did godaddy screw me over?

Thank you. For some reason - possibly lack of coffee and a virus - I was blocking on "ICANN" earlier this afternoon...

 

I hate to say it but I am seeing this more and more.
I had a domain name in my account last night after confirmation that it had been regged. Today I got an email stating that the domain was already regged to someone else. It was one I really want and the reg knew that for sure.
Last night the domain was free and clear
Today Did a whois and see that the name is in the delete phase showing the records were updated last night.
Was told it must have been a technical error
Sad thing is there is not a D### thing I can do about it.
Several people on the boards all over are bringing up the same issues.
Now I only search a couple of times on a domain register. Then move onto another.
I may be paranoid but it seems like a bot is being triggered or the IT crew is looking at the sites and pocketing a few.

 

That's what superstitious thinking is all about. I don't care how many people are saying it - that doesn't make it true. Some of the total BS about search engines and SEO that floats around is incredible but everyone who repeats it believes it because some other credulous newbie has read about it "on the boards all over".

What was the domain you tried to buy? I'll bet you that at the moment you were thinking it was a great idea, half a dozen other people were also thinking it was a great idea.

 

I think that the API should be good enough at this stage to handle multiple requests from all the resellers out there...

I have no idea how to works behind the scenes but this guy shouldnt have been charged in the first place...

I have actually seen Godaddy suggest a domain , then when I go to purchase it on the next click , its gone!

Hope all works out for you!

 

It was not registered as sold when he bought it. His money was refunded when the error was discovered. Case closed.

How many other people are logged into GoDaddy at any given moment? How many of those are seeing the same suggested domain name? How fast can you click and type?

 

Sounds to me that someone beat you to it. GoDaddy may not have had the final outcome so they let you finish the process. I would think it was a snaked deal if it was registered at GoDaddy but it seems that since it was somewhere else, they just beat you to it.

GoDaddy refunded you and it is time to move on and get another name. I don't think this is a battle you will win.

 

I agree with Ministrel.. No shady business there.. Just slacky...

I noticed that godaddy´s nameservers are the slowest to update whois and new registrations. This is especially true when the domains recently expired. Godaddy can go a day after a registration until they register it in their system.

The fastest to update their reg database, in my experience, is networksolution and moniker. I recommend moniker for obvious pricing reasons.

 

its obvious minstrel works for godaddy so his opinion is minimal at this point.
I'm not gonna just move on.
I don't give a damn about that lil bit of refunded money when I bought a domain that could possibly worth so much more.
never had I had a problem like this until now.
so go back and tell your co-workers that.

if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then guess what?
go to any message board that deals with domains and registrars and you will always find threads about godaddy doing shady shit.
now either godaddy has a problem or hundreds and hundreds of people are just making up lies.

 

Sounds to me like they screwed you. Like they screwed me. I registered a short, nice, high-value gambling-related domain. It functioned a few days then they stole it. "Credit Card Issue" they said. They never told me what the issue was. I got no reply to my numerous emails. F*CK THEM.

 

Of course. That must be it. I point out the lack of logic in your conclusions and the only thing you can come up with to explain the discrepancy is that I'm employed by GoDaddy?

I look forward to hearing updates on your progress through litigation....

You can find hundreds and hundreds of people talking about all sorts of conspiracy theories. And that proves what exactly, apart from the willingness of people to embrace all sorts of improbable and terminally stupid theories?

Uh-huh... This one sounds very credible... "Credit card issue" isn't usually hard to figure out.

 

I think there is a certain amount of vetting by registrars, I've lost a couple like this with GD, they contact you after a while to tell you if your registration was successful - what are the chances of another registrar registering a name at the same time especially if you've only just checked availability ?? LOW!

I've seen some massive names slipping through drop catchers too, they don't touch the auctions.

 

minstrel is spot on here. Rep added mate.

 

exactly.
you mean to tell me it's just one big coincidence ?

and just to prove my point to the godaddy employee and others agreeing with him.
I did a little test.
I registered a name with moniker(didn't want to pay the registration fee for enom) and then less than a minute later I tried to register the same name with godaddy and look at the results....





so am I still just making shit up mr. godaddy employee????

 

now that i think about it.
i registered americanidol.mobi and a couple of other high value keyword .mobi names during the pre-registration period.
the same thing happened where I was able to register it and then they refunded my money stating that the names were already taken.
I didn't think anything of it back then but now I know what really happened.

 

I'm sure no-one else on the planet even thought to register americanidol.mobi. You're right, it's a conspiracy.

 

I see you didn't address the post I made before that.
I wonder why

 

LMAO I bet that minstrel himself did all of it ! I hear he works for GoDaddy as a side line his fulltime job is CIA...or is it KGB ...FBI... damn it's one of those

 

lol, come on guys give minstrel a break. what he is stating is truth, unless there is some proof to prove other wise, these will just remain speculations

 

What is there to address? You reg'd a domain at moniker then checked on Godaddy to see if it was reg'd - it said it was.

 

I fail to see what your screenshots prove.

You have registered a domain via one website, and then GoDaddy shows it as being unavailable. If a domain has been registered, you can't register it for yourself. That results in the domain being UNAVAILABLE.

Am I missing something here?