Unscrupulous Domain Name Registrars
Unscrupulous Domain Name Registrars
A related issue to domain name front running is that of unscrupulous domain registrars. Recently a domain name registrar was found to have registered every domain name that was entered into their search box. If you go to that registrar simply to check whether a domain name was available, your domain name will be instantly snapped up by them. Unlike the alleged domain name front runners, however, their operation is designed to be more anti-competitive than anything else. You can still register the domain name at their advertised price (which is more expensive than most other registrars), but only with them. No other registrar will allow you to buy that name, since as far as they are concerned, the domain name has already been bought.
As far as I know, till this day (the date I wrote this article), that registrar continues this practice. (Don't worry, I didn't mention that registrar in my list of registrars that I've used, so you're probably safe if you've only checked using the registrars on thesitewizard.com's page.) That disreputable registrar will however be forced to drop this practice eventually, since ICANN, the overall organisation in charge of domain names, plans to start charging registrars for any domain name they pick up, even if it's only for a few days.
A related issue to domain name front running is that of unscrupulous domain registrars. Recently a domain name registrar was found to have registered every domain name that was entered into their search box. If you go to that registrar simply to check whether a domain name was available, your domain name will be instantly snapped up by them. Unlike the alleged domain name front runners, however, their operation is designed to be more anti-competitive than anything else. You can still register the domain name at their advertised price (which is more expensive than most other registrars), but only with them. No other registrar will allow you to buy that name, since as far as they are concerned, the domain name has already been bought.
As far as I know, till this day (the date I wrote this article), that registrar continues this practice. (Don't worry, I didn't mention that registrar in my list of registrars that I've used, so you're probably safe if you've only checked using the registrars on thesitewizard.com's page.) That disreputable registrar will however be forced to drop this practice eventually, since ICANN, the overall organisation in charge of domain names, plans to start charging registrars for any domain name they pick up, even if it's only for a few days.
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