A company steal my domains

[kahsoon]

I use namecheap.com to search whether a domain is available. But i found out that everytime i found a nice domain, a same company will buy it the next day. This happened to me more than once so i think namecheap records all the domains that we search and sell those information to other company.

Here are those domains that got stolen:
putvideos.com
videoside.com
funnyegg.com
videobump.com

This is the company that stole it:
chestertonholdings.com

To make things worse is that when i emailed them, the company sell those domain at a very high price. For example funnyegg.com, they charge me USD400!!!!!!

Is there a domain website that is safe for us to search available domain? What can i do to stop this from happening again?

[T0PS3O]

Lesson learned: Don't wait a day, buy them right away.

Probably counts for all registrars.

BTW, what isn't yours can't be stolen off of you.

[shamess]

Lesson learned: Don't wait a day, buy them right away.

Probably counts for all registrars.

BTW, what isn't yours can't be stolen off of you.
Seconded. If you never owned them in the first place, tehy can hardly be stolen.

Why do you wait for a day anyway?

[kahsoon]

Lesson learned: Don't wait a day, buy them right away.

Probably counts for all registrars.

BTW, what isn't yours can't be stolen off of you.

Do you mean all domain website will record what we search?

[sizzler_chetan]

It is correct.

I too learned the same lesson before.
I searched for 3 domains, all were available and the next day all were taken.

So i just chck and buy the domain instantly :)

[sizzler_chetan]

Do you mean all domain website will record what we search?

I don't think so

godaddy and domainsite do not record, i suppose

[mad4]

This is a common problem. Read more about it at http://www.bobparsons.com

If you wait they may become available again.

[kahsoon]

Seconded. If you never owned them in the first place, tehy can hardly be stolen.

Why do you wait for a day anyway?

The problem here is not whether i own them or not. The problem is that it is unfair to us because after spending so much time to search for a domain but end up what we search is recorded and easily taken by those company. Is that fair? I waited one day because i have the habit of searching a list of available domains and compare which is nicer.

[T0PS3O]

Do you mean all domain website will record what we search?

Not saying they are but figure this...

You are a registrar and offer a domain search on your site...
Visitor searched and finds business.com to be available...
It's valued at $25m-ish...

Question:

Would you program your script to send yourself an email - or perhaps trigger a sale to yourself automatically? It's easy from a programmatical point of view; let the visitors work for you.

Life is unfair from the moment you were born... Best get used to it. Not that you have to be unfair to enjoy life but do expect the occasional rip-off. It's a greedy world.

[mad4]

Of course its not fair. But its what happens. If it was fair they would tell you when you check for the name that unless you register it straight away they will register it themselves.

[kahsoon]

I don't think so

godaddy and domainsite do not record, i suppose

Does anybody know which site is the safest to search for available domain?

[Pammer]

whats about http://www.domainsbot.com/ is they record all thing. i think they used flash player... so its low riskey... ithink...

Waiting for your replay.... Guys

[sizzler_chetan]

I would go with domainsite

[daboss]

The problem here is not whether i own them or not. The problem is that it is unfair to us because after spending so much time to search for a domain but end up what we search is recorded and easily taken by those company. Is that fair? I waited one day because i have the habit of searching a list of available domains and compare which is nicer.
well, maybe it's time for you to change your habits then... ;)

if something's good, snap it up as soon as possible... it's the same in real life... when you get a good offer, don't pass it up...

[sizzler_chetan]

whats about http://www.domainsbot.com/ is they record all thing. i think they used flash player... so its low riskey... ithink...

Waiting for your replay.... Guys

Heard for the 1st. time and i think it is a nice site

Just checked it.
Looks good for domain name suggestions

[kahsoon]

This is a common problem. Read more about it at http://www.bobparsons.com

If you wait they may become available again.

I don't think they will become available again, because they keep it and resell it at higher price. They won't just let the domain go. I wish they will because i spent almost 1 week to find a domain that is suitable for my site but the company just easily take it away from me. Is this legal?

[Pammer]

At the moment i have experinced with two months.... and for that way... i had create many good domain name atleast 472.... and nothing happened... no one register yet.....

[kahsoon]

Not saying they are but figure this...

You are a registrar and offer a domain search on your site...
Visitor searched and finds business.com to be available...
It's valued at $25m-ish...

Question:

Would you program your script to send yourself an email - or perhaps trigger a sale to yourself automatically? It's easy from a programmatical point of view; let the visitors work for you.

Life is unfair from the moment you were born... Best get used to it. Not that you have to be unfair to enjoy life but do expect the occasional rip-off. It's a greedy world.

So you mean what they do is legal?

[kahsoon]

well, maybe it's time for you to change your habits then... ;)

if something's good, snap it up as soon as possible... it's the same in real life... when you get a good offer, don't pass it up...

Change my habit? Someone suggest me to think of those domains I want to register first, then only search for it and if it is available then straight away buy it. I don't think this is a good idea because what if you bought a domain, then the next day you come up with a better one? So you'll end up with alot of redundant domains?

[Velocity]

I registered around 15 domain names through godaddy, never had this problem. Most of the times I would wait for several days. I've always thought of this as a possibility, but fortunately I have only used godaddy for all my domain name purchases.

[JEET]

I search on godaddy and have not seen this problem.

[mdvaldosta]

I don't think so

godaddy and domainsite do not record, i suppose

GoDaddy does record, I've had a couple domains sniped the next day that I was thinking about.

[khalid]

I never knew this happened! I've always bought a domain I've searched for quickly. I use updaddy, not sure if they do it.

[YMC]

I know this isn't entirely helpful, but there's a site I use that allows you to put partial names in.

For example if you really wanted: heythishereisagreatdomain.com your search could be heythishere and it will list all the sites that have heythishere within the domain name.

They are not a registrar but allow you to do lookups.

Changed computers and haven't transferred bookmarks yet. If no one posts it, I'll look tomorrow for you.

[kahsoon]

GoDaddy does record, I've had a couple domains sniped the next day that I was thinking about.

You can't accuse GoDaddy without a solid proof. On my case, i am very sure that NameCheap records because it happened more than 3 times and everytime the domain is sniped by the same company.

[sundaybrew]

GoDaddy does record, I've had a couple domains sniped the next day that I was thinking about.

I have used godadyy for over 4k domains , some I have seen that I did not buy that day , not available the next day , but most are,

You also have to think about how many people a day buy domains, maybe someone else just had the same idea?

[BIGC]

i feel yahoo is good in this case ..they wont give the information to any

[kahsoon]

I have used godadyy for over 4k domains , some I have seen that I did not buy that day , not available the next day , but most are,

You also have to think about how many people a day buy domains, maybe someone else just had the same idea?

Its impossible someone else had the same idea because the first time it happends was few months ago when i found funnyegg.com available then the next day got taken by Chesterton Holdings. Few months later found putvideos.com available, the next day got taken by same company. Then just recently i search for videoside.com and videobump.com and found available. Also taken by them the next day. You call that coincidence?

[iowadawg]

I use namecheap all the time and I have yet to have any problem.
Even when I search out names and come back later to register them.

[CrazyBoy]

Isnt it against the privacy policy? They are selling their customer info to other companies!

[kahsoon]

Isnt it against the privacy policy? They are selling their customer info to other companies!

Exactly! Which is why i need to know if this is legal and how can NameCheap do that to us as a customer? Its not easy for us to find a domain which is available and to make things worst this kind of thing happend.

I have the same discussion at namepros here:
http://www.namepros.com/legal-issues-and-disputes/213144-a-company-steal-my-domains.html
and i was surprised when the staff over there told me that this problem is very common:
http://www.icannwiki.org/Domain_tasting
http://www.namepros.com/industry-ne...april-32-a.html

[swiftdeal]

I've not come across this problem with NameCheap yet, but I usually brainstorm the domain idea first anyway, so by the time I get to NameCheap, I'm practically ready to buy.

[T0PS3O]

How can it be a privacy issue when they can't trace it to your name... That would make the DP visitor map, and all stats packages a privacy breach as well.

[FOX LORE]

GoDaddy does record, I've had a couple domains sniped the next day that I was thinking about.

yea, they do record-i had some sniped the same day so i stop and started checking out domain some where safe...:(

[Pammer]

There is only one guys whose saw that... www.domainsbot.com ... Nobody comment abt that... :( is safe or ou guys never heard abt them???

[ash1]

a friend of mine said they had the same problem with nameboy.com i think

[scoxy]

Erm... can't you just WHOIS.NET the domain, if it's not taken, wait the day then quickly go to a registrar and take it when you want it.

And if WHOIS record your ideas... you're stuffed whoever you use.

[WorldImpulse]

I had this problem with registerfly.
I was registering around 120 domains when i checked them 95 were avaliable, but when trying to register i got server timed out error.
Next day i see only 67 out of the 95 domains avaliable. So something is surely fishy in there ;)

[hiren_hirani]

It also Happends with me i want to register domain www.artz.com and when i check then it was available but after just 10 Minutes it was registred by any body :rolleyes: :rolleyes: