Collapso and daftdrop websites gone

fro9etb8j5qsl2 · 08-06-2017 9:57am #1

Collapso.net disappeared last month and now I've just gone to look at daftdrop and that seems to be gone too. Does anyone know why? Is there any similar alternatives?

mloc123 · 08-06-2017 10:39am

That is a pity.. daftdrop was quite handy for seeing when a property was first listed more so than the drops IMO. Daft and Myhome both record prices changes now... but it seems that agents can opt out of them being shown, that or else they just re-list the ad again to hide drops.

Baby01032012 · 08-06-2017 2:05pm

daftdrop.com is still there...i just checked it now

the_syco · 08-06-2017 2:26pm

Baby01032012 wrote: »

daftdrop.com is still there...i just checked it now

You sure? Getting the message "This domain has expired" myself.

Baby01032012 · 08-06-2017 2:45pm

http://www.daftdrop.com/
click on link and see....are you sure youre using .com

mloc123 · 08-06-2017 7:16pm

mloc123 wrote: »

That is a pity.. daftdrop was quite handy for seeing when a property was first listed more so than the drops IMO. Daft and Myhome both record prices changes now... but it seems that agents can opt out of them being shown, that or else they just re-list the ad again to hide drops.

If anyone else is obsessive about when a property was first listed... You can get the file headers from daft images and see the original creation time/date.

the_syco · 09-06-2017 3:18am

Baby01032012 wrote: »

http://www.daftdrop.com/
click on link and see....are you sure youre using .com

Redirects to http://www.iyfrap.com/?dn=daftdrop.com&pid=9POXJ5IC0

In saying that, I'm in Canada, so the message below may only appear for people outside Ireland?

This domain has expired
In line with ICANN's Expired Registration Recovery Policy, DNS resolution of this domain has been temporarily interrupted.
If you are the registrant or an agent acting on behalf of the registrant, we advise you to please visit our billing system to renew the domain as your soonest convenience. DNS resolution will be restored as soon as the renewal is processed.

09-06-2017 3:23am

the_syco wrote: »

Redirects to http://www.iyfrap.com/?dn=daftdrop.com&pid=9POXJ5IC0

In saying that, I'm in Canada, so the message below may only appear for people outside Ireland?

Same happening for me, on virgin media Ireland.

Cunning Stunt · 09-06-2017 7:06am

..am also getting a 'domain expired' message in denmark

Baby01032012 · 09-06-2017 8:51am

I don't know what to say guys...just on way to work in Dublin and was able to access the site on my phone..daftdrop.com

SunSeeker101 · 09-06-2017 8:54am

Having the same problem. I am getting the following message from my anti-virus software:

Whoa!

Are you sure you want to go there?

http://www.iyfrap.com/?dn=daftdrop.com&pid=9PO... may be risky to visit.

Why are you seeing this?

When we visited this site, we found it exhibited one or more risky behaviors.

Baby01032012 · 09-06-2017 9:06am

And finally....I get the message...it was fine when I open this morning..now just refreshed page and domain expired.

zac8 · 12-06-2017 9:56am

daftdrop.com is back up again.

bailey99 · 08-01-2018 11:26am

Its gone again is it?

It's saying "The site can't be reached"

rat_race · 28-01-2018 7:13pm

bailey99 wrote: »

Its gone again is it?

It's saying "The site can't be reached"

Hey. http://www.DaftDrop.com has had a big architecture bump and is now back up and running smoothly. There were major capacity problems (and cost -- DaftDrop makes almost no money).

UK version is at http://www.daftdrop.co.uk ...

Oz version is at http://www.daftdropau.com ...

Enjoy! Let me know if you'd like any features in particular...

A Law · 18-05-2018 1:36pm

Datfdrop gone again from what I can see. Great website, always good for researching how long house are up and previous prices.

L1011 · 18-05-2018 9:55pm

The names are a bit outdated now (although holding on to the domains for the next crash, which won't be that long, would still be a good idea) when they're now usually used to track ridiculous increases.

Used Collapso primarily to decide when to make the jump myself, probably went a few months too early but less than 6 months at that.

the_syco · 19-05-2018 4:32am

L1011 wrote: »

The names are a bit outdated now (although holding on to the domains for the next crash, which won't be that long, would still be a good idea) when they're now usually used to track ridiculous increases.

As far as I can see, they're both still registered.

The_Conductor · 19-05-2018 7:51am

Internal Server Error

When I try to access them........

rat_race · 21-05-2018 11:31am

DaftDrop will be back soon guys. Sorry.

The data is still being collected, but the site is just down due to a problem and I've had no time to fix.

handlemaster · 21-05-2018 4:07pm

rat_race wrote: »

DaftDrop will be back soon guys. Sorry.

The data is still being collected, but the site is just down due to a problem and I've had no time to fix.

No.time when your in the rat race

bailey99 · 29-05-2018 11:59am

rat_race wrote: »

DaftDrop will be back soon guys. Sorry.

The data is still being collected, but the site is just down due to a problem and I've had no time to fix.

Is there anything I could do to help with it? I miss the website and am a frequent visitor and user.

rat_race · 01-06-2018 9:39pm

DaftDrop is back!

lintdrummer · 04-06-2018 4:35pm

rat_race wrote: »

DaftDrop is back!

Not working for me again. Getting the Data Indexing message.

rat_race · 04-06-2018 8:58pm

Sorry all, there were other issues.

Should be fixed (*more* "permanently") now.

CalRobert · 05-06-2018 10:07pm

For those of us who never used it, what was collapso?

rat_race · 07-06-2018 12:31pm

Similar to daftdrop.com (but not as easy to use, if I do say so myself)...

bailey99 · 19-06-2018 10:22am

Daftdrop is gone again :-(

CalRobert · 19-06-2018 11:15am

Seems fine? Maybe the DB has issues.

rat_race · 20-06-2018 11:30am

Back up. Yes, I simply have too much data and running out of memory. If anyone wants to provide access to a beefy server, I'd be very grateful!

The alternative is to have a less-fast website (store less in memory)...which I think defeats the usefulness, and would require re-work (which I probably wouldn't be arsed doing...feels like going backwards).

DaftDrop makes pennies and I cannot justify spending more than I already am on a bigger server.

bailey99 · 03-07-2018 4:46pm

Sorry to bother you again, but is the site gone until further notice?

rat_race · 25-08-2018 11:32am

daftdrop.com is back! I've figured out a way to keep it going without it costing me a bomb...

Sorry to all of you who relied on it, I've been very busy over the last few months.

I will ask this favour though, just on the off-chance someone bites:

Does anyone have a server lying about they do not need? Any PC (base) would based do, doesn't need to be a massive spec. No need to have any O/S installed.

Or some remote server/service that could be used for some background tasks? A VPS or EC2 instance would be ideal. I'm not really in the mood to pay for any more that what I am already at the moment. DaftDrop makes a little back on ads, but not enough to pay for itself as it is (unless a particularly good month).

RandomUsername · 25-08-2018 12:03pm

I don't have a server but would happily donate a few euro towards a purchase to keep this valuable service alive.
Anyone else ?

mcbert · 25-08-2018 10:01pm

What sort of min spec you need? I'd be happy to donate something too...

L1011 · 26-08-2018 1:21am

I have an actual dumpster of hardware here and a lot going to WEEE next week - what spec and chassis format do you need? I've everything from 1U rackmount up but some of it would be particularly antique (P4 Xeon)

rat_race · 26-08-2018 1:02pm

L1011 wrote: »

I have an actual dumpster of hardware here and a lot going to WEEE next week - what spec and chassis format do you need? I've everything from 1U rackmount up but some of it would be particularly antique (P4 Xeon)

In terms of spec, don't need anything too beefy. High-memory would be a plus...or the ability to add more.

Not against old hardware if that's all that's available... (think I'd need 64-bit though, but I'd assume they're all 64-bit).

In terms of chassis, actually I was thinking more of a PC (just the base, no keyboard/monitor), that I could just have sitting in a corner (would install linux on it). I have no racks myself, etc. I just rent a server currently -- never physically at it. But another machine could handle some of the stuff and take the load off the rented server. Let me know if you think you'd have anything. If not, thanks very much anyway!

rat_race · 26-08-2018 1:04pm

RandomUsername wrote: »

I don't have a server but would happily donate a few euro towards a purchase to keep this valuable service alive.
Anyone else ?

mcbert wrote: »

What sort of min spec you need? I'd be happy to donate something too...

Thanks guys! Maybe I'll stick a donate button up at some stage. I don't really like asking for $$$ though!

In terms of a spec: anything really, I just want a machine to do some scheduled background tasks, to take the load off the web server. Would install Linux on it, and beef up the memory myself if there wasn't enough, probably. No monitor/keyboard required, just a computer of some sort....preferably with 4GB of memory or up!

mcbert · 26-08-2018 6:34pm

What part of the country?

rat_race · 26-08-2018 11:19pm

mcbert wrote: »

What part of the country?

Dublin / Wicklow.

mcbert · 29-08-2018 3:19pm

rat_race wrote: »

Dublin / Wicklow.

Sorry, im in middle of moving house, so difficult to check what i have. Not sure to be honest. But i do like this site, would be a huge pity if it disappeared for sake of a modest few second hand parts...

CalRobert · 30-08-2018 10:00am

BTW it's not quite as much ram as you want but I use things like this from Odroid for all sorts of scheduled jobs where I don't feel like using a VPS

https://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php

Same idea as a raspberry pi but much higher performance and still pretty cheap ($59US)

D3V!L · 30-08-2018 11:45am

rat_race wrote: »

Thanks guys! Maybe I'll stick a donate button up at some stage. I don't really like asking for $$$ though!

In terms of a spec: anything really, I just want a machine to do some scheduled background tasks, to take the load off the web server. Would install Linux on it, and beef up the memory myself if there wasn't enough, probably. No monitor/keyboard required, just a computer of some sort....preferably with 4GB of memory or up!

I have a Dell Power Edge 2900 on adverts for sale at the moment. No disks in it but it might do you if you have them. Drop me a PM if you're interested.

BailMeOut · 30-08-2018 11:50am

D3V!L wrote: »

I have a Dell Power Edge 2900 on adverts for sale at the moment. No disks in it but it might do you if you have them. Drop me a PM if you're interested.

I'd be happy to help you if you want to host in the cloud and have any budget. Done right it could self finance and the AWS cost for a system like this would be cheap as chips. I am an AWS consultant so happy to donate some time getting you up and running. PM me if interested.

bailey99 · 25-09-2018 9:42am

Hi,

Daftdrop hasn't updated since 5th September, is there any issue I can help with perhaps?

Thanks!

rat_race · 02-10-2018 3:44pm

bailey99 wrote: »

Hi,

Daftdrop hasn't updated since 5th September, is there any issue I can help with perhaps?

Thanks!

Fix deployed but wont take affect until tonight. Daft changed their site drastically, breaking parts of the data harvesters.

rat_race · 03-10-2018 7:30am

Back up and running well now...

the butcher · 04-10-2018 12:35pm

Thanks for all your work on this. Is the update the reason why there is over 1,000 number of decreases in October already? Probably meant for September?

rat_race · 04-10-2018 5:07pm

the butcher wrote: »

Thanks for all your work on this. Is the update the reason why there is over 1,000 number of decreases in October already? Probably meant for September?

Yes, that would explain it. A bunch (well, most) of them would have been September's, but were only noticed now because the system was down for most of September -- and hence get thrown into October's data :P

pauldavis123 · 15-10-2019 8:40pm

Seems totally gone now, shame, thanks anyway

Collapso and daftdrop websites gone

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