What happens to dropped .com's at WHC? (1 Viewing)

One of the things I like about .ca's is when they drop it's an open system and numerous registrars have an opportunity to reclaim the domain.

Most .com's are registered at GoDaddy and they end up at GoDaddy expiring auctions which does not sit right with me. I'm not sure I like one company dominating that much of the drop. I have a couple of .com's I'm considering dropping and they are registered at WHC.

So my question is.... Where will they end up, who will have first crack at them, I don't think think WHC registers the .com's themselves, most registrars will kind of sublet it to openSRS/tucows or something similar.

Can anyone explain the process of a .com dropping at WHC?

I just saw this now.

Are you asking because you're interested in dropping a domain at WHC or for your own domains? What would you like to see as a preferred process?

At the moment, most dropped .COM domains (and gTLDs) at WHC go through the normal drop process and are released for re-registration by others.

Please note that this may differ for our legacy domains registered through reseller accounts at other registrars.

MapleDots said:

So my question is.... Where will they end up, who will have first crack at them, I don't think think WHC registers the .com's themselves, most registrars will kind of sublet it to openSRS/tucows or something similar.

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OpenSRS/Tucows hasn't offered any expiring domains on their platforms in a long time. I believe they release theirs through GoDaddy auctions, so I'm not sure what you're referring to here. The most likely registrars to re-register our domains are the registrars that have the most connections behind their dropcatching operations, so Dropcatch.com, Snapnames/Namejet, Dynadot, etc.

Hope this helps.

FM said:

I believe they release theirs through GoDaddy auctions

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That is what I'm trying to avoid, I don't like the idea of GoDaddy profiting from my dropped domains.
They keep getting bigger and swallowing up the competition and I don't want to contribute to that.

I may have to transfer anything I am considering dropping in .com to dynadot or something.

MapleDots said:

I may have to transfer anything I am considering dropping in .com to dynadot or something.

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Dynadot has its marketplace that includes its expiring domains. WHC should be fine for you too, as we do not have any domain drop partnership, and I'm not very inclined to partner with either.

FM said:

OpenSRS/Tucows hasn't offered any expiring domains on their platforms in a long time. I believe they release theirs through GoDaddy auctions

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FM said:

WHC should be fine for you too, as we do not have any domain drop partnership

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Yes but if you are using OpenSRS then a .com dropped at WHC will wind up at GoDaddy auction and I wind up feeding the beast.

MapleDots said:

Yes but if you are using OpenSRS then a .com dropped at WHC will wind up at GoDaddy auction and I wind up feeding the beast.

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Less than 1% of our client's domains are left at OpenSRS/eNom. New registrations and transfers go through our own registrar.