Secondary market speculation Domain name speculation

the secondary market domain names covers registered domain names have not been renewed registrants or available resale. these dropped domain names can more valuable due having had high-profile websites associated them. have links other websites , still have users searching websites because of these links. others can valuable because of generic nature of domain name or length of domain name, 2 , 3 character names being sought after.

the business of registering domain names deleted registries known drop catching. highly competitive business. main operators in business typically set number of front companies registrars. verisign, in case of tlds com , net, allows each registrar slice of resources may used register dropped domains. verisign drops domains in random order, giving registrars vague idea of particular drop time of particular domain. group of drop registrars work in confederation increase possibility of registering dropped domain after deleted registry. if domain caught confederation of registrars attempting fulfill domain backorder, whichever domain registrar caught domain register entity backordered domain. if newly reregistered domain captured company has no customers backordered it, domain may auctioned highest bidder registrar captured or auction intermediary. time between drop , capture measured in seconds or fractions thereof.

some registrars not allow domains drop in normal fashion, instead introducing intermediary (e.g., snapnames , namejet) auction domain prior deletion. if nobody buys domain @ auction, pass through normal deletion process.