New domain expiry process and droplists for .uk

[ukbackorder]

Nominet have publicly announced it, well after their long investigation it was addressed by the CTO in a video and also via their community forum - they don't deal with acorn. Also it doesn't just benefit 2-3 people as it also benefits all the people who catch domains they wouldn't otherwise chase or catch. Tagholders who've already received the money I've already paid out, that they would never have got, might disagree with you Not to mention all the people who use software to catch for themselves. But this is a dead topic now and has been since they concluded their in depth investigation. So go for it Sean - nothing stopping you enabling people to catch domains with your software. Just to be clear I'm not getting dragged back into this discussion as there's no point - just thought I'd point out that you always all conveniently forget all the (maybe 100+) tagholders that benefit who couldn't do it themselves.

 

[ukbackorder]

Nobody is controlling other peoples tags. That is what nominet found out and why the whole argument is moot. Nobody chases or catches anything they don't want to - *they* decide with *their* tag. PS I don't take 50% - I'm not Denys

 

[ukbackorder]

Exactly, it’s always been the same, if you can’t beat them, join them and @Systreg there’s your answer, ask Rob if you can change to his “special” code in return for a share of your profits. It’s better to have 50% of something than all if nothing.

Lol there you go. You think that only people who use a profit share catch domains. Take a look at hostedchasing.com and the 2 and 3 letter domains, generics, and high value SEO domains that were caught by people exactly like systreg (ie for themselves) and then maybe have another think

 

[ukbackorder]

Not at all, I see that people catch on your all you can eat service. Sorry if I touched a raw nerve

Not at all. I was just trying to explain it to you as you didn't seem to understand. Now you know.

 

[Paullas]

@sigh I am not dragging up the past just my thoughts and apologies if you think so. Just having a discussion, no finger pointing or blame game just a discussion to help others understand what to do, where to go and the rules etc.

 

[diablo]

Lol there you go. You think that only people who use a profit share catch domains. Take a look at hostedchasing.com and the 2 and 3 letter domains, generics, and high value SEO domains that were caught by people exactly like systreg (ie for themselves) and then maybe have another think

I use Rob's hostedchasing.com. I am also one of the people who would struggle to catch anything without it.

He has never once told me what to catch or when to catch or asked for a share of the proceeds from domain sales.

And yet I have managed to catch all of the above: 2 and 3 letter domains, generics, and high value SEO domains.

 

[ukbackorder]

All software is fired at the same time. That's why it's random who gets what. When George caught qq.co.uk there were plenty of others before and after him from the same system. Nominet queue requests and process them in their own sweet time and order no matter how fast you send them. That's why it's pointless using hundreds of creates as usually by 20 you're already past the drop time no matter when you started. It's no secret. However if 10 people are auction catchers and 10 people are hosted chasers and for this example assuming there was nobody else then the auction catches have a 50% chance. People think that is Rob but totally ignore who actually caught it (only 1 of the 20). Nominet realised this and that's why they ended the investigation. And I don't take 50%. Catchers get more than me. In exchange they get to use free software. That's a business model that anybody else is free to set up. However not liking it is fine. Assuming it breaks the rules isn't because it doesn't.

 

[Systreg]

Thanks for the input here and from those who sent PM's.

It's definitely harder with every man and his dog knowing the exact drop times now.

I don't expect to catch a great deal, and have always been like that even on the old system, but I only tend to load the best names each day, so I know competition is going to be great on those names, but as long as I catch just a few each month, and occasionally a very good name, then that's good enough for me.

Good luck with your catching.

 

[ukbackorder]

Not really. If you think it is then you're probably overthinking it. As are most people apparently. You've caught a domain. Therefore you know when to send your request. However it has to land at nominet at the exact same microsecond which is not going to happen most of the time due to multiple things out of your control.

 

[ukbackorder]

I don't know. Is it better to win the lottery or sell tickets? Depends how you want to live I suppose. People do what they want, nobody forces them. However don't forget that someone actually created those earnings for them and it costs money to do it. They are always free not to earn any money by not chasing a domain they weren't aware of.. but not sharing any of their £0

 

[Transcom ISP]

Tend to agree, even on the calculation of ping times, the latency varies on each call...

and what is the correct latency calculation, who knows...

is it by nmap to port 700 or
simple traceroute or
guesswork...

they are all different...