Domain Name Drop Shops?

[Sockpuppet]

Hi Guys,

Anyone used a domain name drop shop. There is a domain which is the .com equivalent of my comanies .co.uk which is due to expire in 2 weeks. So given the 75 day expiry til drop time could see me into Jan before i can get it.

I am assuming that it my not be re-registered as the company at that site has a holding page but it could be used for e-mail etc.

Anyone used and got any experiance with domain places like SnapNames who pound ICANN servers with requests hoping to get the domain name before other people.

I dont really fancy tying to out type places like godaddy so looking at an automated place.

Edit to add: "threaded"

[AtW]

Edit to add: "threaded"

Now you talking lad!

SnapNames and others offer snapping services, they may well work - GoDaddy for example won't charge you unless they snap the domain (or at least it was like this last time I checked), you can give it a go, though don't hope too much - a lot of spammer scumbags have got close links to registries who would snap domains en masse to park them with lots of ads on them.

[NoddY]

It's often easier and cheaper to change the name of your company!