[colug-432] buying a registered domain

[Rick Hornsby]

> On Feb 15, 2014, at 10:41, Joshua Kramer <joskra42.list at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Never do a domain search unless you are ready to buy immediately. By
> > "immediately" I mean IMMEDIATELY.  I've found, for example, that
> > searching for "surname.com" and not buying it immediately will result 
> > in someone ELSE buying the domain and stockpiling it.
> 
> This only happens if you do your searching on a shady registrar.  I always use Register4Less and have NEVER had this happen, sometimes waiting as long as a month or two to buy the domain I originally had an interest in.

I do recall that from several years ago.  I thought the combination of ICANN cracking down on the practice, and the bad publicity NetSol/Verisign got basically ended it.  I buy all my domains through DH and have never had an issue.


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