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Re:Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com by viraptor on Thursday September 17, 2020 @08:52PM (#24511813)
Can you tell us how does the potential reservation impact the availability? I started a checkout for a .com.au domain on namecheap. When I restarted it a day later, the domain was marked as unavailable. After contacting namecheap support, it turns out I could buy it after all.

To be honest, my initial reaction was "I've been godaddy'd" since the messages don't indicate anything different.

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Re:Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com by ted0 on Thursday September 17, 2020 @09:50PM (#24512131)
Unfortunately, .com.au is one of the very few TLDs where we don't have a direct relationship with the registry. This was likely the cause, since we have to rely on an another provider to sell these domains. Sorry about your experience though!
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