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Google Domains did the same thing to me a few years ago. There's a reason my personal domain is nothingofvalue.org instead of .com. Because when I went to regi
by AdmiralAsshat 6y ago
Google Domains did the same thing to me a few years ago.
There's a reason my personal domain is nothingofvalue.org instead of .com. Because when I went to register the .com originally and backed out at the last minute to give myself time to setup a PO Box (didn't like the ICANN publicly displaying my mailing address), I came back two days later and noticed that someone had registered the .com domain.
- dlubarov 6y agoDid you type nothingofvalue.com in the URL bar? If so, your ISP (assuming you use their DNS) might have sold that data to a squatter. You could be right that it's Google, but I doubt they would risk a scandal to make a few bucks like that.
- AdmiralAsshat 6y agoNo, only through Google Domains. And like I said, I got decently far along in the process before I stopped, due to privacy concerns. That probably flagged it as "of interest" to someone who then promptly squatted on it. > You could be right that it's Google, but I doubt they would risk a scandal to make a few bucks like that. I think this HN thread has shown that it seems to be something of an open secret among domain registrars, so I'm not sure it would necessarily be a "scandal", particular given how hard it would be for me to prove it.