A Catch 2 years on....

golddiggerguy · Dec 5, 2011

Just a thought as it just happened to me and need to look into this as to what's happened.

I think i must have had a domain booked 2 years ago with 3 drop catchers and 1 of them caught it

I decided 2 years on to just let it drop. I have just received an email from one that didn't catch it 2 years ago that they now had caught it (as i had just let it drop) and must have been in their system still.

If domains are not caught first time round "do they" or "should they" get removed if no longer available?

Deltrus · Dec 5, 2011

golddiggerguy said:
Just a thought as it just happened to me and need to look into this as to what's happened.

I think i must have had a domain booked 2 years ago with 3 drop catchers and 1 of them caught it

I decided 2 years on to just let it drop. I have just received an email from one that didn't catch it 2 years ago that they now had caught it (as i had just let it drop) and must have been in their system still.

If domains are not caught first time round "do they" or "should they" get removed if no longer available?

I think catchers should implement a 'catching window' period so that you can specify which year you wanted a catch.

accelerator · Dec 5, 2011

golddiggerguy said:
If domains are not caught first time round "do they" or "should they" get removed if no longer available?

Do they - that will depend on the catcher's system.

Should they - Not necessarily. If anything it's more useful that they stay live.

Ultimately you as the customer should make sure any live catch requests are terminated if you no longer want them IMO.

Rgds

tifosi · Dec 6, 2011

I remove/de-activate them the end of that day if they have dropped. Seems the best policy.

I've noticed a few become suspended at the end of the next cycle when they trip the was booked previously flag.

aZooZa · Dec 6, 2011

After 2 years we generally take ownership unless we're contacted. it's quite stupid to be (automatically) paying renewal fees for unclaimed names after giving the catcher/booker more than ample time. Need to add to TOC's I think. We've been so abused by non-payers.