Drop-Catching Domains Is Big Business

WebsiteMag brings us news from the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) about a recent study of drop catching —'a process whereby a domain that has expired is released into the pool of available names and is instantly re-registered by another party.' The eleven day study showed that 100% of '.com' and '.net' domain names were immediately registered after they had been released. CADNA has published the results with their own analysis. Quoting: "The results also show that 87% of Dot-COM drop-catchers use the domain names for pay-per-click (PPC) sites. They have no interest in these domain names other than leveraging them to post PPC ads and turn a profit. Interestingly, only 67% of Dot-ORG drop catchers use the domains they catch to post these sites — most likely because Dot-ORG names are harder to monetize due to the lack of type-in traffic and because they tend to be used for more legitimate purposes."

Comments

Re:Make em expensive again

[sssssss27]

So should I be concerned that when mine expired no one picked it up? I'll just have to let my wife name any kids I might have...

Re:Use Fees for Property Rights

[Anonymous Coward]

huh?

Re:Make em expensive again

[cheater512]

The Domain Registry of America never fails to send me a letter telling me to renew with them.

Even though I'm in Australia.

Re:Make em expensive again

[rtb61]

It seems to be an excellent idea, why stuff about, simply double the domain name fee for each additional domain, registered by the same company or individual.

Re:What needs to change

[phalse phace]

I didn't know AOL was also a registrar.