The Man, The Myth, The Legend

[real]

Did anyone ever work out how Ben Hay managed to catch all the best domains during his reign?

 

[isurveyor]

Good question, would like to know the answer as well

 

[ben]

Did anyone ever work out how Ben Hey managed to catch all the best domains during his reign?

If this isn't you, Ben, I would eat my hat. But playing devils advocate, Ben was/is a very, very intelligent individual and is as proficient at writing code as you and I probably are at investing in rubbish domains. On top of it all, his understanding of Nominet's infrastructure was unparalleled, and led me to believe he had some sort if insider knowledge.

 

[Jeff]

Did anyone ever work out how Ben Hey managed to catch all the best domains during his reign?

You've spelt the name incorrectly. Just saying...

 

[Darren]

It was done using the EPP lock command.

You would get one of two result codes returned, one whilst the domain was still registered another when it become available.

 

[dn]

Yes, Darren knew something too ;)

If you reckon it was the same method Ben was using, your success rate was great, but comparably low to his.

Although, Ben was using several "family" tags, for which he got busted by Nominet eventually.

 

[Aaron]

If this isn't you, Ben, I would eat my hat.

Defo not Ben, better get eating.

 

[Kaleido]

@ben could sign up as an Ac*rn Gold Member and get a gold cap to chomp on. I'd watch that video.

 

[CD]

The plasterer?

 

[ben]

@ben could sign up as an Ac*rn Gold Member and get a gold cap to chomp on. I'd watch that video.

I wonder if he would let me