A drop registrar is a domain name registrar who registers expiring Internet domain names immediately after they expire and are deleted by the domain name registry. A drop registrar will typically use automated software to send up to 250 simultaneous domain name registration requests in an attempt to register the domain name first. In recognition of the potential abuse of such a "domain land rush", ICANN and VeriSign limited the number of simultaneous requests to 250 since July 17, 2001.

Drop registrars usually work for a domain back-order service, and receive a percentage of the final auction price.

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• Domains Reregistered for Distribution of Unrelated Content - A Case Study of "Tina's Free Live Webcam"
  cyber.law.harvard.edu
  Research documenting 4525 domains registered by 'Tina's Free Live Webcam.' Each domain was previously used by another registrant, and Tina seems to have specifically sought to re-register the domains as they became available. Includes a discussion of the scope of this problem, policy implications, and possible solutions.
• ICANN
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  The non-profit corporation responsible for IP address allocation, protocol parameter assignment, as well as domain name and root server system management functions.
• The Register - Cracking down on cyberspace land grabs
  theregister.co.uk
  Reports on an IP-block hijacking when "Los Angeles County had been hit by a growing type of hi-tech fraud, in which large, and usually dormant, segments of the Internet's address space are taken away from their registered users through an elaborate shell game of forged letters, ephemeral domain names and anonymous corporate fronts." (June 11, 2003)