These two domains are dropping tomorrow & I am going to try & chase.

jacket.com
stubby.us

Stubby.us doesn’t concern me, but Jacket.com is nice. I am sure many have backordered this domain, but since the drop is public & anyone can grab it, I’m going to try. I’m sure I won’t grab it. But if I do, it would be awesome.

This is one of those “weird” domains that every drop catcher complains about. The whois is fuzzy & so is the origin of the domain. The current registrar is Tucows which will be releasing the name real soon. The major forums would tell you to backorder at NameJet, Snap & Pool.

However, note this.. Here is a copy of the whois:

Domain Name: JACKET.COM
Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
Whois Server: whois.tucows.com
Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net
Name Server: DNS1.IN2NET.COM
Name Server: DNS2.IN2NET.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 13-oct-2009
Creation Date: 31-jul-1997
Expiration Date: 30-jul-2011

Ok, so according to dnmeter.com, Jacket.com will drop around 1:51PM CST.

Tucows has a status of: clientTransferProhibited which should be pending delete.

I’ll make sure to keep an eye on it, but the domain will probably drop. It has to since Verisign has it on it’s drop list for tomorrow.

I have been up to my neck in code the past few days & month. Almost getting to the end of the tunnel. My drop catching software was originally written over 3 years ago. It’s time for upgrading & enhancing the products I sell. For one, the number one complaint was that the Dynadot API tool was just to slow! This then inspired radical changes to the all my other drop catchers & how they work and perform.

As many of you may know, DNMeter.com has proven to be a reliable source for the daily expiring domain’s drop order. So why not add that to my drop catching software? Knowing the time & order a domain will drop gives you a 99% chance over the other guys randomly guessing & abusing the whois servers & API’s or registries.

So I’m glad to announce within a couple weeks all previous versions of my drop catching software will be dnmeter.com enabled. Furthermore bulk processing will be a breeze for bigger accounts & tracking of who got what. For now it will be served as first come first served – all back orders treated separately giving you control over your own API’s on your own connection, single and multiple account management with a drop catching panel that’ll be SSL secure for anonymity & your security.

More on this to follow asap. I just wanted to pop my head out of so much work – say hello & make some cool tools for serious drop catchers to use with ease. More updates on the way!

Any advice feedback or otherwise on the subject is appreciated. Especially if you use my software already & would like something added on or that can be tweaked.

Here’s a simple list I compiled that contains many 1 word dictionary .net drops. These will drop on Tuesday Oct 6th 1pm CST / 2pm PST / EST. There’s no need to backorder any of these domains in my opinion – if you’re fast enough, sometimes slow enough, the domains can be easily captured by hand without the frenzy to backorder or get arthritis from clicking the “checkout” button too many times.

recalling.net
concordat.net
distinguishes.net
naumachia.net
deodorization.net
uncommenced.net
figurize.net
unexercised.net
nonmechanical.net
intempestivity.net
balatong.net
cumic.net
oraler.net
zollie.net
perched.net
preferring.net
severely.net
myringotomy.net
arched.net
coldness.net
narrower.net
supplementing.net
hardmouthed.net
lactone.net
glorify.net
reinforces.net
glittered.net
joyously.net
digitally.net
morganize.net
pictury.net
retrofire.net
deign.net
recheck.net
dragontail.net
ramseys.net
livys.net
nogas.net
lakelander.net
unisulcate.net
granivorous.net
persists.net
unestablished.net
gestured.net

Since they’re .net’s sometimes the names don’t get taken at all, or hours later pass before getting snatched up by the traffic tasters.

I’m not too turned on by most of these expiring .net drops, but I am going to monitor them. Out of all the digging around & lookups, the .com drops didn’t look too apealing for tomorrow. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a bunch of .net 1 word dictionaries drop at the same time. Maybe I’m not paying attention in the right spots. For some domainers .net seems to lives on as the economy re-establishes itself.

Keep in mind as well that sometimes .com 1 word dictionarys drop too & can be hand regged the same way these .net’s are dropping. You just have to be fast & try to set your standards / profit margins / attention for end user sales.

Try to set your standard appropriately – not too low that you are wasting hard earned money on hand regs that suck with zero resell value, But more so like picking the gems from the rough. They’re in there for you to snatch & profit from.

I recommend you checkout: www.savespell.com they provide free comprehensive lists. They put my lame lists to shame because they have a dependable public service. The various filters help too for instant filtering & monitoring.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the .net drop list.

Today I chased 2 domains & I snagged them both! I haven’t been chasing much these past few days, but expect to kick it up a notch this week. I also wanted to put the lists at dnmeter.com to the test & make sure the accuracy is there for all you fellow drop catchers.

So far so good. The domains I was chasing were:

Snuffies.com & Afflick.com

I didn’t do any research on these & simply eye balled them out from the dnmeter list. I thought oh cool, Snuffies can be a brandable domain. First came to mind that this name qualifies as a brandable for a product or establishment. So I added it to my drop catcher. I like Afflick and thought of Surname. Not like Ben Affleck – no typo intended – but last names are hard to grab. Perhaps the spelling Afflick isn’t as popular, but I added it anyways.

I didn’t think I stood much of a chance. I noted the drop times. Snuffies was dropping around 1:41pm & Afflick around 2:16pm. So I waited & watched. Sure enough 1:42pm rolls by & I get the Dynadot email that the order has finished & I now own Snuffies.com

I waited over 30 minutes & decided to also hand chase Afflick.com. As it’s drop time was getting closer, so were my refresh intervals. Finally around 2:22pm, the domain dropped. I tried regging it by hand, but got beat. I thought for sure GoDaddy or Snap grabbed it, but to my surprise, my own Dynadot API I was running on the side caught it for me.

So It was a good day drop catching for me. I hope yours was too.

This is for the people who like LLLL.COM domains. After a scan today, I found these 5 four letter .com domains are sitting out there ready to be hand registered:

vfpy.com
uqzj.com
pjze.com
uodq.com
dzje.com

Have fun & if there’s an interest for these lists, I will post more.

As I’ve mentioned before, the LLLL.com buyout is starting to look a little shaky. However, I can’t imagine the above domains will remain available for more than a few hours or so. They usually get picked up pretty quickly.

Back by popular demand, I decided to open up: DNMeter.com again. This is the ultimate tool for drop catching expiring domains. Get the insight before the drop happens as to what time each domain will drop. It totally takes the guesswork out of the equation. Now you can view the daily drop list with the domains chronologically sorted & an estimated drop time next to each pending delete domain.

I took down the site originally because the info had leaked out & it was spreading like wildfire. There was a paying memeber that quickly spread the lists as I published them.

Now, I invite you to a free 1 month trial. Yes it is a paid site, but you can enjoy the lists for free until Halloween (Oct 31st 2009).

To checkout the daily list, visit: www.dnmeter.com/member.php

Username = afterlife
Password = afterlife

Your feedback is welcome on the accuracy of the drop order & times. From top to bottom you’ll notice my drop order lists are dead on. The time a domain actually drops based on my time predictions may vary by seconds – 5 mins.

So go check it out & have fun! The list is updated daily at 11PM CST / Midnight PST.

As many of my blog readers know, I launched a realtime domain auction platform that rocked everyone’s socks off. The platform started off as: DNKO. DNKO.COM meant it’s time to fight for a domain & the last one standing that didn’t get knocked out – got the domain. This was spread over 60 seconds.

Let’s try to cram over a hundred users into a single domain auction event & see who wins or chats the loudest.

Since then, the platform has evolved. It has found a new home at Epik.com. You can visit the link here: http://auctions.epik.com While Epik is a newer commodity to the domain industry, I feel my auction technology landed in a good hands to not only auction your domains DNKO style, but also help you park & develop your domains. Epik is really shooting to be every domainer’s “best friend”.

Since my development of DNKO, Epik decided to twist things up & instead of a “knockout theme” they are proactively collaborating with me and approaching auctions with a more subtle movement. Instead of forcing you to liquidate all the domains in your portfolio, why not take it easy? If you have a good domain for sale, the buyers will come. If there are bidders, the 60 second technology timer reset is ready to draw it out until it’s over.

I am compelled to find another service that offers the same – cross compatible across any browser without any downloads or slow meltdowns. Thus far, it is free to submit your domains & rest assured that your domains submissions will get noticed & traffic! Who knows, you may even sell a bunch of your domains for more than you thought they’re worth.

This blog post was mainly to update my followers about DNKO & the Epik acquisition. I am still pro-actively developing the Epik domain auction and feel the team is great at – Epik. If you have any suggestions or gripes with the auction technology, let myself or Rob Monster from epik know. We can’t make this possible without your domaining help & feedback.

It’s a new breed of domaining, IDN drop catching & collecting. Is there money in IDN’s? Heck yeah! It’s just like re-living the good old .com ASCII domain drop days.

Who says everyone MUST type into their browser & visit a domain in ASCII that looks like: GoodyTwoShoes.com?

If English is not your native language – then why would you be inclined to type things like “myDomain.com” only it your browser? Fact is that the world is enormous with all kinds of web surfers from all parts of the world. Yeah, I may be leaking info out – but there are great, awesome & profitable IDN’s that monetize well. People actually type or get translated & directed to an IDN domain which lights up their browser. Either way, they will sooner or later reach an IDN domain – that translates to their language.

For those of you who are new to the term, an IDN domain stands for Internationalized domain. It is not understandable in ASCII – english letters. IDN’s are in PUNY CODE translations to ASCII.

Puny code domains resemble english text like this (from tomorrow’s drop list):

XN–MGB5CK75C.COM
XN–HQ1B35E1TKTVH95A.COM
XN–OO0BR9BN5CRYJRUILZK.COM
XN–HQ1BR4KG3A4C850A.COM
XN–HQ1BR4KG3A4C850A.NET
XN–DCKF2A6A0O2BS7EC7FC5732KBJ2F.COM
XN–CCK7AW6MXB.NET
XN–CCK7AW6MXB.COM
XN–O39A94X9TK72A.NET
XN–BJ1BP4K1XHEPP.COM
XN–910B38BB3F.COM
XN–MF0BP4IW7AG03A92V.COM

IDN’s always start with “XN–” each domain can actually mean creative things in various languages. I just plucked out the first 10 or so to drop in that order tomorrow. It gives you an understanding of what an IDN is.

I took a visit by Verisign since they have a very useful IDN Conversion Tool. However it lacks the dictionary translation lists.

I am not claiming to be an expert on this topic by any means. Just reporting the success various users are achieving with IDN domain drop catching & my software. It must mean something good.

Various ways you can find buyers for your IDN’s include:

1.) Forums (reseller market)
2.) End User Contact (putting the domain to use)
3.) It’s just that good & seeked for (lucky you for finding the gem)
4.) Others in the game may contact you who were also chasing that IDN.

Please do your research. I have not gotten involved with IDN’s much myself. I wish I had the time to translate each drop into various language codes. Maybe I will soon, you never know. I will report what I catch & flip if I join the fun.

PS – I may have gotten the terms messed up & etc.. If so, sorry – again I am not an expert IDN drop catcher.

I am going to try & chase these pending delete expiring domain drops tomorrow:

swishier.com
succinte.com
toolrack.net

I’m not too convinced they’re worth much, but you never know. I will update my blog with my success or no-success. And if I backout from regging toolrack.net. The .com is a parked page :S – I just felt it sounded cool.

Swishier & Succinte may have some type of traffic flow & typo potential imho. It’s the best of the bunch that I could chase & feel comfortable catching. We’ll see what happens in the next 12 hrs or so.

I am close & stay in touch with customers who have purchased my drop catching software.

To my delight, I received an email yesterday from someone who uses my desktop drop catching software daily. In an attempt to secure a great .com pending delete domain, he considered backordering at Snapnames – but went with a GoDaddy backorder.

Just in case, he decided to use my Dynadot API drop catching software. About 15 minutes into the drop, he noticed a success message in the drop catching window. He quickly logged on to Dynadot.com & sure enough, my drop catching technology caught the name for him at reg fee of $7.75.

It’s always great to hear success stories. I am willing to bet the domain was backordered at snapnames also. This is not the first time one of my drop catchers has beat the big backorder companies. When a domain hit’s “Pending Delete” it’s a free for all registrars.

Attached is a screenshot of my tool in action. I have omitted the domain, however if you have any questions – the winner of the domain is willing to share about his successful capture here.