I just grabbed a cancelled name

[katherine]

I am the registrant of corps-diplomatique.net. Seeing that corps-diplomatique.com was due to expire I tried to catch the name as it dropped.
Unfortunately someone beat me to it.

Then I receive this spam:
(E-mail from whois of course)
02-Nov-2005 23:36

Limited Time Offer...!!!
The domain name corps-diplomatique.com is for sale exclusively by webnamesolution.com. Hurry and take advantage of this limited time special offer. Reg. price $199.95 USD, for a limited time only $99.95 USD.
Domain Name: corps-diplomatique.com
Price: $99.95 USD
To purchase this domain and take advantage of this Special Offer click on the link below:
WWW.WEBNAMESOLUTION.COM/PURCHASE
Thank you for your interest.
[email protected]​

I decided to ignore this since I don't want to encourage spam and I don't want to spend more than reg fee for that domain anyway.
I kept monitoring the domain status and tonight - bingo - they cancelled the name. Now it's mine :evil:

It's not the first time this scenario happens. Proof once again that some people are abusing the registrar cancel/refund policy. They catch expired names, test them for traffic and then make up their mind whether to keep or cancel.
So if you are trying to catch a dropping name but get beat by a drop registrar keep monitoring the name for at least a week. Sometimes names are abandoned and you might still recover them.

BTW the name is still offered for sale on their site

 

[jdk]

I received one recently the same way. Although I didn't receive a spam email. I just decided to check the availability a week later and it was available.

 

[Limit$]

Wow you guys got kind of lucky, Good luck NameLEgend (Joe)

 

[Rarethings]

good job.

 

[RTM.net]

Excellent catch and strategy. It's surprising how some of the dropcatchers can be beat at their own game... then again, chances are they're making their money.

Sweet having the .net too - now all you need is the non-hyphenated version!

Rob

 

[jdk]

I am the registrant of corps-diplomatique.net. Seeing that corps-diplomatique.com was due to expire I tried to catch the name as it dropped.
Unfortunately someone beat me to it.

Then I receive this spam:
(E-mail from whois of course)
02-Nov-2005 23:36

I decided to ignore this since I don't want to encourage spam and I don't want to spend more than reg fee for that domain anyway.
I kept monitoring the domain status and tonight - bingo - they cancelled the name. Now it's mine :evil:

It's not the first time this scenario happens. Proof once again that some people are abusing the registrar cancel/refund policy. They catch expired names, test them for traffic and then make up their mind whether to keep or cancel.
So if you are trying to catch a dropping name but get beat by a drop registrar keep monitoring the name for at least a week. Sometimes names are abandoned and you might still recover them.

BTW the name is still offered for sale on their site

I believe it is the registrar's that are doing this. To my knowledge, most registrar's do not have a refund policy. The registrant can cancel the name, but without refund.

 

[gdubz]

what registrar where you using?

 

[Rarethings]

yea- what rg.

 

[katherine]

The funny thing is that corps-diplomatique.com used to redirect to French ministry of foreign affairs :laugh:
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/index.html
Hence an apparent Alexa rating of 12,157

what registrar where you using?

You talking to me ? :cheesy:

 

[DomainLord]

good job