SnowBoards.com.au

[neddy]

I notice this domain is dropping today, and already is over $2k on both platforms.

I would say this is definitely an (expensive) oversight, as the previous owner has been a consistent buyer of dropping domains.

Just shows that everyone has to be so careful with renewals; and have some sort of alternate reminders set up.

 

[OzDomainer]

Yep, has happened to most of us at some level I would think!

Congrats to Matthew for picking it up.

 

[James]

Yep, has happened to most of us at some level I would think!

Congrats to Matthew for picking it up.

I believe he is the one who has lost the domain.

But yeah how much did the originally win this for 2 years ago? Would be interesting to see.

 

[joe]

sold at T.R.A.F.F.I.C Downunder auction for USD 6k end of 2008, which was about AUD 9.6k at the time

http://www.netfleet.com.au/index.php?a=news&id=14

ouch

 

[neddy]

sold at T.R.A.F.F.I.C Downunder auction for USD 6k end of 2008, which was about AUD 9.6k at the time

http://www.netfleet.com.au/index.php?a=news&id=14

ouch

I've also been searching for sales history and saw the Traffic sale.

But I'm a bit confused by this. Think about it - all registrations are for 2 years. If it sold at the end of 2008, then renewal or expiry would be end of 2010. Today is September 4th 2011.

Am I missing something here?

Answering my own question, I suppose Matt could have purchased it privately off the Traffic purchaser later the following year. i.e. September 2009

 

[Hardstylr]

I've also been searching for sales history and saw the Traffic sale.

But I'm a bit confused by this. Think about it - all registrations are for 2 years. If it sold at the end of 2008, then renewal or expiry would be end of 2010. Today is September 4th 2011.

Am I missing something here?

Answering my own question, I suppose Matt could have purchased it privately off the Traffic purchaser later the following year. i.e. September 2009

You are missing something here.
I also missed it today.

I actually searched it this morning to see if it was available, IT WAS.
I attempted to register it, got charged, receipted, pending approval, then not long after the netfleet auction finished I received a notice advising my application had been rejected. Reason given
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Unfortunately the domain name was already registered prior to your application. An error in the link between our system and the registry caused a false positive on the domains availability. Sincere apologies for the inconvenience. A refund has been processed and will clear in 3-5 days.
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so whats the story there????

 

[neddy]

I actually searched it this morning to see if it was available, IT WAS.
I attempted to register it, got charged, receipted, pending approval, then not long after the netfleet auction finished I received a notice advising my application had been rejected. Reason given
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Unfortunately the domain name was already registered prior to your application. An error in the link between our system and the registry caused a false positive on the domains availability. Sincere apologies for the inconvenience. A refund has been processed and will clear in 3-5 days.
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so whats the story there????

Who was the Registrar?

Something similar happened to me once with MelbourneIT and a very good domain name!

 

[Hardstylr]

Who was the Registrar?

Something similar happened to me once with MelbourneIT and a very good domain name!

Crazydomains.
I also tried to register it through netregistry.

If i didn't know any better, i would think something dodgy was going on.

It wasn't long after the netfleet auction ended that I got the notification that it was rejected.

I smell a rat somewhere.

 

[joe]

Crazydomains.

That doesn't surprise me, I think they might have a few bugs in their system. I've previously noticed with them some names listed as available that shouldn't be.

I smell a rat somewhere.

I don't. Names delete around 1:30pm daily, so there's no way you should have been able to register it in the morning. It is dodgy but I wouldn't get all tin hat over it.

 

[Hardstylr]

That doesn't surprise me, I think they might have a few bugs in their system. I've previously noticed with them some names listed as available that shouldn't be.



I don't. Names delete around 1:30pm daily, so there's no way you should have been able to register it in the morning. It is dodgy but I wouldn't get all tin hat over it.

I checked it on melbourneit first to see if it was available (it was) then checked with crazydomains-available.

Registered-Pending approval
Result- approx. 1:30 rejected.

 

[neddy]

I smell a rat somewhere.

No rats - just poor systems that give your heart a flutter for a moment.

Everything is totally above board - the official list of dropping names is always published every day. If a name is on there, even the Almighty's best friend doesn't have a chance of hand registering it!

 

[neddy]

Just a further post on this - I mentioned this had happened to me once with MelbourneIT.

Here's the thread: http://www.dntrade.com.au/disappoin...=6358&highlight=mountainbikes.com.au#post6358

 

[Hardstylr]

No rats - just poor systems that give your heart a flutter for a moment.

Everything is totally above board - the official list of dropping names is always published every day. If a name is on there, even the Almighty's best friend doesn't have a chance of hand registering it!

So what do you think the issue was?
Could the previous owner have re-registered it?

 

[paz]

So what do you think the issue was?
Could the previous owner have re-registered it?

The previous owner caught it on the drop auctions he didn't register it.

No foul play.

 

[FirstPageResults]

It was too late for the previous owner at that time. The issue was a bug in the registrars software as they stated in their response to you:

Unfortunately the domain name was already registered prior to your application. An error in the link between our system and the registry caused a false positive on the domains availability. Sincere apologies for the inconvenience. A refund has been processed and will clear in 3-5 days.

Basically this name was never available at the time you checked. It had an expired status but the registrars system wrongly identified it as being available. Then later when it did expire (around 1.15-1.30) and become available (albeit very briefly), Netfleet snapped it well before your registrar would've even been able to try, at which point they contacted you.

 

[zhenjie]

kudos to who won it in the end. I was the highest bidder till the end. Funny enough I was snowboarding at the time the auction ended so put a proxy bid in that morning

 

[DavidL]

Good on the successful bidder for winning it - there have been times in the past where a registrant has accidentally let a domain drop (or blamed the registrar) then refused to bid in the auction out of principle. I know it must suck to have to pay for a domain twice but it doesn't get you very far by boycotting.

I happen to know another experienced domainer (and member on Dntrade) also let a domain drop accidentally and picked it up again yesterday - thankfully just for a few dollars.

It really can happen to anyone and the more domains you have the more likely it is!

kudos to who won it in the end. I was the highest bidder till the end. Funny enough I was snowboarding at the time the auction ended so put a proxy bid in that morning

Ha ha! How was the snow - still some around?

I have Snowboarding.com.au - think I would probably prefer snowboards.com.au though as it's more commercially targeted. What do you guys think?

 

[joe]

I have Snowboarding.com.au - think I would probably prefer snowboards.com.au though as it's more commercially targeted. What do you guys think?

I think you're right

 

[dave]

I also had a crack at this but chickened out as the price rose.

@DavidL happy to take snowboarding.com.au off your hands if it is not commercially viable enough for you