I guess I asked my question poorly.
The question should have really been does this status mean that it's in the hands of the registry operator and that Melbourne IT is no longer pulling the strings, so I can expect a normal drop, or is Melbourne IT still in control and we can expect the unexpected?
The customer has already purchased the SnapBack.
On a side note, is there some place where the domains "popularity" can be assessed? We've never played in the "used" domain market and really have no insights here at all.
Thanks,
-t
On Dec 26, 2003, at 12:21 PM, Russ Goodwin wrote:
At 02:48 AM 12/26/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Does anyone have any idea when they would drop this domain?
You have to watch the domain's whois info at whois.crsnic.net to figure out when it will drop. Look at the Status and Updated Date. Once the status changes to PENDINGDELETE, look at the Updated Date. .com's and .net's will generally drop 6 calendar days after going PENDINGDELETE, .org's are 35 days. So if you saw tucows.com go PENDINGDELETE on 22-dec-3003, you should try to get it on 28-dec-2003.
If you are at all serious about getting the domain, you should really use Snapnames, Pool, or a similar drop-catching service. We've had customers wait for a domain to drop thinking (incorrectly) that they were the only ones who'd want it, only to find one of the catchers picked it up. If even one other person has signed up at one of those services you won't be able to get it on your own.
-Russ
