What's It All About?

It’s been a while since I did one of these posts, so here goes…

What is GoDrops.com All About?

I created the back-end of GoDrops.com — the database and whois scanning software — to monitor nameserver and registrar changes of the GOOD names that appeared on the domain “drop” lists. There’s a five day window in which these names first appear on the “drop list” with a status of “pendingDelete” and then, well, drop and become available to register again at the end of that window.

Not so simple though, because (and especially before the ICANN refund fee came into effect) Domain Tasters would come in a take virtually EVERYTHING off the drop list and test it for traffic and/or attempt to flip it before the refund deadline of 5 days.

That’s where GoDrops.com came in. By monitoring these TASTED names, I could send myself an email when the names I liked dropped again at this “second” drop. Instead of checking by hand to see if names had become available again, I could just let the software do the work for me.

Once I got this working for me, I decided to setup GoDrops.com and invite others along for the ride. At first I just published a Available Names Feed on the home page and then using RSS. That was fun, but still not very engaging…

A little later, I setup the Live Chat + Drop which is still going strong now. Everyday during the “daily drop”, I open up a chat window and display the dropping names in a live feed next to it. Good Times!

But not good enough! Fast froward a bit and now GoDroppers can now watch their OWN names and get notification emailed to THEM when the names they like drop at the “second” taster drop. I haven’t counted them, but there have been A LOT of emails sent out over the past few months. People out there getting a real leg up, acquiring some great names and having a lot of fun along the way.

So, SIGN-UP and join us during the Live Chat + Drop held everyday starting at 11am PST!