David Townend said: .......... Within 12 hours all the other .com > versions of the domain name I had registered were taken, once again. > Coincidence ? I think not. > Has anyone on the list had any similar experiences. > Is this standard practice within the industry ?
Dear David, This is the way it works, I'm afraid. When I first searched for some domain names and found they were free, I logged off, had a think about it, logged back on to register one of them and found that they had all been taken by a domain name company who then offered to sell them back to me, at a price! I have been told by people in the web business that this always happens. There are programs operated by domain name companies which trawl for new registrations and Inquiries and then gobble them up before you can register them. When you search, you need to register immediately, otherwise you'll lose it to the 'net scum'. Immoral but not illegal, sadly. best wishes, mark =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
