shadom.co and Drop-Catching Services
Different layers of the same problem: knowing a domain is about to drop, and registering it the moment it does.
What drop-catching services do
Drop-catching services are registrars or specialized platforms that place simultaneous, high-volume registration attempts at the exact moment a domain is deleted from the registry, competing against other catchers for contested names. That is a registration mechanism: it requires knowing the domain's actual drop date and having infrastructure built to win the race.
What shadom.co does instead
shadom.co is a monitoring layer. It watches domains you add to a watchlist and estimates their drop date using TLD-specific lifecycle timing, the grace period, redemption period, and pending-delete window a registry applies after expiration. It alerts you by email, push, or webhook as a domain approaches expiration and as it moves through those stages. It does not place registration attempts.
Using both together
A domain investor typically builds a watchlist in a monitoring tool, confirms the predicted drop window, and then uses a drop-catching service for the domains worth contesting at the moment they delete. shadom.co supports the first half of that workflow; it is deliberately not a catching auction for the second half.
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Start monitoring freeFrequently asked questions
Is shadom.co a drop-catching service?
No. Drop-catching services (auction-based registrars that race to register a domain the instant it deletes) attempt the actual registration for you. shadom.co monitors domains and predicts when they will drop; it does not place registration attempts or run a catch auction.
Do I still need a drop-catching service if I use shadom.co?
If your goal is to acquire a specific domain that is about to drop and is likely to be contested, yes: a drop-catching service gives you a registration attempt at the delete moment. shadom.co tells you which domains are approaching that moment and when, so you know when to place that attempt.
Why compare shadom.co to drop-catching services at all?
Because people researching one often need the other. Domain investors use monitoring to build a watchlist and catching services to act on it. This page exists to make the difference clear, not to claim shadom.co replaces a catching service.