Backorder a domain — we reach out to the owner and catch it if it drops

Want a domain that's already registered? Tell us your budget, and ns6 contacts the current owner on your behalf — and holds a seat on the drop-catch queue so if it is not renewed we register it for you the moment it drops.

$99 to start
Covers owner outreach and your place on the drop-catch queue. The purchase price, if the owner sells, is separate and you approve it first.
Public auction
If several people want the same caught name, highest bid wins
What you would pay the current owner for the name. We negotiate within it and never commit you above it. Also your ceiling if a caught name goes to auction.

How a backorder works

1

Place your backorder

Enter the registered domain you want, tell us your budget, and pay the $99 backorder fee. Work starts the moment the payment clears.

2

We contact the owner

We find the current owner — through the WHOIS record, the domain’s own website and its contact form — and write to them on your behalf without revealing your budget. Any reply comes straight to us, we negotiate within your budget, and you approve a price before anything is bought.

3

We watch the drop

When a domain isn’t renewed it moves through the registry’s expiry and redemption windows before it finally drops. We track that timeline for your name.

4

We try to catch it

The moment the name becomes available we attempt to register it immediately through our registrar backend — a race with every other drop-catcher, so it’s an attempt, not a guarantee.

5

You get it — or it goes to auction

If we catch it and you’re the only backorderer, it’s yours. If several people backordered the same name, it goes to a short public auction among them and the highest bid wins.

Domain backorder — FAQ

It’s a request to register a currently-taken domain the instant it expires and drops. If the current owner doesn’t renew, we try to grab it for you before anyone else.

A flat $99 fee, paid when you place the backorder. It covers reaching out to the current owner on your behalf and your place on our drop-catch queue. If the owner agrees to sell, the purchase price is separate and you approve it first. The fee is non-refundable.

No. Owners can decline to sell, and drop-catching is competitive — many services race for the same expiring names. We make a genuine attempt on both fronts, but no registrar can promise a catch, and the fee covers the work rather than the outcome.

If we catch a name that several people backordered, it goes to a short public auction among those backorderers, and the highest bid wins. That keeps it fair when demand is high.

After expiry a domain goes through a grace period and then a redemption period (often 30–75 days total) before it’s deleted and becomes available. We track that window for your backorder.

That is part of every backorder now: we contact the owner first, and the drop-catch queue is the fallback if they don’t renew. If you only want the negotiation without the drop-catch, our broker service does exactly that.

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