Don't check domain availability on GoDaddy

anonqq said:

I don't know if a similar topic has already arisen. I just wanted to write about my case.
I found a super name for a domain and the first thing I did was to check its availability on GoDaddy - that's where I bought all my domains until now.
The domain was available to buy however I accidentally refreshed the page - what was my surprise when I saw that suddenly the domain was taken.

Impossible that such a name was picked up by someone else ( a human) which clearly suggests that GoDaddy is stealing domains with good names.

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anonqq said:

I don't know if a similar topic has already arisen. I just wanted to write about my case.
I found a super name for a domain and the first thing I did was to check its availability on GoDaddy - that's where I bought all my domains until now.
The domain was available to buy however I accidentally refreshed the page - what was my surprise when I saw that suddenly the domain was taken.

Impossible that such a name was picked up by someone else ( a human) which clearly suggests that GoDaddy is stealing domains with good names.

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pastramirecipes said:

That's what I would do if I was a domain company

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anonqq said:

I don't know if a similar topic has already arisen. I just wanted to write about my case.
I found a super name for a domain and the first thing I did was to check its availability on GoDaddy - that's where I bought all my domains until now.
The domain was available to buy however I accidentally refreshed the page - what was my surprise when I saw that suddenly the domain was taken.

Impossible that such a name was picked up by someone else ( a human) which clearly suggests that GoDaddy is stealing domains with good names.

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xanaIDE said:

Sometimes it's just a bug that shows a taken domain as available.

You need to check whois records to see when that domain was registered.

Waiting for your reply.

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flprocess said:

It could have been a bug when the first person reported it. This must be the 200 time I see it happens to someone. They are registering the domains themselves.

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Enserio said:

Never use them for anything, especially hosting let alone registration- they are attempting to monopolize the industry as well. Buying DAN and Uniregistry, etc. Namebright and Namesilo IME don't do that whois lookup tracking scam.

Anything online that is "free" really isn't- all those lookup's on all platforms do you think are not logged? It's not a charitable thing or "Free". Everything has a catch and isn't it usually free as you are the product in surveillance capitalism- the business model being followed by most- let's face it. Social Media- Free? right. There is a book called "Free" anyone interested might read it.

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anonqq said:

It means that you would not respect your customers who have been using your services for many years.

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