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What happen to the whois?
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mole
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It depends on the registrar you registered the name with. Some don't show up immediately because they don't have a direct real-time configuration to the registry. There have been cases where people were beaten to the draw because of this unbelievable silliness. When you are trying to grab a name, always use a registrar with real-time connections to the registry. Enom is a good registrar to grab first-come-first-serve names.
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mole
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That's because of periodic real-time connectivity to registry outages, coke.
For the best check on name availability.
http://www.netsol.com
I've always found them 100% reliable, at least on that one score.
Even eNOM screws up sometimes.
The worst I've experienced is http://www.register.com They always fool you into thinking things are available when they are not.
For the best check on name availability.
http://www.netsol.com
I've always found them 100% reliable, at least on that one score.
Even eNOM screws up sometimes.
The worst I've experienced is http://www.register.com They always fool you into thinking things are available when they are not.
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Hi mole,
netsol.com is not quite user-friendly. I check whois direct on http://www.internic.net/whois.html , accurate indeed.
BTW, my experience told me that registerfly is the worst. it sucks.
netsol.com is not quite user-friendly. I check whois direct on http://www.internic.net/whois.html , accurate indeed.
BTW, my experience told me that registerfly is the worst. it sucks.
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Yeah, registerfly screwed a lot of people up in the landgrab too. They hold onto the names in their database for a while when others zoom them home to the registry. Many lost out because of this.
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You can read a little about what is going on right this minute. Not sure if affects all registrars, but according to 000domains, it does.
http://www.000domains.com
Incase you miss it, all it says is:
"Root registry will be taken offline for a scheduled maintenance beginning at 20:00 hrs (8:00 PM) ET on November 16, 2002 for 4 hours. We expect to restore service at 24:00 hrs (12:00 AM) ET November 16, 2002. During this time our services will not be available for com/net/org domain names. This maintenance window is at the gTLD registry level, and will affect all registrars equally. "
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http://www.000domains.com
Incase you miss it, all it says is:
"Root registry will be taken offline for a scheduled maintenance beginning at 20:00 hrs (8:00 PM) ET on November 16, 2002 for 4 hours. We expect to restore service at 24:00 hrs (12:00 AM) ET November 16, 2002. During this time our services will not be available for com/net/org domain names. This maintenance window is at the gTLD registry level, and will affect all registrars equally. "
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