this better be the LAST TIME son of a BBBBBBBBBBB

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trigatch4

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this isn't the first time... yesterday i searched the domain for the car i own... chrysler crossfire. i saw chryslercrossfire.net was available. went to register it today and it was registered yesterday 5-10-2007 probably right after i searched it? coincidence? i doubt it.

The only places I checked were:
  • Typing in the URL directly
  • Searching for the URL on Dotster.com
  • using whois.sc/chryslercrossfire.net for a little more info
I really wanted that damn domain... I thought it was a pretty good score. I'm pretty pissed. So unless someone has a keystroke virus or can look at my screen shots or some wack crap like that... which I severely doubt because then they'd probably just charge up my credit card, then someone is fishing my effin fresh domain reg searches and using them for themselves.

I bet they have a whole script in place that parses the domain search into keywords, runs it through inventory.overture.com and sends of whistles and red flags when a .com or .net meets certain requirements. then they reg it before the person they essentially stole it from.

idiots. well.. not idiots it's rather smart but it's unethical for sure and possibly illegal? wack. i probably have one too many domains anyways... but this is a domain i would gladly have held onto for years and years.

I DONT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN...
do you feel my pain? if so... how do you protect yourself now?
 


I've heard this happening quite a bit lately. I haven't actually seen it, but it would be interesting to start pooling a list of steps people are taking prior to having them snatched out from under them...so we know where to avoid searching. IMO, if you find a good domain that you like, buy it for a few bucks and decide later if it's worth renewing.
 
yap search and be prepared to buy it immediately! Had this happen to myself as well. buggers...
 
I actually saw a story some time ago that sites with domain availability searches were scraping the names that were inputted and regging the ones they thought were worthwhile...

Most of them werent registrars but I think a couple were named...

Personally, I wouldnt search on any other site but namecheap.com

Check the whois on it now, you may be surprised to find that the owner is a registrar or reseller of a registrar...

Shocking....Whois.sc Lookup - ChryslerCrossfire.net Chrysler Crossfire

Registered owner - Red Register, Inc. ( )
14781 Memorial Dr. Suite
# 792 Houston Texas,
77079 US
US
Tel. +1-650-331-0716
Fax. +1 (320) 210 5146

Creation Date : 10-may-2007
Expiration Date : 10-may-2008

Supersite
 
wtf? how is this stealing? this is like looking in a department store window, and spotting a nice jacket. you go in, check it out, try it on, look in the mirror, and then bounce. you come back the next day, only to learn someone else bought it.

now logically, where should the blame be assigned for you not getting the jacket in the end?

to complicate things, and possibly more accurately represent the situation you presented, let's say an employee of the department store noticed how much you liked the jacket, and decided he liked it just as much. this complicates things, but i am still not sure of how culprit his actions were.

note that things would be a lot different if you tried to register it a minute later and it was snagged.

just some food for thought.
 
my point is, it probably WAS registered a minute later. It just demonstrates that you often visit sites that you may deem "reputable" while your privacy isn't quite as private as you had hoped. In a business where intellectual property and "names" are of supreme importance, you wouldn't expect them to attempt to collect proprietary information.

am i 100% sure they're doing this? no. am i pretty sure? yeah. is it still my fault for not regging it when i had the chance? i guess.

i'm simply wondering whats the best way to protect my privacy while searching for domains.
 
Yeah I've had the same thing happen to me too. And that was also after looking it up on whois.sc. I looked it up wanted it and realized I left my wallet at home so when I got home like 3 hours later to register it it was already taken. I've learned now that if I find a good domain I register it within minutes of finding it.
 
This is why you only look for domains using only your registar while you're logged in.
 
Find an awesome domain name? buy it right then and there. I haven't been burned once because I have my autofill bots ready to plug my CC and login info and buy instantly (minus the captcha on godaddy).
 
I've heard these horror stories, but truth be told, I use Godaddy exclusively for domain name browsing, and I've NEVER had a DN get pulled out from under me.

However, I usually approach domain name shopping in a quick sweep. I find out what I want, pick at least 3-4 variations, and then go shopping.
 
I use Godaddy exclusively for domain name browsing, and I've NEVER had a DN get pulled out from under me.

+1 - been using GoDaddy to look up thousands of domains and never had a single one taken before I bought it (Hey Dave, we agree on something :) )
 
wtf? how is this stealing? this is like looking in a department store window, and spotting a nice jacket. you go in, check it out, try it on, look in the mirror, and then bounce. you come back the next day, only to learn someone else bought it.

now logically, where should the blame be assigned for you not getting the jacket in the end?

to complicate things, and possibly more accurately represent the situation you presented, let's say an employee of the department store noticed how much you liked the jacket, and decided he liked it just as much. this complicates things, but i am still not sure of how culprit his actions were...

To continue the analogy, what if the store has one off designer jackets for sale - each one unique.

They have cameras in store monitoring the customer's trying out the jackets and automatically matching it against known profiles of what looks good (am I stretching this metaphor too far?!). (Or, say people specially employed to watch the trying on of jackets.)

When it matches they then sell the jacket to a related fashion company that uses various techniques to ensure that it is sells for a lot more than it was originally available for.

In a very roundabout way what I'm saying is there's a difference between an individual taking advantage of the system and a system being run in order to take advantage of it's users.

Is this down to Whois.sc or Dotster.com? - Are either of them related to Red Register, Inc?

Like other posters I've had no problems using GoDaddy to search domains. (Though I'm sure I probably haven't stumbled across anything worth them grabbing!)
 
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