question Payment Sent Isn't Registration. Does Checkout Speed Matter for a Good Hand-Reg?

[nicenicnicenic is verified member.]

A domain can still show as available after you've started paying for it.

That's easy to ignore with an ordinary registration. With a hand-reg you really want, the important timing may be the gap between payment being sent and the registry actually accepting the registration.

Crypto makes that gap easier to notice because confirmation and account credit can be separate steps.

For a strong hand-reg, would that affect how you pay?

 

[LuxHost]

With crypto, payment confirmation and the registry accepting the registration are two separate steps, so I would never treat "payment sent" as "domain secured" for a name I really want. For a hand-reg I'd keep a balance topped up in advance, so the order goes through the moment I click.
Disclosure, I work at LuxHost. We register in 2500+ zones with instant activation for most of them, and a prefunded balance works exactly like that. Happy to explain how it works if useful.