Drop Catching

JDS · Feb 19, 2009

Hi

I have spotted a domain name that has been suspended and i would like to buy it. I don't have my own drop catching software and i was wonder if anyone would be willing to give me any recommendations about who can drop catch the domain on my behalf? I have found a couple of sites that offer drop catching services on a no win no fee basis, however as this is the first time that i would have paid for a service like this, i want to make sure that i work with ethical and successful people. Any pointers would be most welcome

Systreg · Feb 19, 2009

Hi JDS and welcome to Acorn,

Take a look in the catching part of the forum, numerous members offer their catching services there:

http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/drop-catching-domain-names.html

Forum member, aZooZa, runs a service at DropSystem.co.uk and caught a name for me a couple of days ago, he charges £30 no catch no fee, and you can book the catch through his site.

grantw · Feb 19, 2009

caught.co.uk
dropsystem.co.uk

The only two public ones you need bother with, both owners are membes on here.

Private catchers on here may also help for a fee.

Grant

monaghan · Feb 19, 2009

i want to make sure that i work with ethical and successful people

I think you'll find that the people here are ethical, there'd soon be a string of negative posts if an acorn member was trying to con people.

4Media · Feb 20, 2009

I sought a decent drop catching service for a while and my recommendation is to use Monaghan. I'm relatively new to this game but Alex made the whole process simple, straight forward and cost effective.

Skinner · Feb 20, 2009

Eggs + Basket = Bad (unless your basket is of the yellow toad or embarrassed flying reptile varieties).

Better to book everywhere you can

aZooZa · Feb 20, 2009

To be frank, if I were looking to catch a name myself, I'd book it with every 'no-win, no-fee' service I could find, and if it was something that I really wanted, I'd be prepared to pay a premium/booking fee to those catchers that require it. If there were any unethical catchers, they wouldn't be around too long. Thanks syst and gw.

Skinner · Feb 20, 2009

Further to Dale's comment, if it was worth £X,XXX+ to you, its worth getting a tag, paying dale or aquanuke the setup fee' and then running your own dac and when needed.

As I understand it (yeah yeah yeah I still havent talked my partner into a tag, but I'm considering some waterboarding torture straight out guantanamo, to make him), that you pay your setup fee, first month, then you can shut off after a month and then pay a montly fee 4 months later, 8 months later to have it turned back on without the setup fee. (correct me if wrong). So if its worth enough then thats your end option

JDS · Feb 20, 2009

Hi,

Thank you, I apprecaite all of your comments and sound advice.

I was issued aTag today. I don't know much at this stagge about setting up my own dac, however i will go and hunt for information now. I guess this will be my longer term strategy. Could someone point me in the right direction to find out more information about running my own Dac.

aZooZa, thank you for your time and advice on the telephone yesterday. I will be booking your services and others later today!

aZooZa · Feb 20, 2009

JDS said:
Hi,

Thank you, I apprecaite all of your comments and sound advice.

I was issued aTag today. I don't know much at this stagge about setting up my own dac, however i will go and hunt for information now. I guess this will be my longer term strategy. Could someone point me in the right direction to find out more information about running my own Dac.

aZooZa, thank you for your time and advice on the telephone yesterday. I will be booking your services and others later today!

You're welcome JDS - I remember the call. PM sent.

aZooZa · Feb 20, 2009

Skinner said:
Further to Dale's comment, if it was worth £X,XXX+ to you, its worth getting a tag, paying dale or aquanuke the setup fee' and then running your own dac and when needed.

As I understand it (yeah yeah yeah I still havent talked my partner into a tag, but I'm considering some waterboarding torture straight out guantanamo, to make him), that you pay your setup fee, first month, then you can shut off after a month and then pay a montly fee 4 months later, 8 months later to have it turned back on without the setup fee. (correct me if wrong). So if its worth enough then thats your end option

Sure, turn it on and off as you like on a monthly basis.

monaghan · Feb 20, 2009

JDS said:
I was issued aTag today. I don't know much at this stagge about setting up my own dac, however i will go and hunt for information now. I guess this will be my longer term strategy. Could someone point me in the right direction to find out more information about running my own Dac.

I think you'll find that most will not share secrets of their specific implementations, however, in simple terms...

Poll the DAC with your name to catch
Check the reply
If not showing as registered submit an EPP registration request as fast as possible (Nominet is 1st come 1st served, no prize for 2nd place)
If showing registered with a recent date, you've been beaten, try again with another name
If showing as registered and suspended and a renewal date 92/99 days ago, loop back and try again you may be lucky.

Some of the companies offer hosted catching systems which may be of interest if you don't fancy writing your own code. We don't offer this service.

All the best, it's certainly a fun coding exercise, but rewarding when you get the 1st catch

Skinner · Feb 20, 2009

Azooza
AquaNuke

both offer hosted Dac, not sure RTL is on here but they offer dac hosting too.

I can't think of any others ?

JDS · Feb 20, 2009

Thanks

Hi All,

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that responded. I now have the information that I need and i hope that i will be able to assist some of you in the future.

JDS