Backorder Partner Domain Registrars = Rubbish

I am here to De-Myth a very popular Myth that Partner Registrars will catch your expiring domains through their network. Weather it be snapnames, pool or namejet.. They all stand the exact same chance. When the registry “drops” a domain name – it’s dropped. It doesn’t matter if the previous registrar kissed the president’s behind (well maybe.. lol).

The misconception in this “Partner Registrars” is that a partner registrar can only secure the name while it’s Status is: REDEMPTION PERIOD. If it’s in Redemption, yes, a Partner registrar can simply renew the domain – like an auction scenarion. GoDaddy for example auctions off all domains in redemption period & auto renews the domains if there’s a bid.

Once a domain slips from: REDEMPTION PERIOD, it’s game over. There’s a hefty price tag to renew that domain. To the tune of approx $180 at some registrars. But it can be saved or auctioned & simply renewed.

Basically when a domain hits: “PENDING DELETE” It’s a free for all. I don’t care what registrar is partnered with what, that domain will be available for hand registration to anyone. IMHO This “Preferred Registrar” Hype was a creation of the auction houses to spike up their backorders. It created a new “Need” to have to backorder at xxxx backorder service.

These are just my opinions of real life backorders I put in & hand regging a drop which I thought I backordered at the major backorder services – which were expiring out of a “Preferred Partner Registrar” that it belonged to before the drop. I find that the pending delete list shows the drops and it doesn’t matter which registrar they belong to before expiring.

I will often watch domains with an instant drop catcher tool I made & I am free to grab a few names in my drop list. After I refresh the tool every 1-3 seconds, I notice the “Preffered Partners” or the major backorder houses have scooped up a domain or more in my watch list. So this proves that if you had a fast enough drop catcher or real-time whois monitor – you can beat any of the preferred partner that provide the backorders for the big boys.

This article is based on the quality of the domain being “Mediocre” If there’s a LLL.com / or similar quality dropping from a “foreign” registry, and that registry doesn’t offer auctions or redemption period saves. That domain will be a free for all after hitting “PENDING DELETE” & the partner registries it may have been registered at before, don’t matter at all.