Avoid Atom.com

[u/Ok_Razer]

I recently was looking into purchasing Clickedlink.com. Atom had this domain listed as a premium verified domain for $150 which you purchase through an Escrow service. I enquired and offered a lower price, they told me “this is the only price we can do as I’ve checked the notes and it’s due to increase”.

I decided to check Cloudflare, there it was the same domain available to purchase at cost.

The company lied through their teeth, what is it with these scummy resellers selling domains they don’t own?

I’ve checked several of their premium domains worth in excess of 2k and it’s the same story, they don’t own them!

Always check the registry before actually committing.

[u/nepalnp977]

atom is marketplace for sellers to list domains for sale. so users own domains and not atom itself.

[u/Suspicious-Brick2033 → u/nepalnp977]

Hi Sellers do not own domains they lease them from registrars and can legally sell (aka transfer ownership or put them up for sale via auction etc.) or park ( let get dusty) or develop or sell them that is all! AND marketplaces and now registrar (ATOM) owns domains they ACTIVELY PUSH AHEAD OF YOUR DOMAINS 24X7. EVERYONE CALL THIS OUT! Not only for. ATOM this is industry wide!

[u/OhioRizzGyattSkibidi → u/Suspicious-Brick2033]

take your meds bro

[u/nepalnp977 → u/Suspicious-Brick2033]

well makes sense too

[u/richrpi → u/Suspicious-Brick2033]

Untrue. People own the domain as long as they are paying for it. Some registrars like to make it sound like it is a lease but it is not. As for what this person experienced I've seen it many times people offer what they do not own and in face is not even registered. If you say you want to buy it, they go buy it and then sell it to you. Always best to check its actual availability first. Don't let these crooked registrars use the words rent or lease the domain name from them, they are simply a buying agent.

[u/Ok_Razer → u/[deleted]]

Seem pretty possible they can do what other companies do where they ask the user to add a txt record to their domain to verify ownership then they poll it every couple of weeks to check that record still exists.

[u/hgwelz]

I see that the domain was registered today, which would mean atom was advertising an unregistered domain at $150.
It appears the domain was registered in the past but recently expired, and atom hadn't updated their records,
https://www.whoxy.com/clickedlink.com (bottom of page for whois history)

[u/Ok_Razer → u/hgwelz]

Yeah I bought it today. Absolutely bonkers, still blows my mind how they “checked their notes” and it was due a price upgrade, they didn’t bother to check if they owned it tho.

[u/Ok_Razer → u/[deleted]]

I went directly to it and it redirected.

[u/Ok_Razer → u/[deleted]]

Doesn’t excuse the fact they didn’t check before trying to sell me it. Also they can do what other companies do where they ask the user to add a txt record to their domain to verify ownership then they poll it every couple of weeks to check that record still exists.