Tag Archives: Pool

Thu 28th February 2013
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Domainers give curtsy to NameJet for lapsed domains - NameJet selected as best service for expired domain names. When it comes to snagging expired domain names, NameJet gets top billing amongst domain investors. 33% of respondents in Domain Name Wire’s 8th annual survey said NameJet is the best expired domain service. NameJet, a partnership between Demand Media and Web.com, has exclusive access to the expired domain stream from some of the older registrars including Web.com companies Network Solutions and Register.com. ... read more ...
Mon 7th December 2009
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Two Character .Biz Domains Selling Daily - Web site auctioning off two character .biz domains; first domains close today. TwoDotBiz.biz, an online auction site for two character .biz domain names, has domain auctions closing daily for the next couple months. The site was set up by Pool in conjunction with .biz registry Neustar. The first auctions started closing earlier today. A number of domains are selling for decent prices, with the majority of bids in the low three digit range but some crossing over ... read more ...
Thu 16th April 2009
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Pool Taking Pre-Orders for Non-Existent Domain Names - Pool teams up with Quintaris to offer pre-orders domains for new TLDs. In a move that will surely add confusion to an already crazy process, domain backordering service Pool.com is accepting pre-orders for non-existent domain names such as .xxx and .web. The service accepts pre-orders for second level domain names on about 50 top level domain names that it thinks will be pursued. Customers can also pre-order a domain for any top level domain they can think of. The ... read more ...
Mon 16th March 2009
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Survey: Which Expired Domain Name Service is Best? - Aha! That “novel” wasn’t submitted for some reason! Luckily I saved it before I clicked “submit”. But some editing was lost, so please be forgiving. Here it is, again: +++++ H*ll yes, I will choose Snapnames first over any of the others. Reasons? For Dub-A, I will come out of my normally shy and quiet demeanor, and be uncharacteristically blunt: 1) Snapnames has consistently run a well-managed expiring domain service for at least four years (although they’ve been around ... read more ...
Wed 14th January 2009
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SnapNames Awarded Domain Backordering Patent - Company awarded divisional patent covering business of expired domains and domain monitoring. Expired domain name service SnapNames, a subsidiary of Oversee.net, has been awarded U.S. Patent number 7,472,160, covering a broad array of expired domain services. The patent is a divisional patent filing that continues several filings made by the company earlier this decade. Among the areas of invention covered include: Domain monitoring and acquisition – monitoring ... read more ...
Mon 23rd June 2008
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Sedo and Pool Explain Employee Policies for Bidding - Sedo has strict policy on domain speculation, Pool outlines rules. [If you have arrived on this article from Slashdot, NoDaddy, etc., you may wish to see how this all started with GoDaddy.] Many people (63 comments and counting) have commented on Domain Name Wire’s article about GoDaddy letting its employees bid on domain name auctions on its site. Several readers e-mailed requests for information on other companies’ policies. Here’s what I’ve found: Sedo ... read more ...
 
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OVT Matcher Software Releases Upgraded Version - Tool for finding domain names with traffic releases improvements. OVT Matcher, a tool that automatically checks lists of domain names for “Overture Scores” from January, February, and March 2007 has released an upgrade. (See OVT Matcher Makes Finding Expired Domains a Snap). In the previous version, users had to manually download expiring domain lists from companies such as SnapNames. That is now automated, as well as a number of other improvements: – Import ... read more ...
Wed 7th May 2008
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Survey: SnapNames Still King of Expired Domain Names - Despite a turbulent year, SnapNames is still #1 for expired domains. 37% of respondents in Domain Name Wire’s third annual domain survey use SnapNames more often than other expired domain catching services. This is the third year in a row that SnapNames had led the charts, despite a very challenging year for the service. After being acquired by Oversee.net, SnapNames lost key registrars Network Solutions and eNom. The two registrars formed a competing drop catcher ... read more ...
Tue 4th March 2008
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Shoppers.com in Dispute? Also GoogleAdwords.com and Ace.us - Expired domain that sold for $166,000 slapped with arbitration filing. Shoppers.com expired last month and was picked up by Pool. Auction winner Xedoc Holding SA forked over $166,000 for the domain, but is that now at risk? An arbitration request under UDRP was filed with National Arbitration Forum on February 14 for the domain. I’m not sure who filed the complaint, but a little snooping gives some ideas. One idea is the previous owner of the domain may be ... read more ...
Thu 7th February 2008
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How Did Pool Score Shoppers.com? A Glitch. - Pool sold Shoppers.com for over $166,000 this week, but the name should have been exclusive to NameJet. [Updated 10:24 CST] Pool.com landed a whale this week, catching Shoppers.com and selling it for $166,000 through its auction. Although the value of the domain is debatable, the bigger question is how Pool landed the domain since it was registered at Network Solutions, which has an exclusive relationship with NameJet for expired domains. One rumor was that the domain ... read more ...