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I also had this experience once a few years ago (2011 or 2012). I found it extremely suspicious and spent a few days running a some experiments. I came up with

by furyg3 8y ago

I also had this experience once a few years ago (2011 or 2012). I found it extremely suspicious and spent a few days running a some experiments. I came up with a list of domains and watched what happened after a GoDaddy search: some (but not all) of my domains were suddenly purchased by a GoDaddy organization. Literally all of the ones that were purchased were available again after a few days (I assume this has to do with the grace period). Since then I don't type any candidate domain into any registrar / online tool unless I'm ready to purchase.

jonhohle 8y ago
This is called domain kiting or "tasting"[0]. The founder of Go Daddy decried the idea a decade ago[1]. Of course this was after running their own kiting operation for some time using ad placement via Google Ad Sense for Domains (no content necessary, just a domain name). I know, because I worked on the app that serviced 20M domains and fed metrics back to the team that decided to buy or release. The project was shuttered after some employee abuse (buying the domains for themselves) and shortly before Bob declared the moral high ground. 0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_tasting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_tasting 1 - https://web.archive.org/web/20070707203924/http://www.bobparsons.com/WhyyoucantgetthedomainnameyouwantGoDaddyrescuesRegisterflycustomers.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070707203924/http://www.bobpar...
- DonHopkins 8y ago
  Did Bob Parsons declare the moral high ground while standing on the back of an elephant he murdered? https://gawker.com/5787676/meet-godaddys-ridiculous-elephant-killing-ceo https://gawker.com/5787676/meet-godaddys-ridiculous-elephant...
behringer 8y ago
You should find a registrar that does not engage in this behavior. I use gandi.net. I pay almost twice as much as the cheapest registrars charge but I never have to worry about how they are going to treat me.

by furyg3 8y ago

jonhohle 8y ago

This is called domain kiting or "tasting"[0]. The founder of Go Daddy decried the idea a decade ago[1]. Of course this was after running their own kiting operation for some time using ad placement via Google Ad Sense for Domains (no content necessary, just a domain name). I know, because I worked on the app that serviced 20M domains and fed metrics back to the team that decided to buy or release. The project was shuttered after some employee abuse (buying the domains for themselves) and shortly before Bob declared the moral high ground. 0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_tasting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_tasting 1 - https://web.archive.org/web/20070707203924/http://www.bobparsons.com/WhyyoucantgetthedomainnameyouwantGoDaddyrescuesRegisterflycustomers.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070707203924/http://www.bobpar...

DonHopkins 8y ago
Did Bob Parsons declare the moral high ground while standing on the back of an elephant he murdered? https://gawker.com/5787676/meet-godaddys-ridiculous-elephant-killing-ceo https://gawker.com/5787676/meet-godaddys-ridiculous-elephant...

behringer 8y ago

You should find a registrar that does not engage in this behavior. I use gandi.net. I pay almost twice as much as the cheapest registrars charge but I never have to worry about how they are going to treat me.