Domain Fishing Question

[Mike Bell]

I'm fairly new to the domain game, and got a question. I've a c# developer by trade, and I'd like to build myself a "tool" to help my efforts at finding nice names. Is there any kind of rule or law being broken by hammering up against registrars like I'm fixing to do? Thanks!

 

[eSology]

That is a pretty broad statement. Each registrar has their own rules and TOS. eNom will ban you if you try and "hammer away" at them. Others don't even allow a connection.

 

[Mike Bell]

Gotcha. Well, that's the reason I was asking. I'm new to it and don't really know what's frowned upon and flat out against the rules. I figured I could get a sum up of a generalized "can-do"'s and "not-to-do"'s. Thanks

 

[Vivvy]

ironically, or at least it seems so to me, Network Solutions seems to allow an unlimited amount of whois when other registrars won't. but that is personal experience, they do have a limit as I found this list on a website that seems to be helpful:

"Here are some examples of the limits set by different domain registrars. Please note that these are just a few examples. Almost all registrars have similar limits in place.

Tucows (whois.opensrs.net) rejects multiple simultaneous connections from the same IP. You will have to be satisfied with one connection at a time.

BulkRegister (whois.bulkregiter.net) will immediately block the IP temporarily if they notice a large number of connections being made. This is done by their software automatically.

Network Solutions (whois.networksolutions.com) will block the IP temporarily if you do more than 1000 lookups in a day.

Go Daddy (whois.godaddy.com) will simply start hiding all the relevant information from the returned whois text if your IP gets in their list.

Nominet (UK domains) has a new whois usage policy applicable from March 31 2003.

...most other registrars also have similar restrictions."

If you'd like to know where I found that just PM me.

Vivvy

 

[Mike Bell]

Ah! That's extremely helpful. Thanks!