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Interesting to me is that they wrote a script to query whois.net when drafting the names up -- I may be misremembering, but I think whois.net sells queries to s
by bmelton 17y ago
Interesting to me is that they wrote a script to query whois.net when drafting the names up -- I may be misremembering, but I think whois.net sells queries to squatters, meaning if you come up with something really good, and don't purchase it immediately, it's possible that it'll be gone before you actually go to purchase.
Whois.sc uses this as a differentiator for their service, and claim that they don't, so I would suggest at least looking for policy on the whois broker that you're using before writing a script to query them.
- jdavid 17y agoi use namecheap, and will often query a name as well. i have found that over the course of weeks, i have not lost out on a good name.
- mootothemax 17y agoAccording to Wikipedia, it's called Domain Name Front-Running: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_front_running http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_front_running Network Solutions have been accused of doing it loads of times, and I think it's not that an uncommon practise for the larger guys.