Tag Archives: expired

Wed 12th May 2010
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Are Expired Domain Companies Selling You Out? - adam you really havent much of a clue…heres one example? eport: #439486 Report: SnapNames, Media Web Plus, Oversee.net, Moniker, Kjel Holmberg, Protondomains, Nidal Elkadri Reported By: (Brooklyn New York) Snapnames, Media Web Plus, Oversee.net, Moniker, Kjel Holmberg, Protondomains, And DirectISnapNames, Nidal Elkadri – Scam Company Shady Registrar Partners – Protondomains Media Web Plus Portland Oregon … 1 Author 0 Consumer 0 Employee Respond to this report! What’s ... read more ...
Thu 8th April 2010
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DNW Newsletter Now Includes Expired Domain Suggestions - Subscribing to the DNW newsletter has a new perk. Are you a subscriber to Domain Name Wire’s email newsletter? If not, you’re missing out. The newsletter synthesizes recent domain name events, presenting them to subscribers in an easy-to-consume format. Over 1,000 people subscribe to the newsletter, including domain parking ad feed providers, domainers, domain parking companies, lawyers, and investors. But if you’re looking for another reason to subscribe ... read more ...
Fri 19th March 2010
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How to Buy Expired Domains Before they Get Auctioned - Do a little leg work and you can nab expiring domains for a fraction of the price. Competition for top expired domain names on NameJet and SnapNames is fierce, and auction prices go sky high. What if there was a way to usurp the auction process and buy premium expired domains at fixed prices? There is. It takes a little work, but your smarter domainer friends are already doing it. When a domain name expires, it gets added to the queue at partner expired domain ... read more ...
Tue 16th February 2010
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‘Halvarez’ Caused $2M Loss to SnapNames Customers - Size of bidding scandal becomes clear. A document filed today (pdf) in a lawsuit against Oversee.net and SnapNames shows that the total loss to U.S. customers from the bidding scandal was about $1 million, including interest. The total damages for all customers can be extrapolated to be about $2.0 million. The document was a declaration of Lance Martinez, General Counsel of Domain Services for Oversee.net, filed in response to the court questioning if the case was ... read more ...
Tue 9th February 2010
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Simple Math during Play in SnapNames Lawsuit - How much did customers overpay thanks to Halvarez? Last week I reported about how the judge in the California lawsuit against SnapNames questioned how much money was at issue. In order to qualify for class action status, at least $5 million must be at stake. In questioning the total number, the judge noted that the plaintiff in the case had lost a whopping $20. If ‘halvarez’ participated in 50,000 auctions at an average overpayment of $20, that would be only ... read more ...
Tue 2nd February 2010
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Dynadot Offers VeriSign’s Expired Domain Data Treasure Trove - Dynadot extends data use to customers. Last year VeriSign quietly started offering its Internet Profile Service (IPS) to domain name registrars. The service provides traffic data on pending delete domain names. Since VeriSign runs the DNS for .net and .com, it has access to data that most other sources don’t have. Now domain name registrars are beginning to make the same data available to their customers. One of the first is Dynadot, which offers IPS to bulk ... read more ...
 
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Answers to 3 Questions about a SnapNames Bidding Scandal - Answers to three commonly asked questions about the ‘halvarez’ scandal. The topic commonly known as ‘halvarez’ — the insider bidding scandal at SnapNames — wasn’t a major topic at DOMAINfest. I didn’t expect it to be, either. Within days of the scandal breaking I talked to several big SnapNames customers. They were disappointed about what happened, but also understanding. Most had accepted SnapNames’ compensation offer and moved on. But a number ... read more ...
 
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How Network Solutions Notifies Customers about Expiring Domain Names - Registrar explains its expiration notification policy. A lot of times domain name registrars get the blame when their customers forget to renew domain names. “I didn’t get the notice” is a common line. Of course, you can easily say the opposite. Really, how many emails does GoDaddy need to send me about my expiring domain names? It may seem like they trip all over themselves to get you to renew domain names. And that’s exactly the point. In the wake South ... read more ...
Tue 26th January 2010
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South African Airways Blames Service Providers for Domain Expiration - SAA plays the blame game. South African Airways (SAA) is blaming service providers for letting its domain name expire, causing a web site outtage. When the domain name expired, Network Solutions followed its standard practice of changing the DNS and sending visitors to a landing page. In a note from SAA acting CEO Chris Smyth on the company’s web site, Smyth writes: …This outage was not as a result of any oversight by SAA or its personnel, nor was this due to ... read more ...
Thu 14th January 2010
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Oversee.net Asks Court to Dismiss SnapNames Lawsuit - Defendants file motion to dismiss lawsuit over bidding scandal. Oversee.net and SnapNames have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it in wake of the SnapNames insider bidding scandal. The lawsuit seeking class action status was filed by Stewart Resmer, who overpaid for a SnapNames auction by $20 in 2006 due to the insider bidding. In its motion to dismiss (pdf), Oversee.net and SnapNames argue: -Resmer doesn’t have any standing to name Oversee.net ... read more ...
Tue 29th December 2009
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2009 Domain Dunce Award: SnapNames Due Diligence - Due diligence in expired domain company acquisition missed a couple big problems. Mergers and Acquisitions due diligence is thankless work. You have to learn everything about a company, including things about it that its current owners don’t know, in a short period of time. If you get everything right, no one remembers to thank you a couple years later. If you mess up, everyone knows about it. And that’s exactly the case with SnapNames. The due diligence ... read more ...
Tue 1st December 2009
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SnapNames Awarded Patent for “Demand formed domain name auctionability” - Domain auction site awarded another patent. Domain name auction platform SnapNames has been awarded U.S. patent 7,627,628 (pdf) for “Demand based domain name auctionability.” The patent’s abstract describes a system that triggers a domain as auction worthy if there is a certain level of demand for it: A method for identifying a registered domain name as auctionable is provided. The registered domain names may be pulled from a database of desired domain names, ... read more ...
Mon 23rd November 2009
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Second Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Oversee.net and SnapNames - Lawsuit claims violation of California law and fraud. Another lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed against Oversee.net over the SnapNames insider bidding scandal. Law firm KamberEdelson LLC filed the case on behalf of its lead plaintiff, Stewart Resmer, in U.S. District Court Central District of California on November 18. Resmer, like Oversee.net, is located in Los Angeles. Among other evidence, the lawsuit cites a now famous January 6, 2008 DNForum ... read more ...
Mon 16th November 2009
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Nelson Brady on SnapNames Scandal - Don’t expect an explanation from Nelson Brady any time soon. When I cover a major domain industry event, I like to get both sides of the story. So when the news about the SnapNames insider bidding scandal broke, one of my first calls was to the man allegedly at the center of the controversy, former SnapNames VP Nelson Brady. Instead of writing about the conversation then, I wanted to wait until I had a chance to have a more in-depth discussion with Brady or his ... read more ...
Thu 12th November 2009
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A Peek Inside a SnapNames Lawsuit - Lawyer filed claim on behalf of brother. Earlier today I talked to Santiago A. Cueto, the first lawyer to file a lawsuit against SnapNames for the insider bidding scandal. He was quick to the docket because lead plaintiff Carlos A. Cueto is his brother. While other firms were trying to find a lead plaintiff, Santiago’s brother was emailing him the details. This is an interesting case because SnapNames has already admitted wrong doing and offered to compensate ... read more ...
Sat 7th November 2009
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Arrington: Apologies Shouldn’t be Conditional - TechCrunch article questions Snap’s rebate requirements. Given the bad taste Michael Arrington’s has in his mouth from his time in the domain name industry, he’s laying down the heat on SnapNames and its bidding scandal. Today he wrote a second article about the scandal, saying that SnapNames’ request that customers sign a waiver to get their rebate is not right. I understand where he’s coming from, but I also see why SnapNames is requesting this. When ... read more ...
 
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SnapNames Reinstates Auction History Back to 2004 - Full auction data now available. Responding to requests from customers to show complete auction history in order to check for auctions against bidder halvarez, SnapNames has updated the system with complete data. Company spokesperson Mason Cole wrote: There has been quite a bit of back-and-forth on your blog and other places about access to SnapNames bidding and order history. The truncated system, which limits view to the 24 months prior to whatever date the lookup ... read more ...
Thu 5th November 2009
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Nominet Releases Goldmine of Domain Renewal Statistics - Report provides insight into expired domain names. Nominet, the registry for the .uk country code, has released its 2009 Domain Name Industry Report (pdf). It includes in-depth stats about domain renewal rates and the reasons people let domains expire. This data should be useful to the ICANN Working Group examining the issue of expiring domains. As way of background, there are a couple differences between .uk and most other domains. First, registrations are for ... read more ...
 
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Poll: How SnapNames Scandal Affects You -

It’s transparent that a lot of people mislaid trust yesterday. Here are a few check questions to see how a SnapNames behest liaison will change your behavior.

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Also, if you’ve already perceived notice of your rebate, greatfully leave a criticism with a amount.

Via: domainnamewire.com

Wed 4th November 2009
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In SnapNames Scandal, Conspiracy Theorists Were (Sort of) Right - Its not like we didnt tell then there were iregularities? Ripoffreport.com- Report: Snapnames.com Category: Internet Services Snapnames.com ripoff Portland Oregon Rebuttal Box Respond to this report! What’s This? What’s This? Are you an owner, employee or ex-employee with either negative or positive information about the company or individual, or can you provide “insider information” on this company? Victim of this person/company? What’s This? What’s This? Are you also ... read more ...
 
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SnapNames Employee Bid in Domain Auctions, Cleanup in Progress - SnapNames employee bid in auctions, but the bigger news is how company is handling it. You’ll probably read a lot today about how a SnapNames employee had been bidding on auctions for the past four years. In case you haven’t heard the story, here’s a brief recap: -Employee opened account in another name and started bidding in 2005 -Participated in about 5% of auctions, mostly between 2005-2007 -S/He won about 1% of the auctions during this period (so about ... read more ...
Thu 15th October 2009
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Epik Buys JustDropped - Epik buys drop catching search and registration tool. Rob Monster’s Epik has acquired JustDropped, an expired domain search and drop catching service. Last week at the SedoPro event in Key West Monster and JustDropped owner Dan Rubin were glued at the hip. I chatted with both of them about the future of Epik, but assumed the reason they were so tight was that Monster was using JustDropped for catching domains for his Epik network. Apparently it was a little bit ... read more ...
Tue 25th August 2009
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Domain Expiration Comments to ICANN Working Group - My comments on expired domains. As I wrote last week, ICANN is seeking feedback on the domain expiration process. Here’s the feedback I just submitted. The deadline for submitting feedback is September 10… I believe most registrars do an effective job informing customers of upcoming expirations. For example, Go Daddy sends multiple expiration notices by email and even postal mail. Most registrars continue to send these expiration notices after a domain expires. ... read more ...
Fri 21st August 2009
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Domain Name Expiration Practices are Under Review - ICANN working group asks for input on current domain expiration practices. The recently launched Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group is seeking public input on domain expiration policies. Specifically, the working group is charged with answering these questions: 1. Whether adequate opportunity exists for registrants to redeem their expired domain names; 2. Whether expiration-related provisions in typical registration agreements are clear and conspicuous ... read more ...
Fri 10th April 2009
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GoDaddy Changing Domain Name Backorder Rules - Multiple backorders will be accepted on domain names. GoDaddy has informed Domain Name Wire that it is changing the way it handles backorders for domains not registered at one of The Go Daddy Group’s domain name registrars. As early as next week GoDaddy will begin accepting more than one backorder on domain names. (Currently only one is accepted). If GoDaddy successfully captures the domain name and more than one backorder was placed, there will be an auction ... read more ...