Andrew Allemann
Know where to bid on expiring domains at each registrar.
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Many domain name registrars send their expired domain names to exclusive partners before deleting them. Knowing where these names go is critical for domain investors and end users alike.
I most recently published a list of marketplaces and which registrars they have partnerships with a couple of years ago. This is always in flux, though. So I’m updating the list in this post. And I’m also mentioning some registrars that I believe don’t partner with a marketplace. This creates opportunities to go after pending deletes.
Please review this list. If you have any intel on the registrars with “unknown” or “none” please let me know.
123-Reg – GoDaddy
Alibaba – Unknown
Ascio – NameJet/SnapNames
Automattic – GoDaddy
BigRock – GoDaddy
BlueRazor Domains – GoDaddy
Cloudflare – None
Crazy Domains – NameJet/SnapNames
CSC – None
DirectNic – NameJet/SnapNames
DNC Holdings – Unknown
Domain.com – GoDaddy
DomainPeople – NameJet/SnapNames
DomainSite – GoDaddy
DotHolding – Unknown
Dotology – NameJet/SnapNames
DreamHost – None?
Dreamscape – None?
Dynadot – Dynadot
eName – Unknown
Enom – GoDaddy
EuroDNS – Unknown
Fabulous (SeaWasp) – NameJet/SnapNames
FastDomain – GoDaddy
Gandi – None?
GMO – GoDaddy
GoDaddy – GoDaddy
Hostopia – Unknown
IONOS registrars – First to Sedo, then NameJet/SnapNames
Key-Systems – GoDaddy
LaunchPad – Unknown
MarkMonitor – None
Mesh Digital – GoDaddy
Moniker – GoDaddy
Name.com – GoDaddy
Namecheap – Namecheap
NameSilo – NameSilo marketplace
Network Solutions – NameJet/SnapNames
OnlineNic – NameJet/SnapNames
OVH SaS – Unknown
PDR – GoDaddy
PorkBun – GoDaddy
RealTime Registrar – Unknown
Register SPA – Unknown
Register.com – NameJet/SnapNames
RegistryGate GmbH – Unknown
Sav – Sav
Squarespace (Google) – None
SRSPlus – NameJet/SnapNames
Tucows – GoDaddy
WildWestDomains – GoDaddy
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