How to manage your drop catching business

dragon · 29-09-2008, 01:29:28 PM

Recently got into drop catching and finding it a bit of a struggle keeping track of the domains i want to catch, as while im going for one domain, one in my "grab list" might have been taken, then some domains dont drop, this adds up quickly over a few days lol.. how do you lot manage it? Excel?

Cheers,
Dragon

monaghan · 29-09-2008, 07:15:39 PM

My catching application reads & manages a database, so a simple query shows what the current state of play is.

Skinner · 29-09-2008, 10:24:34 PM

I don't have the capability yet, but I have drawn up a Schematic along with a pseudo code plan.

I would imagine running against an SQL/Access database, where the status of the domain is updated after each pass if its changed, meaning soon as a status moves to 'taken' then the script stops addressing it and takes it off your check list.

I don't know if my plan will work until I finally get my act together to get nom account and dac

monaghan · 29-09-2008, 10:32:51 PM

Unless you have a multi-threaded application where the database management is on a seperate thread to the DAC/EPP, then I'd suggest that Access will probably be too slow to update on each pass.

29-09-2008, 01:29:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
dragon Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southampton Posts: 574 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 33)	How to manage your drop catching business Recently got into drop catching and finding it a bit of a struggle keeping track of the domains i want to catch, as while im going for one domain, one in my "grab list" might have been taken, then some domains dont drop, this adds up quickly over a few days lol.. how do you lot manage it? Excel? Cheers, Dragon

29-09-2008, 07:15:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
monaghan Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,148 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 7)	My catching application reads & manages a database, so a simple query shows what the current state of play is. __________________ Alex Monaghan - Drop Catch & Drop Lists - PM for details Online Accounting\|Pine Furniture\|Barbie

29-09-2008, 10:24:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Skinner Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,507 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 13)	I don't have the capability yet, but I have drawn up a Schematic along with a pseudo code plan. I would imagine running against an SQL/Access database, where the status of the domain is updated after each pass if its changed, meaning soon as a status moves to 'taken' then the script stops addressing it and takes it off your check list. I don't know if my plan will work until I finally get my act together to get nom account and dac __________________ Browse:

29-09-2008, 10:32:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
monaghan Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,148 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 7)	Unless you have a multi-threaded application where the database management is on a seperate thread to the DAC/EPP, then I'd suggest that Access will probably be too slow to update on each pass. __________________ Alex Monaghan - Drop Catch & Drop Lists - PM for details Online Accounting\|Pine Furniture\|Barbie

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