Re: OT Domain Snipping

["Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I can't find that on the 123 site - can you provide a link out of=20
interest?

https://www.123-reg.co.uk/secure/buy123extras.cgi?extra=3Dwatcher

however that is in the members section, so you will probably need an=20
account to get to it.

> None of these services *guarantee* to get you the name but usualy=20
they
> check availability every say 30 seconds or something like that and=20
will
> register it as soon as it *does* become available - however, if=20
it's a
> sought after name then someone else may be using a similar service=20
and
> might grab in the gap between the last check your service made and=20
it
> actually becoming available.
> How likely this is I guess depends on how popular the name would=20
be....

Well I don't expect too much competition, but there is a UK company=20
using the .com version so I guess they may be interested.

The 123 service is =A315 per domain which seems a little steep, so I=20
was considering writing a script that checks the nominet whois page=20
(unless anyone already has one?).