A drop registrar is a domain name registrar that exists solely to catch expiring Internet domain names, for the purpose of selling them. They usually work for a domain back-order service, and receive a percentage of the final auction price. A domain name registrar is a company accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to sell Internet domain names. ... The Domain Name System or DNS is a system that stores information about host names and domain names in a kind of distributed database on networks, such as the Internet. ...
The major domain back-order services are: Pool.com, Namewinner.com, SnapNames.com and eNom Club Drop. Note that a registrar is not considered a drop registrar if they also sell domains retail or through resellers.
External links
Whois-Search.com - offers a nearly complete list with information on each registrar that catches expiring domains
Expired Domain Information - offers information about expired domains and drop registrars.
pcNames.com Domain Search - Free search engine for expired domains, which uses an advanced ranking algorithm to show the best results first.
jpdb.org - A list of dropping domains culled to only those matching Wikipedia article names.
Drop registrars
Pool.com
Namewinner.com
Snapnames.com
eNom Club Drop
Go Daddy also offers domain back-orders, but they do not use a network of drop registrars (all of their registrars are owned by the Go Daddy Group, Inc.).
Caution: If a schedule adjustment has required an exception by a department or the Registrar's office to override an established limit in ISIS (e.g., adding a course that creates an overload, is controlled, or is full), the system no longer prevents time conflicts, so students should check their schedules carefully.
It is possible to drop a course after the drop/add period but before the late drop deadline, which, for full-semester courses, is listed on the Academic Calendar.
It may be possible for a student who began a sequence of courses at too high a level to drop down to a more appropriate course in the sequence after the drop/add period without using late drop credits.
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