I am in the process of transferring some Atom-listed domain names to the Atom.com domain registrar to take advantage of the Atom Edge program. In addition to the names I already transferred, I am starting to transfer domain names at auction-connected registrar accounts I need to consolidate.
In looking at my NameBright account, I searched for Atom nameservers to make this process a bit easier. This helped me identify domain names I have pointing to Atom already. I requested the auth codes and started the transfers.
When doing this, something else caught my attention. I had quite a few domain names pointing to NameBright nameservers that should not have been pointing there. While some are forwarding correctly and using NB nameservers for that, there were several that I needed to update to Afternic.
What likely happened is that I won the auctions, added the domain names to my Afternic account, but I never went to NameBright to update the nameservers. Perhaps there was some lag between paying for the auctions and having them provisioned to my account. Maybe I was distracted. Maybe I just forgot. Who knows.
Bottom line is I should add a monthly or quarterly calendar reminder to check my domain names at auction-connected registrars to ensure they are resolving correctly. I think all domain registrars I use allow searches by nameserver, so I can quickly find any default or outdated nameservers and update as I should have done originally.
It frustrates me when I drop the ball on something super simple. Fortunately, it impacted less than a handful of domain names across a few domain registrars. That said, it could either be a waste of money to not use my domain names or sell them with the wrong nameservers.
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Helpful breakdown. I’ve always wondered about the best way to check nameservers on auction wins, and this article clearly lays out a few reliable methods. The screenshots and step-by-step explanations made it easy to follow even when things didn’t go exactly as expected on my end. Thanks for sharing!