If the name you want is likely to be wanted by others you are best to backorder with either pool.com or namewinner.com.
These are the best at the moment.Snapnames are useless at the moment.
https://www.nextregistrationrights.com/backorder.sn
becomes operational on october 27th and is the way to go then but as the domain you want is already in redemption theres a good chance it will drop before then.