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His heart dropped. Just hours earlier, it was free. Now, a generic landing page stood in its place, offering the domain for a "premium" price of $2,500. This is a common phenomenon many users describe on Reddit and Medium as "domain front-running"—the theory that some registrars or third-party bots track "available" searches and snag them to resell at a higher price. The $12 Mistake domain name availability

Relief washed over him, but he hesitated. He hadn't transferred the funds to his business account yet. "I'll do it first thing in the morning," he thought. "It’s been unregistered since 1985; six more hours won't matter." The "Front-Running" Nightmare At 2:00 AM, he typed it into a search bar