Available domain names registered minutes later

springer · 26-02-2010, 08:55:09 PM

Either I was very unlucky or the site that I used to check available domain names registered a name.

It was a good .co.uk. Checked it - was available (checked with nominet too) and then within the hour it was taken. It isn't a topical domain name.

Is this a practice that is known to happen? Registrars registering names that visitors search for before they register them by themselves?

May just be a big coincidence.

Systreg · 26-02-2010, 09:09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by springer

Is this a practice that is known to happen? Registrars registering names that visitors search for before they register them by themselves?

Yes, it does happen, there was a topic on the same subject recently, I know an outfit that use to regularly register names you would check, can't remember their name, it's on the tip of my tongue, their excuse was they were registering them to protect the potential domain buyer.

springer · 26-02-2010, 09:13:52 PM

WHOIS details are here. It could just be a coincidence. The domain was p*nisring.co.uk

** Admin edit, posting WHOIS records is against Nominet T&Cs, please don't do it.

bensd · 26-02-2010, 09:15:43 PM

The registrar is a member here so maybe he can tell you himself

springer · 26-02-2010, 09:17:51 PM

oh right

What name does he go by on here? Probably just bad luck then... Teach me to register domains quicker when seeing them!

Systreg · 26-02-2010, 09:33:37 PM

Their profile when the databse error is fixed is: http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/members/blacknight.html

blacknight · 26-02-2010, 10:18:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bensd

The registrar is a member here so maybe he can tell you himself

That domain is registered via us, but I don't know anything else about it

Edwin · 27-02-2010, 02:26:17 AM

I think the key phrase was "It was a good .co.uk." I'm sure there must be many people who - like me - mine for available .co.uk generics daily. As such, any particular "good" name is susceptible to being discovered and regged. That's why you should always grab anything really good at the moment you find it available - an hour is an extremely long time on the internet!

poetry · 27-02-2010, 10:51:24 AM

its just bad luck at least this doesn't happen in the uk space it can happen
in other extensions. this has happened to me tens of times.

springer · 27-02-2010, 11:32:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edwin

I think the key phrase was "It was a good .co.uk." I'm sure there must be many people who - like me - mine for available .co.uk generics daily. As such, any particular "good" name is susceptible to being discovered and regged. That's why you should always grab anything really good at the moment you find it available - an hour is an extremely long time on the internet!

Fair point. Will put this down to experience and learn from it.

26-02-2010, 08:55:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
springer Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 445 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 13)	Available domain names registered minutes later Either I was very unlucky or the site that I used to check available domain names registered a name. It was a good .co.uk. Checked it - was available (checked with nominet too) and then within the hour it was taken. It isn't a topical domain name. Is this a practice that is known to happen? Registrars registering names that visitors search for before they register them by themselves? May just be a big coincidence.

26-02-2010, 09:13:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
springer Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 445 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 13)	WHOIS details are here. It could just be a coincidence. The domain was pnisring.co.uk * Admin edit, posting WHOIS records is against Nominet T&Cs, please don't do it. Last edited by admin; 27-02-2010 at 03:10:56 PM. Reason: removed whois record

26-02-2010, 09:15:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
bensd Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 3,955 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 96)	The registrar is a member here so maybe he can tell you himself __________________ Me: blog \| twitter Current Projects: cheap hols \| dvd players

27-02-2010, 02:26:17 AM	#8 (permalink)
Edwin Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 3,876 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 46)	I think the key phrase was "It was a good .co.uk." I'm sure there must be many people who - like me - mine for available .co.uk generics daily. As such, any particular "good" name is susceptible to being discovered and regged. That's why you should always grab anything really good at the moment you find it available - an hour is an extremely long time on the internet! __________________ Memorable Domains Ltd - Over 7,000 descriptive, generic .co.uk domains for sale Please note: All sale prices over a week old are automatically invalid. No exceptions. Thanks!

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26-02-2010, 09:17:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
springer Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 445 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 13)	oh right What name does he go by on here? Probably just bad luck then... Teach me to register domains quicker when seeing them!

26-02-2010, 09:33:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
Systreg Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: County Cork Republic of Ireland Posts: 3,906 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 104)	Their profile when the databse error is fixed is: http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/members/blacknight.html

27-02-2010, 10:51:24 AM	#9 (permalink)
poetry Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 63 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 10)	its just bad luck at least this doesn't happen in the uk space it can happen in other extensions. this has happened to me tens of times.

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