OP is probably referencing domain front running. Basically when you search a registrar for an available domain, if the domain is available they'll put a 5 day h

OP is probably referencing domain front running. Basically when you search a registrar for an available domain, if the domain is available they'll put a 5 day hold on the domain, making it available solely through that registrar but not others. It forces the searcher to buy it through that one registrar if they want it. I couldn't find any direct evidence of GoDaddy doing it, but there's a lot anecdotal reports of them doing it, and it's confirmed that Network Solutions was doing this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_front_running https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_front_running A comment in a previous discussion with some more information: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4362961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4362961