The previous article attempted to provide you the most basic information on domain name dropping and its subsequent registration. Back ordering is an important process of acquiring a domain, and hundreds of expired domain traders are using this technique to purchase domain names of choice. Available reports suggest that there are more than 1000 different domain name registrars and most of them are actively engaged in back ordering processes that relate to domains that are expiring. The best thing suggested here is to use a Back Order service which allows you to access the domain names that are in the Pending Delete status. A number of name drop catchers exist in the market and some of the well-known ones are SnapNames.com, NameJet.com and Pool.com.

The process of back ordering is very simple. Just order for a domain name and wait for the firm to drop catch your name. If you are the lone person who ordered for a particular domain, then you will get your domain name against the payment of cost of service incurred during the process. If there are more than one back orders pending, you may need to participate in a 3-day auction process and the highest bidder will get the domain name.

Dropped domains form a large pool and most of the back order firms provide their services at a fixed service rate. If the domain name in question remains with a domain name registrar that has an active partnership with a domain auctioning service, you will also need to take care that you place your order as late as possible. Each one of these services will tell you the exact time and date at which you can place your order.

Here is a list of registrars who are in partnership with back order firms that host an auction process to dispose off domains:

GoDaddy.com: This registrar always chooses TDNAM.com for its needs and requirements. The usual procedure will happen with about 13 days left in the Redemption period. The usual process is a 7 days auction on the domain that has just expired. When you win your domain in the auction process, you can register it only after seven days, when the Redemption period comes to an end.

NetworkSolutions.com and eNom.com: These registrars have a business partnership with NameJet.com.

Register.com, Moniker.com and Dotster.com: These registrars are closely associated with SnapNames.com.

Tucows.com: This registrar has a partnership with NameJet.com which is actually a domain reseller for Tucows.

Advantages of back ordering a domain name:

Quicker and faster buying process
Possibility of obtaining excellent domain names at affordable costs
Lightening quick registration process
Availability of commercially viable domain names.

Disadvantages of back ordering a domain name:
Possibilities of participating in a costly auctioning process
Chances of buying an expired domain ay very high and fancy prices.

Back ordering a domain will provide you an opportunity to seek and buy expired domains that are commercially viable and profit oriented.

In general, domain expiry and deletion cycle is a different process with different registrars and domain name registers. It is a well known fact that a number of registrars enter into partnership with different domain auctioning services. Before a domain name expires, the registrars will keep it in an expired status for 35 days.

Under the usual circumstances, the domain that expires will not be visible in a WHOIS database, as the registrars will add an extra year to the registration. If you want to check whether the domain in question has expired or not, just make a search in the domain name server’s database. In the last stages of expiration, the registrars will place the domain in a pre-release section. On the 36th day, the domain auctioning service firm will start auctioning off the domains, if there are any backorders pending before the service.

Let us say that there are backordering orders for a domain. Then, the said domain will fall in the normal process of domain expiry cycle. There is a fierce competition among thousands of expired domain traders to catch the most feasible domains.

Expired domain name traders use a standard acquisition process by closely following the domain expiry cycle and its selling process. When a domain enters a stage called “Pending Delete”, the domain will fall and enters a stage called “drop”. Every top level domain will have a predetermined “time duration” when a particular domain will become available for purchase. Here are some examples of top level domains that drop at a particular time slot:

Dotcom and Dotnet: Dropping between 1 PM and 1.30 PM CST

Dotorg names : Dropping between 8.30 AM and 9 AM CST

Dotinfo names : Dropping between 3.30 AM and 4 AM CST

Dotbiz names : Dropping between 1.30 AM and 2 PM CST

Dotus names : Dropping between 12 AM and 12.30 AM CST

Catching a domain is a relatively simple and straightforward process. You will just need to register a domain when it drops or whenever it becomes available for purchase. How you do it, is an intricate and important part of the process.

Most of the domains get registered very quickly and thousands of domain names are registered within milliseconds. Under a normal domain dropping and catching process, well known firms like Pool, SnapName and eNom have close contacts with a number of domain registrars. These firms send automatic “Buy Request” commands to the registry right at the dropping stages. These firms create a comprehensive list to find out which one of the names drop each day and later place an order for all dropping names.

Catching dropping names is an adventurous game and a thrilling act. As a domain trader, you may wish to focus on buying good domain names at most economical process by using the domain dropping process. Once you learn the process of domain name dropping and its subsequent buying process, you can easily start accumulating good expired domains.