Drop Listing 101
Skimming the drop lists is one of the first ways a newb domainer can teach themselves the ropes. Drop lists are available for free and can be perused using whatever script or program seeking search the domainer can devise. Drop lists and deletions lists come from expiring domains whose owners have elected not to renew them.
Drop names also come from registrars who have elected not to retain the names any longer. Registrars have the right to retain the name for new registration after it has passed its last pending renewal period. But some registrars may not want to include the name in its database. The load on the servers may already be too taxing. Or the registrar may simply only want to support paid active registered names.
The domainers’ task is to ferret out which marketable names occur on the drop list and which they might bid on and get at a reasonable price. Some names may seem like they would be very competitive, but for that day the other bidders might be overcommitted or doing something else. Marking out which names you want to bid on and which values you want to assign your highest big sharpens the domaining instinct.
The competitive bidding inside the drop lists day by day is a sport of domainer kings. Keeping abreast of the list for chosen keywords or subject names or even niche terms can pay off with great picks. but the raw data can be too much for some domainers to handle daily. So the drop lists can be downloaded in five day advances for the next five rolling days of drop name auctions.
Many domainers specialize in drop scanning and bird dogging for bargain names in the deletions bin. They develop customers who want certain niche names like typos or sports names, adult names or short names. These domain name buyers create another layer in the domain name game.
User names in auctions become familiar, especially among drop list customers. A history of other bidders can also be seen in some cases. That way domainers know what kind of heavy hitters they are bidding against. Or they can assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of another domainer bidder and decide on their bidding strategy for a certain domain name based on those things.
Identifying keyword terms to your choice is a good idea before scanning the drop lists. Choosing certain names or words that you want to build up into a concentration inside your domain name portfolio can also make this task easier. If domainers are not careful, they will go on bidding and buying sprees for domain names without consolidating a strategic market plan first.
Continuing deletion auctions show names which have been auctioned up into a froth of new bidding wars from their “deceased” status. Often a domain owner will put their domain name into the drop lists to see which avid offers they can get. Or they simply have too many names to handle at present. One domainer’s drop can be another domainer’s mountain of gold.
Expiring names can also be accidental “drops” from the owners who are too busy to scan their expiration emails. They can also be packs of domain names very similar to each other being jettisoned in groups by weary former owners. Knowing what you are looking for in advance, or setting a ceiling on auction bids will save time and resources when bidding on drop list auctions.
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