When a .nz domain expires, it’s released back to the public - and gone in milliseconds. Dropcatch NZ watches it, catches it the instant it drops, and puts it in your hands. You only pay if we succeed.
Free to order · $32.99 all-up only if we catch it ($30 registration + $2.99 catching fee) · Confirmed within 24 hours
Every day, .nz domains that weren’t renewed are released by the registry. We’re there at the exact moment it happens.
Enter any registered .nz domain. We’ll confirm its status and queue a catch order - first come, first served.
Once your order is confirmed, our systems monitor the domain and fire the instant the registry releases it.
Caught it? You pay $32.99 all-up ($30 first-year registration plus our $2.99 catching fee) and we hand the domain over. Missed it? You owe nothing, not a cent.
We ran wholesale .nz catching for registrars and domain professionals for years. Now the same infrastructure is open to everyone.
Our catching system fires registration requests the very instant the registry releases a name. Humans refresh; machines catch.
Just a $2.99 catching fee plus the $30 first-year registration, and only when we actually secure your domain. If we miss, you pay nothing at all. No deposits, no subscriptions.
We do one thing: .nz domains. Every extension - .nz, .co.nz, .org.nz, .kiwi.nz and more. No distractions, just depth.
Place orders on account. We only invoice after a successful catch, and you settle by simple bank transfer within 14 days.
Every order is reviewed and confirmed by our team within 24 hours, then locked in until the domain drops.
Order received, order confirmed, domain caught (or missed) - you get an email at every step, plus a live dashboard.
If it ends in .nz and it’s freely registrable, we can catch it.
.nz.co.nz.net.nz.org.nz.gen.nz.ac.nz.school.nz.geek.nz.kiwi.nz
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The short version - there’s a full FAQ too.
Nothing: you pay nothing at all. Our charges only apply when we successfully register the domain for you. Around 98% of the time (on average), we get it.
No. Orders are placed on account and we only invoice you after a successful catch. You settle by bank transfer within 14 days.
After a .nz domain expires or is cancelled, it sits in a 90-day “pending release” period. If the owner doesn’t reinstate it, the registry then releases it - and that’s the moment we strike.Full timeline here.
Catch orders are first come, first served - lock yours in now.
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