I Used Godaddy Appraisal Tool To Check a Domain, Godaddy Registered It.

[jideofor]

I never shared this domain with anyone, never told a close friend. Nobody knew about it.

So last week, I used the Godaddy Appraisal tool to check for unregistered domain names. It was among a list of domains to be registered as I had registered a few. This week, I checked and the domain name has been registered by Godaddy.

According to CompleteDNS.com, I checked history and there has been no history of anyone registering the domain name previously, nor has it been dropped ever. This domain name was never on a pending delete list, which means the chances of someone scouting ExpiredDomains.net and stumbling on it is ZERO.

I never used Godaddy to check unregistered domains but I completely forgot this time around because I was running tens of research at a time.

I know they will deny it as usual or simply say nothing, but the records are there to show that I am not the only that has ever experienced this in the industry.

I am just putting this out there for people not to be careless, especially if you are researching a very hot niche.

 

[biggie]

Hi

so, did godaddy (namefind) register the domain or did someone else just register it at godaddy?

it makes a big difference in reference to the title of this thread.


imo...

 

[AEProgram]

Millions of names are checked every day that do not get registered. When one does, people think they were robbed.

If you need more convincing, ever had an idea for a name, you go to check and you see someone registered the name within the past month? Not a trending idea, just an idea that was in your head? How could that be?

What about the time you had this great idea for a name and you check it and just that day it entered expired?

 

[JB Lions]

I had a domain taken from me. It was when emojis domains were getting hot. It was a thumbs up emoji.

Here's a post about it.
https://www.namepros.com/threads/la...ca-com-domain-name-stolen.987136/post-5861904

The email that I received from GoDaddy.

https://www.namepros.com/threads/la...ca-com-domain-name-stolen.987136/post-5861909

Joe replied in that thread. Somebody else registered it a few hours before you did, not GoDaddy.

And that’s different from this thread that for some reason has no details whatsoever

 

[Yanosh]

Maybe someone got the same idea you got , and registered the domain.
That’s it.
Even more possible if it is a hot niche
( AI I presume )

 

[pb]

Are you trying to tell me that I am blind or I didn't know that a domain name was available? Something I used WHOIS.com to check and it was available but got taken when I used Godaddy Appraisal tool.

So you have at least two suspects. When will people (domainers) learn to use shell whois or rdap and not privately-owned third-party tools? Then you would only have the registry to blame. And if shell is too cumbersome, you can always check availability at ICANN: https://lookup.icann.org (doesn't work for all TLDs though).

 

[Gm0]

Did you read what I said earlier? It was a FREEELLLLYYYYYY available domain. Never been registered, never been on pending delete, never been parked, never been dropped, does not have any past history... It is a brand-new baby.


There was no need for it be back ordered lol.

Never Registered? Never Pending delete?...No History? None/Never? Your assumptions and inferences are wrong on many fronts. Stop shooting from the hip and prepare, research better.

 

[VadimK]

Can be both in reality - frontrunning and also bad luck of someone else having the same idea, especially if a name is of popular/trending keyword.

I have a rule for myself - for handregs I choose a specific time, putting a few hours together or the whole day - to explore, compare, check and buy right away if necessary. If you see the name and really like it - don't wait.
There are also other lists that I do, called ''maybe, maybe not'' - but there I am specifically waiting for a week - if I still like them in 7 days, but fully understanding it can be taken away.

Having a strategy basically assures that you won't ask this question (was it stolen??), because you did everything that was up to you to get a name you want.

 

[JB Lions]

I never shared this domain with anyone, never told a close friend. Nobody knew about it.

So last week, I used the Godaddy Appraisal tool to check for unregistered domain names. It was among a list of domains to be registered as I had registered a few. This week, I checked and the domain name has been registered by Godaddy.

According to CompleteDNS.com, I checked history and there has been no history of anyone registering the domain name previously, nor has it been dropped ever. This domain name was never on a pending delete list, which means the chances of someone scouting ExpiredDomains.net and stumbling on it is ZERO.

I never used Godaddy to check unregistered domains but I completely forgot this time around because I was running tens of research at a time.

I know they will deny it as usual or simply say nothing, but the records are there to show that I am not the only that has ever experienced this in the industry.

I am just putting this out there for people not to be careless, especially if you are researching a very hot niche.

What’s the domain. If it’s registered, no harm in sharing. And only that one and not the others you checked? How many did you check in total

 

[Gm0]

I don't buy what OP is saying. I think they are perhaps inexperienced and confused about the interworkings of domain fulfillment from verisign. If he/she/they/them were to reveal the name, we would probably see that domain has been registered for some time and godaddy errored in showing it was available (as they have in the past). There is NO REASON not to reveal the name at this point - there is no further loss.

 

[jideofor]

There have been past threads but I can’t recall even one instance of one of them being verified

What was the name?

CaSpermBank.com

 

[branding]

Yes, it is good to have a thread like this from time to time.

Some of the free (and paid) services listed on nps can easily harvest search data. As mentioned by someone else above, the ONLY safe place to check and see if a name is taken is by using https://lookup.icann.org

If you trust ICANN... CLI is the way to go, who knows who is (pun intended) harvesting ICANN.org lookup data?

 

[MKA]

But the domain has been registered for a full week according to the Whois. Meaning that you held out for more than six days, and it's not like 15 domains are a lot either, you can register that in 15 minutes.

 

[Future Sensors]

so, did godaddy (namefind) register the domain or did someone else just register it at godaddy?

it makes a big difference in reference to the title of this thread.

That makes a big difference indeed.

On a DNS level, it should be noted that for customer domains that delegate DNS to afternic.com nameservers, namefind.com name servers are configured in the authoritative DNS zones of those customer domains, which makes it all quite confusing...

$ dig @ns1.afternic.com ns AfternicDomain.com

AfternicDomain.com. 3600 IN NS ns1.namefind.com.
AfternicDomain.com. 3600 IN NS ns2.namefind.com.

 

[Andreas B.]

I had a very similar case.

Registered a domain like best() .com

After few days, someone registered domain from same industry field / close keyword to mine, also as best() .com,
using godaddy for registration.

Don't know what the heck happened, who there saw my name,...

 

[branding]

When will people (domainers) learn to use shell whois

Never. The majority is being lazy or too stupid to even educate themselves about how domains actually work.

They see easy money and go for it...

I don't even blame the younger generation as a lot of old-timers are just as clueless.

 

[Mister Funsky]

I am just putting this out there for people not to be careless, especially if you are researching a very hot niche.

Yes, it is good to have a thread like this from time to time.

Some of the free (and paid) services listed on nps can easily harvest search data. As mentioned by someone else above, the ONLY safe place to check and see if a name is taken is by using https://lookup.icann.org

 

[algofox]

Clearly information mis-use and data piracy. The impact of such practices will be disastorous on their loyalty. No wonder I see so many GD advertisements ; )

 

[Optimistic]

You have used another tool (CompleteDNS) in addition to the GoDaddy appraisal tool.

 

[jideofor]

You have used another tool (CompleteDNS) in addition to the GoDaddy appraisal tool.

I used CompleteDNS today, I used Godaddy last week.

 

[jideofor]

Maybe someone got the same idea you got , and registered the domain.
That’s it.
Even more possible if it is a hot niche
( AI I presume )

Nope... before the advent of AI, this has been happening.

I just told a friend privately what happened and he confirmed they did it to him as well. There are numerous cases of this happening from Domainers on here. So it can't be a coincident.

I knew someone would say another person got the idea and that is why I stated in my OP that the chances of that happening within a week is zero.

 

[JB Lions]

Nope... before the advent of AI, this has been happening.

I just told a friend privately what happened and he confirmed they did it to him as well. There are numerous cases of this happening from Domainers on here. So it can't be a coincident.

I knew someone would say another person got the idea and that is why I stated in my OP that the chances of that happening within a week is zero.

There have been past threads but I can’t recall even one instance of one of them being verified

What was the name?

 

[CJ6]

I had a domain taken from me. It was when emojis domains were getting hot. It was a thumbs up emoji.

Here's a post about it.
https://www.namepros.com/threads/la...ca-com-domain-name-stolen.987136/post-5861904

The email that I received from GoDaddy.

https://www.namepros.com/threads/la...ca-com-domain-name-stolen.987136/post-5861909

 

[MKA]

Are you trying to tell me that I am blind or I didn't know that a domain name was available? Something I used WHOIS.com to check and it was available but got taken when I used Godaddy Appraisal tool. And yes, the domain name was registered 5 days ago at Godaddy. The current registrar is Godaddy.

GoDaddy is still the most used registrar for domains. Just because it's registered there doesn't mean that the company registered the domain.

Did you even place a back-order? Because someone else might have. I usually wait until there are a few minutes left so not to bring attention to it, and the domain you were looking for may have some value.

 

[jideofor]

So you have at least two suspects. When will people (domainers) learn to use shell whois or rdap and not privately-owned third-party tools? Then you would only have the registry to blame. And if shell is too cumbersome, you can always check availability at ICANN: https://lookup.icann.org (doesn't work for all TLDs though).

Thank you. I will use that going forward. I have been using WHOIS.com for years after learning about this sort of thing and they have never registered a domain name I searched there.

This time around I completely forgot myself because it had happened to me before when I was still a newbie.

 

[MKA]

Did you read what I said earlier? It was a FREEELLLLYYYYYY available domain. Never been registered, never been on pending delete, never been parked, never been dropped, does not have any past history... It is a brand-new baby.

There was no need for it be back ordered lol.

Fair enough. So why didn't you buy it?