For Sale deleted domains goes pay model

[Domainut]

This should have a big effect on many aspects of the industry.

 

[TopNames.com]

I saw that and I was not suprised. Their tool works very well and the $100 a year fee seems a little high, but reasonable.

 

[jinshiji]

Too Bad
Anyone know some places where also provide this kind of service as DD for free?Or anyone can provide some free scripts like this? :'(

 

[Dave Zan]

I saw that and I was not suprised. Their tool works very well and the $100 a year fee seems a little high, but reasonable.

Remember the days domain names were given free until they were charged? :-D

It's indeed bound to happen, especially if funds are needed to expand its still
growing resources. Now their next challenge is to continually deliver on its
services despite being a paid one.

 

[daniel]

[mod]No advertising outside of the advertising forum![/mod]

 

[Nexus]

Remember the days domain names were given free until they were charged? :-D

Do you get the impression all these places just build traffic until a certain point, and then start selling the data under some profit model? LocalWhois (free) -> Domainsbot ($$$), DeletedDomains (free) ->DeletedDomains ($$$).

JustDropped-> (?)
SnapCheck-> (?)

Like drugs or something. Only the first one is free. (j/k) :wink:

Snag-A-Name (free) -> PPC page

~ Nexus

 

[beggers]

How about some PC software that searches for dropped domains? I have Expired Domain Express and I'm sure there are better ones.

Incidentally, I just tried . It's too slow to be usable. I came here, wrote this, and it still hasn't displayed my search results.

 

[mole]

Incidentally, I just tried. It's too slow to be usable. I came here, wrote this, and it still hasn't displayed my search results.

Moral of the story - you pay nuts, you get babboons.

 

[seeker]

justdropped is a little slow (sometimes slower than other times), but it works well.
I like it better than deleted domains

 

[ExpireGuy]

Do you get the impression all these places just build traffic until a certain point, and then start selling the data under some profit model?

In this case it took DD over 6 years to bide it's time. I would imagine the iNet think tank that took over the reigns for DeletedDomains in 2002, just wants to get more milk from their traffic cow.

 

[clemzonguy]

DeletedDomains has been very gracious to provide their services over the years for FREE the least we can do is at least pay them $100 as a kind gesture for all of their hard work. Several domains I have obtained using their service 2-3 yrs ago will most likely net me 4-5 figure sales in the near future and have given me several domains that I currently do business with which I am very thankful for. Those days are over but their site is still very useful.

 

[mole]

I think $8.33 per month is very reasonable. You pay $15/mth for whois.sc anyway. Does anyone know what this Advanced Domain Details feature (coming soon) is?

 

[daniel]

Thanks for the comments seeker. Beggers - we are currently tweaking a few things on our end to accommodate the influx in traffic we are receiving. Users should notice
a much better reponse time. Since DD changed to a pay model our traffic has spiked
nicely

 

[Nexus]

In this case it took DD over 6 years to bide it's time. I would imagine the iNet think tank that took over the reigns for DeletedDomains in 2002, just wants to get more milk from their traffic cow.

Think the site is great and has been. I do think however that even deciding to "get more milk" is a move in the direction I noted. I don't necessarily think its a bad thing either. Like paid domain forums, its about knowing your market. I think the extra money could even be used to make the service much better. Inevitably free->paid allows seems alarming. Now, paid->free is equally alarming. I was amazed at what Google decided to do with some of Blogger.com's membership fees.

~ Nexus

 

[Domainut]

Since DD changed to a pay model our traffic has spiked
nicely

[mod]No advertising outside of the advertising forum![/mod]

 

[Frontline]

With all the main drop catchers going to post auction mode now, I don't spend nearly as much time researching domains before they are in the drop period. There is almost (yes there is still some) no benefit to knowing that a name is going to delete because being early doesn't help your chances as much anymore.

 

[skylight]

yeah. now i am only interested in pending delete list.

 

[seeker]

well...............
you can always contact the owner assuming its in redemption and offer a better than auction price offer and possibly get it.
You might make him/her just keep it and renew it, but if the name is worth it, most probably the price at the auction would have been prohibitive, so the zone files are still important IMHO.

 

[Frontline]

That was the only benefit to was referring to seeker, just didn't want to come out and say it. Great minds think alike

 

[Domainut]

With all the main drop catchers going to post auction mode now, I don't spend nearly as much time researching domains before they are in the drop period. There is almost (yes there is still some) no benefit to knowing that a name is going to delete because being early doesn't help your chances as much anymore.

Yes this is a very valid point, except for the occasional Godaddy hail mary backorder. A source that provides simply a list of the names, even if sortable and searchable still has use, but paying for just the list of domains? how valuable is it?

This is the very reason DropWatch supplies full detailed stats with the domains, for not only pending delete, redemption, and onhold names, but also NetSol/snapnames drops, and Namewinner drops.