Glossary

Drop Catching

Using specialized services that fire registration requests the instant a deleted domain becomes available, to win names that would be impossible to catch manually.

Multiple catchers competing for one name usually triggers a private auction among the backorder holders. Knowing the drop calendar — and watching nameserver and status changes upstream — is how professionals arrive early.

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