If you read my earlier post you will see that I obtained jeremyj.com through a backorder from Godaddy.com. Here is my experience with Godaddy and their backordering service for all of you who may be considering using them.
Since I really wanted jeremyj.com I placed a backorder with Godaddy. Even though this costs about $10 more than the registration costs ($18.99). This pretty much assured me that I would be able to beat any other human trying manually for the domain when it dropped. Of course, Godaddy is not very good at beating bots from backordering services like Pool or SnapNames.
I placed my backorder three to four days prior to the domain dropping. It was already in “pending delete” status. I probably should not have waited this long though because if someone else had placed a backorder on it with Godaddy before me I would not have been able to because Godaddy only permits one backorder per domain from all their customers.
Well, on drop day Godaddy changed the status of the backorder to “Capture in progress”. It stayed in this status for about 8 hours.
Dot-Com domains start dropping around 2PM ET and continue to drop until around 4PM-5PM ET. Mine dropped right around 3PM.
At right around 3PM I refreshed the whois database and the domain had still not dropped. I refreshed about 20 seconds after that and the domain had dropped and it the new registrar was Godaddy. This made me very happy because this meant Godaddy was in possession of the domain and most likely it was mine.
It took about another hour and a half to get confirmation, which came in the form of Godaddy putting my contact info in the whois database, proving to me and the world that the domain was now mine!
Overall I was very pleased with Godaddy’s backorder service. Of course, had I lost I probably would not have been. Jeremyj.com in my opinion is a good domain that I figured would be tasted or grabbed by someone else with a backorder. Since I know Godaddy obtained it within 20 seconds after it dropped their bots are fast at getting them. Most likely Godaddy got it within a couple seconds.
I do recommend now anyone who has $18.99 to risk on a domain they want to try Godaddy. Their backorders do work (as they did for me) and its the cheapest backordering service I can find.
Anyone who has any questions about Godaddy’s backordering service or wants clarification on my experience can just post a comment. I will respond very quickly to any questions you may have. Just make sure to leave your valid email address so I can inform you of my response.
