Myth: the only way to catch a good name is the pending-delete drop

Myth: the only way to catch a good name is the pending-delete drop
Three corrections we keep seeing ignored:
— The advice: "Just backorder the drop and wait for it to delete." Repeated everywhere.
— The miss: Most quality names never reach pending-delete. They get caught at the expired auction stage on GoDaddy or Dynadot, days earlier.
— The fix: Watch closeout and expired-auction feeds, not just the SnapNames/DropCatch delete queue.
📌 Pick of the day: A name in GoDaddy Expired Auctions with one bid is often cheaper than the same name fought over by three drop-catchers at delete. The drop is the last, most crowded door.