How do I drop catch .co.uk domain names?

Matthew Bent · May 10, 2015

Hi,

I am looking into drop catching .co.uk domain names.

Where can you search for dropping domains?
I have seen posts saying "Slots available" - what are they?
I have read I would need a Nominet Account to catch domain names. Is this true?
I also read somewhere it would cost me around £500 to be able to catch .co.uk domain names.

I suppose the first step is searching for dropping domain names. Is this a matter of looking through long lists of expiring domain names?

Where should I start?

Thanks,

Matt.

ian · May 10, 2015

Public catchers are a good place to start, such as domainview, drop.co.uk, domainjunky etc though expect contested domains to be booked up the second they are suspended.

Domainlore and Domainview offer lists of domains dropping; 7 days for Domainlore and up to 60 days (if you pay) through Domainview (very good pay system).

Slots available are just when private catchers are not chasing anything else that day and offer their services to catch for a fee.

You only need a membership, dac, tag and epp if catching yourself, using a script and server. £500 to catch yourself wouldn't compete to be honest, you'd need to spend more than that to stay competitive.

That should start you off...there is a lot of information already if you search "drop catching"

sdsinc · May 10, 2015

matthewonline said:
Where should I start?

I would say use the search function and read the forum a lot

All the questions you are asking have been answered many times.

Matthew Bent · May 10, 2015

I understand most of what you wrote. But what do you mean "script and server"?

SERVER:
Do I need my own server? If so what do you recommend? Please provide a link to a server that would do the job. I know you can use your own server to host a website on it but why do you need a server for domain catching? (A web site needs to be online all the time but domineers do not need to host anything, right?)

SCRIPT:
Plus you say "script". What does it do? Why is it needed?

Matt.