I have just acquired a really good domain via Snapnames.com.
Initially there were 4 bidders, but luckily none of them was bidding more than the initial bid. Overall, I used three different backordering services.

Whenever you backorder a domain, you should make sure to know the *where* to backorder the domain. Every registrar gives special rights to some dropcatchers, which means that the “own” backorder services of the domain registrar will get a priority bonus that will allow you to pick up the domain with a higher chance. Makes sense, right? Domain registrars are not stupid they know how much money they can make with backorders (that are usually between $60 and $70 per domain), that’s why they are giving more kudos to their own backorder services.

However, I would still recommend that you backorder a domain with every major backordering service (if you really want that name!).

The three major backordering services are:

Pool.com $60
Snapnames.com $59
Namejet.com $69

I did not list GoDaddy, because their service rarely catches a name that has been backordered by any of the other major backorder services as well. The best backorder service is probably snapnames. If you don’t backorder there, you risk loosing the name.

Where to backorder your domain if the registrar is ..

Ok, here’s a short list that lists all the domain registrars and the backorder service they give the most kudos to (= higher chance to backorder).

networksolutions.com – Snapnames*
register.com – Snapnames*
BulkRegister.com – Snapnames*
moniker.com – Snapnames*
domainsite.com – Snapnames*
name.com – name.net/drop/ – Snapnames*
name.net – name.net/drop/ – Snapnames*
itsyourdomain.com – Snapnames*
directi.com – Snapnames*
mysticblizzard.com (directi) – Snapnames*
bluefractal.com (directi) – Snapnames*
atomicgiant.com (directi) – Snapnames*
falconzone.com (directi) – Snapnames*
digupdomains.com (directi) – Snapnames*
007names.com – Snapnames
1stdomain.net – Snapnames
4domains.com – Snapnames
aboutdomains.com – Snapnames
aitdomains.com – Snapnames
alohanic.com – Snapnames
annulet.com – Snapnames
answerable.com – Snapnames
bestregistrar.com – Snapnames
bumperjumper.com – Snapnames
criticalinternet.com – Snapnames
dns-net.de – Snapnames
domus-llc.com – Snapnames
dotearth.com – Snapnames
fatfirm.com – Snapnames
fortuneinternet.com – Snapnames
getyername.com – Snapnames
hostingfort.com – Snapnames
inname.net – Snapnames
mouzz.com – Snapnames
name2host.com – Snapnames
namebay.com – Snapnames
namesecure.com – Snapnames
nameshare.com – Snapnames
neonic.com – Snapnames
nominate.net – Snapnames
pairnic.com – Snapnames
planetdomain.com – Snapnames
plisk.com – Snapnames
primalstore.com – Snapnames
publicdomainregistry.com – Snapnames
retailstudio.com – Snapnames
rrpproxy.net – Snapnames
safenames.net – Snapnames
simplynamed.com – Snapnames
tahoedomains.com – Snapnames
topclassnames.com – Snapnames
totalnic.net – Snapnames
urbanvolcano.com – Snapnames
vividdomains.com – Snapnames

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