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10-21-2013, 11:36 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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How did this name get taken so fast??
Hi,
I recently purchased a domain name, after lots of research and work finding a name that wasn't taken.
Let's call my new site name blueandblack.com. I checked blackandblue.com and neither were taken, but I decided to go with blueandblack and registered it.
As I was thinking about it while going to sleep that night, I realized that customers will probably not remember the correct order all the time so I decided first thing in the morning I was going to also purchase blackandblue.
You guessed it. It was already taken. How the HECK did that happen so fast???
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10-21-2013, 11:46 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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Where did you search for this name?
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10-21-2013, 11:50 AM #3Junior Guru Wannabe
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10-21-2013, 12:31 PM #4
It can matter, yes. There's been a a lot of threads about searches at places like GoDaddy having names of interest snapped up shortly after.
Was the alternate spelling/order registered between your search and now?Your one stop shop for decentralization
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10-21-2013, 12:59 PM #5Junior Guru Wannabe
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The second site I wanted was registered between the time I registered my first site and the next morning when I went online to purchase it. Maybe 12 hours.
Keep in mind that this wasn't a simple site name such as the example I gave. I used an alternate spelling by adding one extra letter to standard words. This wasn't a "traditional" website name. Very aggravating.
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10-21-2013, 01:54 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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When you check the WHOIS what is the registration date on that domain?
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10-21-2013, 04:03 PM #7WHT Addict
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I have been hearing about this sort of thing for years now.
That is obviously not legal but it happens all the time...nice little side business for either the registar or one of the admins.
What I have been doing for some time now is perform a whois directly from the Linux command line.
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10-21-2013, 05:30 PM #8Junior Guru Wannabe
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10-21-2013, 08:12 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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Maybe "information overlap" happens a lot more than we think.
It's sensible and tempting to think that someone might've looked up our online searches. Various registrars (including Go Daddy who gets this complaint a lot) say they don't register domain names based on people's searches, albeit they can't stop some folks from believing otherwise.
So far, Go Daddy's the only one I know who posted something about this subject:
http://inside.godaddy.com/front-running-debunking-myth/
Moving forward, it helps to register the domain name on the spot. No registrar, after all, guarantees that an available domain name will stay that way by the time one gets around to it.
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10-21-2013, 08:15 PM #10WHT Addict
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If you're on Windows, Microsoft has a command-line whois utility here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb897435.aspx
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10-21-2013, 08:31 PM #11
Definitely. Some years ago I thought of and registered a great name for this client's business, and got an angry email afterwards from some guy wanting to know how I was spying on his domain searches. Apparently he was thinking of registering, waited too long and I thought of then grabbed it before he got back to register.
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10-21-2013, 08:37 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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When you check the WHOIS what is the registration date on that domain? It's possible your initial search gave incorrect 'available' info.
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10-21-2013, 09:07 PM #13Premium Member
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I heard about it before, when you have a "good" name and the register identify its a "good" domain name, their system just take the domain and dont let you register the domain.
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10-21-2013, 09:28 PM #14Junior Guru Wannabe
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10-21-2013, 10:03 PM #15Junior Guru Wannabe
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10-21-2013, 11:13 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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That depends how one defines "good" maybe. If you find a verifiable case, though, it helps to document that for others to check, confirm, etc.
On the side, one site I consistently use to search (and have yet to "lose" a domain name after searching) is iwhois.com. Its new owner also says they don't "steal" their users' searches there.
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10-21-2013, 11:30 PM #17WHT Addict
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10-22-2013, 02:03 AM #18Web Hosting Master
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One can suggest something without earning anything from that, can’t they? I realize, though, that one's skepticism (if not cynicism) may keep him or her from considering that possibility.
Tell you what, though: you can try Steve P's more technical suggestion, or a (more or less) user-friendly site like the one I suggested. No cost, no obligations.
Whatever works for you. Good luck.
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10-22-2013, 10:19 AM #19WHT Addict
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10-22-2013, 11:22 AM #20Junior Guru Wannabe
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10-22-2013, 12:19 PM #21WHT Addict
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You'll need to open a command prompt and run it from the command line - the utility doesn't have a graphical user interface and will close immediately if you're double-clicking on it. You'll probably be better off copying the "whois.exe" file to your "C:\Windows\System32" folder just so it's available to you anytime you bring up a command prompt. Once you've opened a command prompt, just type "whois <domain name>" to get the info you're looking for.
It really annoys me that Microsoft makes their users have to go looking for tools that should be included with the operating system.
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10-22-2013, 12:32 PM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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10-22-2013, 07:51 PM #23Web Hosting Master
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10-23-2013, 07:21 AM #24Web Hosting Master
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/s...rnals/bb897435
You can use the command line in windows after installing this app. just drop it in C:\Windows\System32 then "whois example.com" to use.I could tell you a joke about UDP. But I'm not sure you would get it!
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10-23-2013, 09:55 AM #25Web Hosting Master
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seriously...if it is infact true that some shaddy thing took place here...i mean how will the person profit? Resell for higher price? Well how many people buy premium domains nowadays?...with all the different TLDs now...i dont see people making any reasonable amount from being jerks snapping domain names to resell later
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