best expired domain catching service?

Anyone know of a service that "catches" a domain that's about to expire? I've no idea when exactly it will be available for purchase, but I'd like to not miss it. It's not a big domain, just a nice name - so ideally a service that doesn't cost a fortune

Stifmeister said:

Anyone know of a service that "catches" a domain that's about to expire? I've no idea when exactly it will be available for purchase, but I'd like to not miss it. It's not a big domain, just a nice name - so ideally a service that doesn't cost a fortune

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Hey，Did you find it?

@Stifmeister you need to check where the domain is currently registered. if it is godaddy just buy a godaddy backorder because they get first bite at their own drops. if it's registered elsewhere, dynadot is cheap and pretty decent for low value stuff... think it's under twenty bucks. dropcatch is the market leader but they charge 59 if they actually catch it. don't waste time with those free web scripts, they are too slow and you will lose it to the bots.

First identify the registrar and the exact expiry path. A domain may go through the current registrar’s expiry auction, a partner auction or the registry pending-delete process, so a generic backorder is not always the first opportunity.

Check the status in RDAP and monitor whether it reaches pendingDelete; only then is a public drop catch the relevant route.