Slightly tangential, many years ago I searched for a really cool .com domain and it was available. Tried to book the domain after a couple of days and the doma

Slightly tangential, many years ago I searched for a really cool .com domain and it was available. Tried to book the domain after a couple of days and the domain was gone. My hunch is that the site I used for searching booked it by themselves. These days I only search for domains when I’m ready purchase right away.