<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br></div><div><br>On Feb 15, 2014, at 10:41, Joshua Kramer <<a href="mailto:joskra42.list@gmail.com">joskra42.list@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>> Never do a domain search unless you are ready to buy immediately. By<br>
> "immediately" I mean IMMEDIATELY. I've found, for example, that<br>> searching for "<a href="http://surname.com" target="_blank">surname.com</a>" and not buying it immediately will result <br>
> in someone ELSE buying the domain and
stockpiling it.<br><br></div>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.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>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.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>