Pool.com “Hotlist” email contains a pair of despicable domains!

An eagle-eyed DomainGang reader spotted something truly shocking in today’s “Hotlist” email from Pool.com. The domain drop-catching service, sends out a daily list with domains that are deleting, and a link to backorder them on Pool.com. So far so good. Perusing today’s email one finds some questionable domains such as ultraxxpasswords.com and dailybabesblog.com, but those […]

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Is Pool.com shutting down all 85 of its registrars in Canada?

We are keeping a close eye on the developments of the ongoing “Pool.com scandal“; the sudden announcement by Pool.com that they are shutting down an unspecified number of proxy registrars, effective January 10th. Pool.com is thus forcing ICANN to allocate a registrar via a bidding process, for all domains that cannot be transferred out on […]

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Pool.com leaves account holders in the deep end

A couple of days ago we posted the announcement by Pool.com that they are pulling out of the drop-catching business, ending the lifespan of their proxy registrars. This move wasn’t well-planned, apparently. Pool.com might be moving into the gTLD market, but who would really want to do business with a company that left its customers […]

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Pool.com closes down some affiliate registrar connections

An email was just sent out to Pool.com customers; apparently, Pool is closing down certain affiliate registrars it has used in the past to secure domains that dropped. Domains held at those particular registrars are affected and your attention is needed! The impending launch of new gTLDs has led Pool.com to refocus its business away […]

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