Domains Snatched by Registrars

[droplister]

Most registrars have agreements with dropcatchers like snapnames and pool that give them first dibs. Also sites like register.com have no problem snagging the gooduns for themselves. It's a conflict of interest that ICANN doesnt allow but ICANN doesnt do a whole lot. Then there's domain tasting, which is companies with mad money who can afford to register all dropping names, they wait 4 days and delete all the ones that arent gonna perform.

[guyfox]

Domain name prospecting sounds like a LOT of trouble. I should have registered my first name.com a few years ago - I chose .net instead back then, since I thought I was not a "commercial" firm.... needless to say I haven't been able to get it back... ever...

[E.Scape]

It does happen. That's valuable information which people will pay to get.

for .ca I strictly use cira.ca and for .com I use namespro.ca and often moniker.com

I wont use the private whois sites like whois.sc/domaintools.com to see if somethings available.