Backordering a domain, have i got ripped off?

[snack128]

Hi BHW!

First of all.. Thank you BHW members for sharing awesome information on this amazing forum!

I have searched here on the forum and on the internet for an answer but no results so I thought I might ask you.

I'm quite new to the IM business and recently I backordered two domains that was really good and old. I got the auth code for the domains from the backorder provider and I checked the whois and got this from one of the domains:

created: 2014-01-07
modified: 2014-02-28
expires: 2015-01-07
transferred: 2014-02-19

It says that the domain was created in 2014. When I backordered the domain it said 2010. Shouldn't the creation date be 2010 since I backordered it? Or have I misunderstood the part of keeping the created date while backordering?

I'm really looking forward for your replies!

Best regards,

snack128

 

[bartosimpsonio]

The domain backorder business is probably as close as it gets to online snake oil

Folks need to realize that no registrar has the power to hold or reserve a domain name. They have no special tools or power that you don't - they just try to be faster.

So when you're backordering, you're creating a false expectation of owning that domain but the probability of it succeeding is minimal. Someone was faster than your registrar and your backorder failed, you probably got a notice about that, check your spam folder.

 

[snack128]

The domain backorder business is probably as close as it gets to online snake oil

Folks need to realize that no registrar has the power to hold or reserve a domain name. They have no special tools or power that you don't - they just try to be faster.

So when you're backordering, you're creating a false expectation of owning that domain but the probability of it succeeding is minimal. Someone was faster than your registrar and your backorder failed, you probably got a notice about that, check your spam folder.

To get things clear I got the domains that I backordered. But my question is: Shouldn't the domain keep its age? When I backordered it the whois said the domain got created in 2010. And since I backordered the domain it should still say that it got created in 2010? It says 2014 now and that why I'm asking!