Issue with Directnic!

[Jace]

I can vouche for the fact that if you do any queries through www.whois.sc that someone is tracking them and they will be taken if they have any value whatsoever...I have done some experiments on my own with that site, and had a few friends try it out too....we did some queries and came back a week later and the domains were taken

[Mike AI]

Originally Posted by Jace

I can vouche for the fact that if you do any queries through www.whois.sc that someone is tracking them and they will be taken if they have any value whatsoever...I have done some experiments on my own with that site, and had a few friends try it out too....we did some queries and came back a week later and the domains were taken

Who uses whois.sc ? What country extension is .SC anyway?

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Mike AI

Who uses whois.sc ? What country extension is .SC anyway?

millions of people every day, it is one of the most used whois tools in the world

http://www.whois.sc/sex.com

no clue what country extension it is, but you can find every detaill about a site out just from asking whois.sc

they didn't used to grab names, but now that they have been bought out, someone is being sneaky over there, so I just use them for information and keep my domain searches to my own personal domain registrar site

[Peaches]

Originally Posted by Mike AI

Who uses whois.sc ? What country extension is .SC anyway?

I use whois.sc - I have no idea what country it is, but they have a wealth of whois info. I've never done a search on a domain I wanted through them though, just use it for informational purposes only

[slavdogg]

Originally Posted by Mike AI

Who uses whois.sc ? What country extension is .SC anyway?

I'm surprised u dont know who whois.sc is
btw they just changed their name to http://www.domaintools.com
most valuable domain tool out there
and the only ones to provide whois history

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Mike AI

Who uses whois.sc ? What country extension is .SC anyway?

It's the best whois site on the web.

[Mike AI]

Originally Posted by Trev

It's the best whois site on the web.

That is what Slav said as well, yet Jace beleives people are tracking and snarking domains.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Mike AI

That is what Slav said as well, yet Jace beleives people are tracking and snarking domains.

I just stopped using it to see if domains were available, I still use it to check whois info though

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Mike AI

That is what Slav said as well, yet Jace beleives people are tracking and snarking domains.

I trust whois.sc (domaintools.com), directnic.com and tucows.com, my first post regarding netsol was me being sarcastic as they were the ones doing the domain sniping a ways back.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Trev

I trust whois.sc (domaintools.com), directnic.com and tucows.com, my first post regarding netsol was me being sarcastic as they were the ones doing the domain sniping a ways back.

do some testing on whois.sc...since they got bought/changed they have had reports everywhere about snagging domains that have been searched

I did some testing personally, and out of the 5 I searched for 1 of them was gone a week later....I wish I still had the domain names, but I lost them when my laptop went kapoot....I will do it again right now though and repost in this thread in a week

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Jace

do some testing on whois.sc...since they got bought/changed they have had reports everywhere about snagging domains that have been searched

I did some testing personally, and out of the 5 I searched for 1 of them was gone a week later....I wish I still had the domain names, but I lost them when my laptop went kapoot....I will do it again right now though and repost in this thread in a week

1 domain out of 5 aint bad imho. That could have been a real reg and not a snipe as well.

[xenigo]

Now this conversation is actually going somewhere productive, and I'm not smoking something funny like Mike AI suggests.

[Mike AI]

Originally Posted by xenigo

Now this conversation is actually going somewhere productive, and I'm not smoking something funny like Mike AI suggests.

I am not saying you are smoking anything funny. There is no doubt some companies are doing this. I guess its domain phishing. However directNIC does NOT, never has, and never will. We are successful because of our dedication to customer service.

You should research things first, especially if you get them from GFY.

I am still waiting for the domain, I am curious to see who actually owns it. Still want to know who the "he" is that you claim wants $500 for domain.

Answer at your own leisure.

[slavdogg]

Originally Posted by Mike AI

That is what Slav said as well, yet Jace beleives people are tracking and snarking domains.

i didnt say they're not doing that
i dont know
whois.sc runs the backend whois search for most major registrars
here is a list of some of their clients
http://www.nameintelligence.com/

they are tracking all whois requests, dont know if they're snarking domains or not thats another issue.

[Pornwolf]

It's insane to think that some shady companies out there wouldn't track whois searches and steal them from under a buyers nose. There's too much money at stake in a lightly regulated marketplace for everyone to be expected to be honest.

Hell, I just got finished bidding against what I believe to be an automated bidder at Snapnames. I seriously doubt it was a person. I think it was Snapnames it'self but that's my speculation and not fact.

I would trust Mike AI before just about any of these other clowns.