Whois Hijacking My Domain Research? - Digg

Whois Hijacking My Domain Research? - Digg: "Something fishy is up with Chesterton Holdings. How did Chesterton own a reader's domain name and register it before she did? I ran some tests, picked three random names and checked them with CNet Domain Search page. 30 hours later I checked with a separate whois and determined the domains belonged to Chesterton, the same ad pages were displayed. Jul 20, 2006"

Editors Note: It is something to be concerned with. Additionally I also wonder what disadvantages on might face when dealing with an extremely popular discount domains seller, when one could also go to other reputable sellers and obtain similar prices but perhaps not run into such issues as not being able to register a newly available domain.

The whole issue of drop domain catching and backordering domains is definitely a highly suspicious activity in the first place.

Stephen C. Sanders
July 20, 2011

PS: For example if a domains was not renewed going back to early May having a current status of no name server and pending deletion, one would that the domain would soon be up for grabs, If one considers that it is perhaps the "domain speculators themselves" that support the entire domain industry, then cheating them out these little gems;- domains of some intrinsic value either by the book. automated appraisal, or by popular potential usage, are over the long term only cheating themselves out future profits by proving not to be a trustworthy registar of valuable domains, and in fact only being reliable for lower value domains.