[ecabuk]

I have a similar story with Github. I filled the website field on the Github repo settings. The project was new and the end was not near and didn't register the domain. After a year or so decided to register but figured that the domain is already registered a month ago. I can't prove it but somebody in Github could have been checked website domains if it is already registered. (Or I was unlucky) The domain was never used and released after 2 years. The lesson here is: register your domain when you have a chance.