oshyDo NOT use GoDaddy, don't even visit the site. (I recommend Porkbun, personally)
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)@Baa @ocean they definitely don't do this every time, there is some sort of criteria for it
that one is pretty easy to verify yourself, just look up a random domain name on godaddy and it probably won't get registered
there are also limits on how much GoDaddy (or anyone else) can do this:
There is a 5 day grace period after a new domain name is registered where a registrar (e.g., GoDaddy) can get a refund on it. That's probably what they're doing here: if you wait 5 days the domain will probably be available again.
They can only get a refund for 10% of the total domains they register, so they can't do this constantly. From what I've heard, before this 10% policy was added, this type of registering domains that people were looking for was even more common.
Random fact that mildly amused me: the 10% limit is from the AGP Policy (from ICANN)
that one is pretty easy to verify yourself, just look up a random domain name on godaddy and it probably won't get registered
there are also limits on how much GoDaddy (or anyone else) can do this:
There is a 5 day grace period after a new domain name is registered where a registrar (e.g., GoDaddy) can get a refund on it. That's probably what they're doing here: if you wait 5 days the domain will probably be available again.
They can only get a refund for 10% of the total domains they register, so they can't do this constantly. From what I've heard, before this 10% policy was added, this type of registering domains that people were looking for was even more common.
Random fact that mildly amused me: the 10% limit is from the AGP Policy (from ICANN)
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