Exclusive backorder service failure

[letsbeadultaboutit]

I placed backorder with the following backorder companies: Namejet, Snapnames, Pool, and just for shits-and-giggles GoDaddy. The domain was taken by something else -- something unknown and was placed in domainnamesales.com/buydomains.com/afternic.com for sale by owner. What the hell's going on? How could this have happened? I just received notification from GoDaddy backorder of changes to the backordered domains nameservers and it pointed right to buydomains.com and when I went to the site there was something above stating offers were being accepted for domain. Domain registrar is TUCOWS. The domain expired SEP-26-2013 (of course the registry temporarily renews it for another year) and has not even hit the redemption period. Is it possible that...

1. Domain registrar (Tucows) has exclusive relationship with domainnamesales.com/buydomains.com/afternic.com and gave it to to them to sale or offer at a higher price? It seems as though DomainNameSales.com, BuyDomains.com, and Afternic.com has some type of deep affiliation.

2. Is it possible Tucows backordered the domain for themselves to re-sale?

3. Did Frank Shilling get first dibs on the domain?

4. Did a backorder service (Snapname, Namejet, or Pool) review the domain and came to the conclusion it's really valuable?

What happened here? What does all this mean? How could this happen and the domain still has not even hit the redemption period?

WHOIS INFORMATION BELOW. DOMAIN INFORMATION HIDDEN INTENTIONALLY.
Domain Name: XXXXXXXXXX.COM
Registry Domain ID:
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.tucows.com
Registrar URL: http://tucowsdomains.com
Updated Date: 2013-11-08 08:38:16
Creation Date: 2000-09-26 10:31:58
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-09-26 10:31:58
Registrar: TUCOWS, INC.
Registrar IANA ID: 69
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0135983573
Registrant Organization: Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0135983573
Registrant Street: 96 Mowat Ave
Registrant City: Toronto
Registrant State/Province: ON
Registrant Postal Code: M6K 3M1
Registrant Country: CA
Registrant Phone: +1.4165385457
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: [email protected]
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0135983573
Admin Organization: Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0135983573
Admin Street: 96 Mowat Ave
Admin City: Toronto
Admin State/Province: ON
Admin Postal Code: M6K 3M1
Admin Country: CA
Admin Phone: +1.4165385457
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: [email protected]
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0135983573
Tech Organization: Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0135983573
Tech Street: 96 Mowat Ave
Tech City: Toronto
Tech State/Province: ON
Tech Postal Code: M6K 3M1
Tech Country: CA
Tech Phone: +1.4165385457
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: [email protected]
Name Server: BUY.INTERNETTRAFFIC.COM
Name Server: SELL.INTERNETTRAFFIC.COM
DNSSEC:
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>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2013-11-08 08:38:16 <<<

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Registrar: TUCOWS DOMAINS INC.
Whois Server: whois.tucows.com
Creation Date: 26-SEP-2000
Updated Date: 08-NOV-2013
Expiration Date: 26-SEP-2014

Nameserver: BUY.INTERNETTRAFFIC.COM
Nameserver: SELL.INTERNETTRAFFIC.COM

Registry Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Status: clientUpdateProhibited