Originally posted by stocdoctor
My domain business is being confiscated every day through all these sweetheart deals that the big players have sown up with registrars. That's just the way it is. I just think that the wls will handicap these actions somewhat.
there is a huge difference between competing in the current open market system of research, partnerships and tactics and the WLS system of harnessing the power of government to punish those who are having success. The current "survival of the fittest" model
is the best because it self regulates. Think of dropcatching like a card game. The best players usually win. Even though there is a great deal of chance involved, there are techniques of maximizing your odds of winning a name just as there are strategies involved in poker.
Now you may not have the money or the connections that Buydomains have, but that itself can be an advantage for you if analyzed properly. The fact that they have the money and registrar connections they do means they can pick up hundreds of solid names in a drop. However, this also means they are unlikely to "zoom in" on a great name since they monitor so many at once. Buydomains picks up hundreds of names in the drops, but they almost always lose the "wow" names.
I know I can beat BuyDomains or Ultsearch etc to snaps on my chosen names, but when it comes down to drop day (or several days before if they use one of their sweetheart deals), they regularly beat me and I would imagine most. If I can beat them to snaps etc, I figure I can beat them to slots in the wls. If I beat them to snaps etc, I lose, if I beat them to wls slots, they lose. Simple as that.
No it's not as simple as that. I thought i already explained this in detail. If you are lucky enough to beat them to a WLS slot (which will not be anywhere near as easy as beating them to a snap since the stakes will be higher when that is the only option), the odds are just as great that as the time gets close to the drop date the name will be renewed. More likely is that a new business model will develop with companies buying in bulk directly from registrant after registrant and using unprecedented means to contact the hard to locate ones. Keep in mind the grace period will likely be much longer then the brief period you have to wait now. Five or six months eaten into your subscription, and you lose out at the last minute. I see a whole new generation of complainers on the horizon, and then these same people will be calling for a system even more totalitarian than wls.
Why is it that Buydomains is protesting the wls? I never seem to get an answer to that one.
I imagine because buydomains, like the rest of us, think freedom and self regulation are the way to go. Buydomains has invested money, and research, and i'm sure they are not comfortable with the power of government being harnessed to reward those who have failed to do the research necessary to succeed. It won't work anyway, because those who are a step behind now, will be a step behind those who can adapt. Instead of relying on someone to change the rules because you are losing, you should be continuing to make improvements in your technique and strategy. I have lost a lot of domains in the last several months, but in retrospect they were names "I" didn't put enough effort into obtaining. Ironically i have lost 90% of the names to snapback or members of this board who were using other methods.
For the record...
recent names caught by snap:
Freemarket.com
Cuties.com
ad.net
swapper.com
shopper.net
downloads.net
