I found a new way domain testing is grabbing domains. Now they domains don't even have to be registered before. here is my support ticket from wildwestdomains: Our support staff has responded to your request, details of which are described below: Discussion Notes Support Staff Response Dear Ricardo d'Argence, Thank you for contacting Online Support. We are aware of the 'domain kiting' that has been occurring when a domain is searched through our systems and we are working towards reducing the amount of domains that are being temporarily registered, if not altogether. However, the domains that are 'tasted' are only registered for five days before they are dropped and made available to the public again. For more information about domain kiting, please refer to the Wikipedia article below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_kiting Regards, Nick P. Online Support Supervisor Customer Inquiry Name : Ricardo d Argence Phone : 522222317788 Browser Info : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) I notice that when I check for a new domain name, some times it gets registered before by some other "domain tasting" company. This domains are not dictionary words or domains with traffic. They are all new domains never registered before. I am very worried that somehow my requests for domains are being leaked and these companies have access to that and register the domains I want before I get the chance to close the deal with my own clients. What are you doing to provent this fraud? please advise. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you need further assistance with this matter, please reply to this email or contact customer service at 480-624-2500 and reference Incident ID: 1170916. Thanks, Domainus Rex
Simple: register it on the spot if you see it's available. Like I've said before, do you expect a vacant parking spot to remain that way if you don't take it right away for whatever reason? If you're a little tech savvy, do a UNIX command WHOIS lookup. Or if you really need an online site, check the Registry: http://registrar.verisign-grs.com/whois All registrars query the Registry for looking up a .com's status, if any. As Go Daddy said, they're fully aware of this sort of thing happening. But they won't be able to solve the problem by themselves.
Godaddy's name is often the one mentioned in these reports - sometimes the name is reported gone in minutes. I do not understand the system but it defies belief that they have no control over this. Why (mostly) just Godaddy?