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Hand Reg'd a xx,xxx .com 15 min ago - not in my account yet

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this has happened a few times to me too... I thought I had a couple nice names...

usually if its to good to be true probably a glitch. now if I find a gem I kinda know in advance but i still go for it. happens through other registrars too not just godaddy.
 
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Let me explain;

Checked for availability at godaddy search and it came back as available. Went through the whole checkout process (paid with credit card) and the domain still isn't in my account.

So I go and check the whois and now all of a sudden it isn't available (already reg'd) and it shows that it has been continuously reg'd for the last 10 years!

What the hell is going on here? Anyone know?


This happened to me in 2002 when I thought I was registering fact.com at register.com

it also happened at registerfly when attempting to register ll.co.uk to learn that the names were unregisterable after showing them sold to me in all sections by the domain llisting
 

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So I go and check the whois and now all of a sudden it isn't available (already reg'd) and it shows that it has been continuously reg'd for the last 10 years!

What the hell is going on here? Anyone know?

I remember when I regged my first domain :)
 

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Well I've reg'd hundreds with godaddy and it NEVER happened until now so I think your "all the time" statement is a "little" exagerated (to say the least).

lol...
 

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Its happened to me at Godaddy twice in the last 6 months. I haven given up on GD now and use Name and Dynadot
 

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Reality check: if you think you can hand-register a $xx,xxx domain in the year of our Lord two thousand and nine, you need to wear your "newb" sticker with pride.
 

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TWO pages.

For THIS?

really?
 

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If you increase the pagination number, it's still 1 page :D
 

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Sometimes with GoDaddy, you have to logout and log back in to see the domain.
However, sometimes I have "registered" a domain that was already registered, only to get a "touch luck - it's already registered" email a few hours or days later.
 

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I agree with Acro, if youve been doing this a while and think you are hand reg a $15k name, I mean cmon... dont be so suprised to later find it was actually registered for the last 10 years

"I couldnt believe it I registered car.com and bike.com both for $7 wow was I lucky"
Cmon now.

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This happened to me a few years ago when I hand registered Tastes.com :p

I was showing my friend how DRT works and I typed in names like sex.com, newyork.com, etc.. and they all came back as available. So we both went bug eyed and went off to reg them only to have GD show them as unavailable. Almost had a heart attack
 

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if its in your acoount its yours...right?
 
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