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Re:Namecheap just snaked another domain off me by Sidetalker on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @08:44AM (#26328174)
If they're really doing this (and I don't particularly doubt it) someone should script up a little bot to search for domain names that are likely to trigger the mechanism. Find word clouds around some of the newer domains like .quest with characters under a certain limit...

...or perhaps that's feeding the beast and namecheap will be thanking us in 5 years when people are knocking down their doors for the hot domains we generated.

Re:Namecheap just snaked another domain off me by bilekas on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @08:48AM (#26328214)
If the goal was to find out the keywords, it would feed the beast, but if the goal was to bump their expenses in hopes they turn it off, you'd need a serious amount of domains for them to autobuy!