Dynadot Drop Service?

[clipper]

Is there a backorder service through Dynadot?

I can't find one, but a name dropped yesterday and Snapnames didn't get it. It took a while for the DNS and Whois to update, but when I check the name today, it's regged at Dynadot and parked.

I had been checking this name's availability since it dropped, and it has not been available to register any time that I checked (though, strangely, if I used the Moniker Whois through Snapnames link, it said "Name is Available," when I clicked on "Register Now," it was listed as regged).

Did someone just get lucky, and reg it at just the right time and beat Snap to it?

[gammascalper]

Maybe noone placed a snap for it? I'm not sure...

[clipper]

Nope, I did.

I got the "Sorry, we couldn't acquire this name" message, and whois was showing "No Record for xn--..." and I couldn't reg it.

At that point, I figured another drop service got it and the Whois wouldn't update for a couple days, but now that I see that DD is the registrar I'm quite surprised. Is there a drop service that uses them as a registrar, maybe?

Incidentally, there's another name that they couldn't snap for me on Tuesday. Currently showing no Whois record, cannot be regged. I assume, again, that it's at Pool or something in an auction.

[Drewbert]

Were they chinese/japanese names that might have had variants?

[clipper]

It seems that for one of them, 旅館.net, this is the case. That one's still showing no Whois record.

The other one, though, has been re-registered. Snap must've just missed it and another IDNer got lucky.

[Drewbert]

Yep. Variant problem.

Was originally regged when there was no variant blocking. The Snow's have the simpl. version.

Once it went to the drop, it's death warrant was signed.

[yanni]

Originally Posted by clipper

Is there a drop service that uses them as a registrar, maybe?

Snapnames uses dynadot.

I got a name thru them a few days ago and was pleasantly surprised, and pushed right into my regular account. No waiting for 60 days crap.

[clipper]

Originally Posted by yanni

Snapnames uses dynadot.

I got a name thru them a few days ago and was pleasantly surprised, and pushed right into my regular account. No waiting for 60 days crap.

Interesting. I didn't know that.

They must have other drop services they're hooked up to as well, because I'd have been in the auction. This one must have gone to a different dropcatcher.

[camarro]

snapnames uses whatever registrar they can to catch the domain, dynadot or any other.