Drop Catching Services

Drop catching services are specialist services that can be used to catch a previously registered domain when it is deleted from the registry and becomes publically available again for registration.

UK Drop Catching Services

Caught.co.uk
http://www.caught.co.uk/
Backorder UK domain names, Nominet DAC hosting, domain tools and a TAG control panel application.

Domain Junky
Dropcatching service.

Detagged
A leading dropcatching service for .co.uk domain names.

Domain Name Acquisition Service from hey.co.uk
http://www.hey.co.uk/domains/domain-services/domain_acquisition.html
A fully managed service to help you catch a domain name.

DropSystem.co.uk
Provides UK drop lists and DAC catching software on the Windows platform.

dacr.co.uk
UK dropcatching service.

Deleting.co.uk
http://www.deleting.co.uk/
UK domain name drop list service.

Quick Whois Expired Domain Name Lists
http://www.quickwhois.co.uk/expired.php
Free expired domain name lists from Quick Whois.

Oddity Software Deleted and Expiring Domain Lists
http://www.odditysoftware.com/page-dailydomains.htm
Free daily deleted and expiring domain lists from Oddity Software.

dachosting.co.uk
Provide a DAC hosting service.

DomainFish.co.uk

US Drop Catching Services

SnapNames.com
Service for "back-ordering" a currently registered domain name and securing it as it becomes available.

NameJet.com
Major US drop catching service. Note that NameJet also replaced Enom Club Drop.

Pool.com
Service for back ordering domain names. One of the big US drop catching services.

Domain Announce of America
http://www.domainannounce.com/
Your service for available and soon expiring domain names. Allows you to find deleted domains that still have traffic.

Guide to US Domain Name Status Codes from WDBC
Useful guide showing the various possible status codes for US domains.

Enom Club Drop
Has been replaced by NameJet.com.

Chart for Lifecycle of a Typical gTLD Domain from ICANN