GoDaddy Domain name front running, or worse….

With an API account from godaddy, i was looking for a nice 3 letter .CC, and what do you know, On 2009-08-17 i searched for all 3 letter CC domains, i found 1 that i like (XEN.CC), i woke up 8 hours later, entered that domain and it was gone.

So i thought maybe the API aint that accurate !

The whois information clearly shows that it has been registered the exact time i have searched for it.

http://whois.domaintools.com/xen.cc

And the registrant of the domain name is

Altaway Technologies, Inc.
5190 Neil Road, Suite 430
Reno, Nevada 89502
United States

Domain Name: XEN.CC
Created on: 17-Aug-09
Expires on: 17-Aug-10
Last Updated on: 17-Aug-09

Administrative Contact:
Hostmaster, Altaway  hostmaster@altaway.com
Altaway Technologies, Inc.
5190 Neil Road, Suite 430
Reno, Nevada 89502
United States
(775) 201-0342      Fax – (775) 201-0342

Technical Contact:
Hostmaster, Altaway  hostmaster@altaway.com
Altaway Technologies, Inc.
5190 Neil Road, Suite 430
Reno, Nevada 89502
United States
(775) 201-0342      Fax – (775) 201-0342

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.ALTAWAY.NET
NS2.ALTAWAY.NET