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My search results said a domain was available to register, but it is shown as unavailable by my chosen vendor. What gives?

April 26, 2017chosen domain gives REGISTER results said search vendor

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My search results said a domain was available to register, but it is shown as unavailable by my chosen vendor. What gives?

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It’s frustrating when that happens. Very occasionally our availability check is wrong. It doesn’t happen very often, but it can happen. This is usually the result of someone registering the domain name you wanted between the time you decided you wanted it and the time you took to register it. If you’re someone who buys lots of domain names, you will have noticed this unfortunate behavior on registrar sites as well. There’s just a lot of activity in the domain name market.