I had this issue with a registrar (I assume it was Network Solutions because they kept it in holding) many years ago. My firstnamelastname.com domain was regist

I had this issue with a registrar (I assume it was Network Solutions because they kept it in holding) many years ago. My firstnamelastname.com domain was registered and I had to get firstname-lastname.com instead. A year later, the domain wasn’t renewed BUT Network Solutions did this gross thing where they kept the domain in their own escrow/holding area for 90 days before releasing it. Twitter was very early at the time (this was late 2007 or early 2008) but I happened to have a follower who worked at NetSol who released the domain name so I could get it. Scammy industry. I usually trust Namecheap not to do this (porkbun too), but this is why I’ve become accustomed to doing incognito domain searches or searches via the command line and whois to try to curb this sort of stuff.