Two new exciting GoDrops.com feeds are now available! On the sidebar, you’ll see “Fresh Drops” and “Fresh Takes” and next to them a brand new feed icons. Try them out! Add them to your favorite news reader and watch those great name come streaming in! 
The domain I’ve been waiting for to drop in my previous post Caught By Surprise is being Kited by Vibrant Networks. They just dropped it and then purchased it again immediately. Argh! I hate that… but it increases the chance I’ll get it, I think. My patience will be rewarded, I hope
Time for a little Question and Answer… Shawn asks on this blog’s “Wall” (on the sidebar):
“How exactly does one start drop catching? I’ve been reading several drop catching blogs but not one tells how it is actually done.”
There is ONE blog you need to read beginning to end if you really want some insights into this whole mess, and that’s DotWeekly.com. Two posts really stand out thought Tips for using Redrops and Domain Name Drop Times and Partner Domains.
Catching on the Drop mean basically waiting for some names you know are deleting that day and then trying to register them. Sounds simple, but there are two main problems:
At GoDrops.com, I share my “watchlist” of domains I think are good. I can’t afford to register 99% of them so I watch them and share them on this blog… when they become available and when they’re taken.
Where do you go from here? Let me know… there are so many places to get drop lists, strategies to find good names, domain tasters to deal, regular domainer refunds to watch for, spotting trends, getting API access, etc… Let me know where you want to go!
When monitoring the changes of status/nameserver/register of a large list of names basically 24/7 sometimes a change sticks out, something that makes you want to go “look things up”.
Three names, etipi.com, eneta.com and ebado.com, nameservers just changed to LightningHost.com. Doing a quick whois check reveals that they’re both owned by Zag Media. Go and check out the Zag Media site… NICE!
Great, clean-looking interface (reminds me of Ask.com). If you search for those domains, it takes you to a contact page where you can ask a question or make an offer on the name. If Zag Media doesn’t own the name, it redirects via an affiliate link to the domain’s listing on SEDO… either way, possible $$$.
I love finding these sites, they give me inspiration for my own sites. Even more interesting is finding a possible domain investment strategy. Those two names above are LLLLL.com, but the pattern is eCVCV.com. We all know that CVCV.com have achieved God-like status in the aftermarket. Maybe this will give you pause for thought, if you’re inclined to go after premium CVCV LLLL.net names…
Why talk about these name on GoDrops.com? Well, one of those dropped on May 25, picked up by Snapnames, no bidders at auction, dropped again, then picked up by at least 3 other domain tasters. The other two dropped on June 13 and the 16th, not sure of it’s history… it looks like my scanner may have been down 
An interesting name dropped yesterday… it was in the extended auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2008 in Las Vegas. I’m assuming it didn’t get any bids between its listed $1-$5,000 starting price because it was just abandoned by its former owner. The name is GoodCriticism.com… what do YOU think of this one?
Oh, I’ve setup a blog for the name under the keywords effective communication.
If you’ve given NameJet your email, no doubt you’ve received an email from them listing some pretty horrible domain names that will drop soon.
Just look at these lemons opportunities: bodyyz.com, tunneyandhalbfish.com, goguscerrahisi2007.org, fatimaparroquiavirtual.org, tearaiestate.net
I submit you can find much better names through this website, here’s just a small sample that are available to register right now, and I won’t even charge you $70 for backordering
HollandResorts.com
WebLiterate.com
DotInsider.com
ImmigrantDirectory.com
SmartHealthfood.com
OfficeRedesign.com has just been picked up by domain taster NameKing. This name has been bouncing back and forth between tasters since June 4th. Not a horrible name, it’s got a little advertiser competition, but under < 500 searches per month.
The keywords are better paired with other words, however, like: “interior”, “home”, “design”, etc… making this phrase ring a little odd in the ear. It also looks like it reads “Officer eDesign” or something similar, so not the best on the eyes either.
If you like this one, you might be in luck, because NameKing will likely drop it sometime soon…
I’ve been looking for a name for a new domain-related website… still looking. Here are some nice ones from drops-past:
DotRush.com
DotSalon.com
DotInsider.com
DotSupplier.com
I managed to grab two GREAT names today, one on the drop and the other from the GoDrops.com database of deleted-names-past. HotMints.com, I’m thinking about developing into a new domain name sales resource — there are lots of domainers who publish domains-for-sale posts on their blogs, I’d like to do that too, but not on this domain name.
BusinessHolidays.com is the other name. Not sure about this one… any ideas? There were some others I failed to get, DebtScams.com being one of them, but overall, I’m pretty happy.
There were 49 NNNNN.com names deleting today — no postal codes — and Snapnames caught 45 of them. eNom caught two, one was caught by GoDaddy backorder (57771.com) and the other by someone using ename.com.
Vibrant Networks had been catching and releasing these steadily for months with Snapnames staying out of the way. Now that they’re back (for today), you’ll either be bidding on these for $9 a piece a Snapnames or waiting for them to be deleted if there are no bidders. Earlier this year Snap was selling a good deal of these at $9 or more a piece. They had stopped catching them on the drop, but today they’re back — big time.