I had always wondered if domain squatters/speculators had a hook into registrars ... I think my suspicions were confirmed yesterday.
I am in the process of transferring a website from one host to another, and we had come up with a better domain name for the site, so we figured this would be a good time to adjust the name. It is a "dot org" site.
So, on Monday, I go on godaddy.com to see if our new name is available ... I just generically type in the domain name and godaddy defaults to the "dot com" TLD. It is available, along with every other TLD.
On Tuesday afternoon, we decide to go ahead and rename the website to the new URL, so I go to godaddy.com to register the "dot org" URL. What do I see???? A domain squatter/speculator had registered the "dot com" version of the URL just hours after I had checked for its availability.
Amazing. They have hooks into the registrar. I hate squatters. Anyway, this is just a heads up for those of you contemplating registrations.
(no, this isn't a mere coincidence ... the URL had never been registered and it is not common).
I am in the process of transferring a website from one host to another, and we had come up with a better domain name for the site, so we figured this would be a good time to adjust the name. It is a "dot org" site.
So, on Monday, I go on godaddy.com to see if our new name is available ... I just generically type in the domain name and godaddy defaults to the "dot com" TLD. It is available, along with every other TLD.
On Tuesday afternoon, we decide to go ahead and rename the website to the new URL, so I go to godaddy.com to register the "dot org" URL. What do I see???? A domain squatter/speculator had registered the "dot com" version of the URL just hours after I had checked for its availability.
Amazing. They have hooks into the registrar. I hate squatters. Anyway, this is just a heads up for those of you contemplating registrations.
(no, this isn't a mere coincidence ... the URL had never been registered and it is not common).