Domain Sniped on Launch Day

Summary

Domain Snipe In The Day Of Launch I created repository for my project for launching open source SaaS alternatives KillSaaS and started developing the project, pushing code changes, etc. After investing some development time (primarily by vibe coding with Windsurf), it was time to launch the project. Of course, I needed to buy a domain for my project. I opened Namecheap and was shocked because the domain I wanted was already bought TODAY. At least the good thing is that it was registered from Namecheap, which I'm already using. When something like that happens, I have an adrenaline rush and energy spike. I started investigating how the hell this happened... I shared the idea with a couple of my friends and asked if anyone had shared it outside our group. After some back and forth, I realized my GitHub repository was public, which was not my intention at all before launching the project. I learned the hard way that GitHub repositories are constantly scraped when I leaked my Discord token a couple years ago, and it started creating channels, deleting stuff—it was a disaster. Something wasn't right because this repository had been open for a couple weeks. But the domain was bought on the same day that I wanted to buy the actual domain. I had one last hope: contact Namecheap support. I started with this email. Funny how I pointed out that I have "evidence"—like we're in court! I was a little emotional at this point. I blurred my phone number because of handsomeness. They responded within minutes. Really quick response, by the way. I was happy with that because I was contacting them on Friday night. But I made a silly mistake—I had a typo already existing in my Namecheap account. Their reply? I felt what "first come, first serve" truly means. It was painful. The thing is, in some social media platforms, you can actually claim your nickname if it's already taken and you have evidence that this nickname is strongly associated with you. I have a friend who actually took a ni...