Catch the expiring domains actually worth catching.
Load your NameJet and pending-delete drop lists, let AI value every candidate against real aftermarket comps, and auto-register the winners through your own Namecheap — at registration price, no $60 backorder fees, no auction wars.
- NameJet & pending-delete lists
- AI-valued
- Registers at standard price
- Premium-safe
The pipeline
Loaded, monitored, valued, caught.
Your drop lists flow through one automated pipeline — you review the picks, it does the rest.
Load your lists
Upload NameJet and pending-delete drop lists, or add any name — thousands parsed, junk filtered.
Monitored
Every watched name is RDAP-checked every 30 minutes through the delete lifecycle.
AI-valued
Each candidate is scored against real aftermarket comps so you catch what matters.
Caught
Armed names auto-register through your own Namecheap the instant they drop.
What's inside
A valuation-first drop catcher.
AI valuations on every drop
A raw NameJet list is thousands of names and no verdict. PounceDrops scores and price-bands each one against live aftermarket comps, so the worthwhile drops rise to the top.
Load any drop list
NameJet, pending-delete, and auction lists — thousands of names parsed and junk-filtered.
Auto-registration
Catch drops through your own Namecheap at the standard price — no backorder fee.
Premium-price safety
We re-check price with Namecheap and never auto-register a premium name.
Availability alerts
In-app and email the moment a watched name frees up, with the price.
Portfolio tracking
Everything you catch lands in a portfolio with cost, status, and value.
Watch any TLD
Add any domain by hand or from a list; we monitor availability via RDAP.
A bonus no other catcher has
Plus: .dev & .app drops, sourced for you daily.
Bring your own .com lists — and get a whole TLD nobody else covers for free. ExpiredDomains.net, DropCatch, SnapNames: none surface a real pending-delete list for .dev or .app. We do, because we go to the source. Every day PounceDrops diffs the .dev and .app registry zone files, RDAP-confirms which names are entering pending delete, filters the noise, and drops a clean list into your pipeline.
- Straight from the registry. ICANN CZDS zone diffs, not a scraped or resold list.
- Quality-filtered. Only names confirmed entering pending delete — the junk is dropped.
- Same pipeline. Flows into the same filter → AI valuation → watch → auto-register flow.
The drop lifecycle
Every expired domain follows the same path.
A name doesn't vanish when it expires — it moves through grace, redemption, and a five-day pending-delete window before the registry releases it at registration price.
- 1ExpiresDay 0
The registration lapses; the site may still resolve.
- 2Grace~45 days
The owner can still renew at the normal price.
- 3Redemption~30 days
Recovery is still possible, at a steep restore fee.
- 4Pending delete5 days
No more renewals. A strict countdown to release.
- 5DropsCatch it
The registry releases it — yours at registration price.
Backorders vs PounceDrops
Pay a catch fee, or pay registration.
An honest comparison — including where the big catch networks still win.
Chasing a contested premium name against a thousand-registrar catch network? Use them. For the daily long tail, PounceDrops catches at registration price — and tells you which drops are worth it.
FAQ
Drop catching, answered.
What is domain drop catching?
Drop catching is registering an expired domain the instant the registry deletes it and releases the name back to the public. PounceDrops watches your chosen names — from NameJet and pending-delete lists or added by hand — around the clock and registers the ones you arm the moment they become available.
What does "pending delete" mean?
After a domain expires it moves through a grace period and a redemption period. If the owner never renews, it enters pending delete — a strict 5-day countdown, after which the registry drops it and anyone can register it at the standard price.
Do you charge backorder or auction fees?
No. PounceDrops registers caught names through your own Namecheap account at the standard registration price for that TLD. There is no per-name backorder fee and no auction — the app is free with a PounceDomains Pro or Elite plan.
Can PounceDrops beat DropCatch or SnapNames on contested names?
For a heavily contested premium name, dedicated drop-catch networks that fire from a thousand registrar accounts will usually win the race — use them for those. PounceDrops wins the daily long tail, at registration price, and tells you which drops are worth catching.
How does auto-registration work?
Add your Namecheap API credentials once, then arm the ⚡ toggle on any watch-list domain. When our 30-minute scan finds an armed name available, it registers it on your account, adds it to your portfolio, and emails a receipt. Premium-priced names are always skipped.
Do you cover .dev and .app domains?
Yes — and it’s a bonus most drop catchers don’t offer. Beyond the NameJet and pending-delete lists you bring, PounceDrops builds its own daily list of dropping .dev and .app names by diffing the registry zone files (via ICANN CZDS), confirming pending delete over RDAP, and quality-filtering — then feeds it into the same valuation and watch pipeline.
How much does PounceDrops cost?
PounceDrops is included free with every PounceDomains Pro and Elite plan. Sign in with the same email as your PounceDomains account to get in.
Stop guessing which drops are worth catching.
PounceDrops is included free with every PounceDomains Pro and Elite plan. Get a plan, then sign in with the same email to start catching.
AI valuations · drop-list ingestion · auto-registration · .dev/.app feed