PR is "fake".

And the best part about it is that it's quick as hell and the TDNAM, SEDO, EBAY scans are absolutely FREE!


Hope this helps.

- Bob

 

[sOliver]

From my limited experiences a good way is to do it yourself sometimes.
Add the names you really want to a list and check them daily.
That's how I got gogle.info although someone backordered it at several sites.

I did really well with expiring domains that have alexa rank and a google pagerank 3+.

Its really easy to sell text links on those domains. The ROI is normally around 2-3 months depending on how long it takes to get some link buyers on.

My top performing domain makes around $400 a month since January 07

I recommend that you have to manually verify the Pagerank of expiring domains your interested in.
Near 80% of them use a 301 redirect and their pagerank is not real its faked!

It's not worth backorder a domain like that.

Hope this helps you making a great domain grab ...

May I ask how you verify a PageRank, I heard that a lot of people fake their PR but I have no clue how they do that.
Would you mind sharing your domain with us? If you don't want because of competition that's fine.

 

[gdtechindia]

snapnames
pool.com
and tdnam in auction

DNOL,

FYI, Not sure if you had a chance to look at www.freshdrop.net but it scans literally millions of domains each day for PR, Google Result Counts, etc and it also has a scan to tell if the Google PR is "fake".

And the best part about it is that it's quick as hell and the TDNAM, SEDO, EBAY scans are absolutely FREE!


Hope this helps.

- Bob

thanks for sharing the url

 

[WeBuyThe.Com]

Watching a few names that will be expiring in the next few days
is Snap and Pool enough or is it important to add name jet too?

Any pros/cons to using namejet?

Thanks for your insight!

 

[Devil Dog]

Any pros/cons to using namejet?

Thanks for your insight!

The con with using namejet is when you add the name to your backorder list, then everyone else can see that there's a backorder on it, and are more inclined to backorder it themselves since they see that someone else wants it.

 

[WeBuyThe.Com]

I noticed at snap there are four different prices

$29 - I believe these are internal names that had no bids on the first go round?
$59 -
$60 - I believe these are domainers reselling via snap or backorder price?
$79

Can anyone verify the above info?
Anyone know the why some are at 59 while others are 79?
Is one easier to get than the other?
Do some require back ordering at other drop catchers?

Thanks!

 

[Illuminosity]

The con with using namejet is when you add the name to your backorder list, then everyone else can see that there's a backorder on it, and are more inclined to backorder it themselves since they see that someone else wants it.

You can use this to your benefit though by placing a high initial bid for the name which will scare off most casual bidders knowing they will have a tough fight for the name.

If no one else bids the domain is yours for the minimum bid price.

 

[Devil Dog]

You can use this to your benefit though by placing a high initial bid for the name which will scare off most casual bidders knowing they will have a tough fight for the name.

If no one else bids the domain is yours for the minimum bid price.

OH REALLY? Didn't know this.