Recently I have noticed several of the domains I checked for availability were open on one day and then the next day were registered. These were not premium domains at all. And no, they were not domains inspired by current events or people in the news. They were all very specific domains and none of them had ever been registered before as far as I can tell.
No big deal, because if any of the domains had been amazing I would have registered them on the day I checked for them. But of course it is a bit of a pain because I have to pick other names to use.
The one thing all these domains had in common were that they were all registered by this company.
Owner's Contact Information:
Manila Industries, Inc.
3843 S. Bristol St. #628
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Phone: 949-743-1697
Email:
[email protected]
US
So did a little bit of research and I find other people talking about the same company snapping up domains the same day the person has checked for availabilty.
Obviously they are getting lists of domains that have been searched for or perhaps even seeing the searches in real time.
The registry I used for searches was GoDaddy so perhaps they just have an insider there helping them or perhaps they are getting search database at a higher level then the registrar. Regardless, they are certainly "up to something".
Anyone else run into this issue?