AutoBackorder covers extensions other drop-catch services skip

If you are following a name on an extension most drop-catch services do not handle, the usual services on the list will not help. AutoBackorder is now one of the services we name, because it can register names on extensions the others do not support.

A backorder only works at a service that can register that ending. If the name you are following uses one of the extensions below, the instructions now point at AutoBackorder.

Extensions this covers

When the name is on one of these extensions, we name AutoBackorder:

• .box
• .dealer
• .gf
• .mq
• .nc
• .pf
• .protection
• .reit
• .security

.gf, .mq, .nc, and .pf are the country-code extensions for French Guiana, Martinique, New Caledonia, and French Polynesia. .box, .dealer, .protection, .reit, and .security are newer generic extensions. The other drop-catch services we already name do not take orders on any of them.

A service that catches .com often has no way to register .nc, .box, or .security. Placing the order at a service that does not support the ending does not put you in the race.

What you see on a domain you follow

Add the name the same way you add any other domain. When it enters pending delete, and it is not already in an auction, the status on that domain shows the backorder window with a Place Backorder button for AutoBackorder.

That button is the instruction. It names the service that can take the order for this extension and links you there, so you can place it before the registry releases the name. You place the order at AutoBackorder.

That is the same next step you already get from domain backorder timing. On a .com, you still see the services that cover .com. On .box, .reit, .gf, and the rest of this list, the button is AutoBackorder.

Why the extension decides the service

Using more than one drop-catch service still matters when several of them can register the extension. On these extensions, the other services we name do not cover the ending, so AutoBackorder is the instruction you get.

How a domain backorder works is the longer version of the order itself. You place it before the release. You pay the service only if it catches the name.

If you are already following one of these

Open the domain on your dashboard when it is in pending delete. If the ending is on the list above, the Place Backorder button now includes AutoBackorder. If you have a question about a name you are following, use the in-app chat.