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Not saying this is what happened but if you search for a domain multiple times, then sometimes the service you're using will register it instead of you, then tr
by groffee 4y ago
Not saying this is what happened but if you search for a domain multiple times, then sometimes the service you're using will register it instead of you, then try to sell it to you at a jacked up price.
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2326790 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2326790 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_front_running https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_front_running
- quickthrower2 4y agoIt would be fun to spam domain searches to cause them to register a bunch of shitty domains they can’t sell.
- koolba 4y agoThat doesn’t work because they don’t pay anything. They get to “taste” ownership of the domain for free.
- quickthrower2 4y agoOk, at least there must be limits, so it would act as a diluter and possibly make it uneconomic.
- api 4y agoGoDaddy was once notorious for this. Don’t know if they still are.
- simplotek 4y agoGoDaddy to me is synonym for actively sabotaging their customer's interests.
- PedroBatista 4y agoOh yeah, and you don't need to search it many times. Do the window shopping a couple times and "someone" will get the domain right away.
- tennisflyi 4y agoI always search for my desired domain with the .wtf TLD and then browse to see if .media/.io/.dev is available.
- egberts1 4y agoThis is an excellent anti-pattern strategy to adopt when searching for a new but premium domain. No sense tripping up all the gTLD and registars’ mousetraps of shady jacked-up pricing scheme.