Tag Archives: snapnames

Thu 10th October 2013
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Afilias .Info Domain Auction Ends On SnapNames Today & Total Bids Are Under $5K - The domain name auction of registry owned .Info domains closes on SnapNames.com in a few hours and as of time of publication bids for all 25 domain names in the auction  total less than $5,000. The auction closes at 3:15pm EST in according with SnapNames.com closing procedure. All the domains are lead by Immo.info at $1,001. Immo is the French word for Real Estate. There are application for the new gTLD .Immo. Shipping.info is domain name with the 2nd highest bid at $925 Horse.info us only at $475.  ... read more ...
Thu 29th August 2013
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Archeo (Marchex) Puts Up Over $7,400,000 (Estibot Value) Of Domains In Auction At SnapNames - Archo the company that Marchex is hoping to spin off into a separate public company is holding an auction of 71 domain names that have an appraised Estibot value of over $7.4 Million dollars. The auction which is currently ongoing closes on September 26th at 3:15pm Here are the domain names in the auction along with the reserved ranges and the Estibot valuation for each. If your looking for the biggest bargain compared to Estibot value its Camcorders.com which has a reserve range of only $25-$50K ... read more ...
Wed 28th August 2013
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Marchex’s Archeo auctioning off 71 domains in SnapNames auction - Archeo runs month long auction on SnapNames platform. Marchex’s soon-to-be spin-off Archeo just started an auction on SnapNames that will run for a month. The auction includes 71 domain names and shows both the breadth and quality of Archeo’s portfolio. That said, I think most of these domains names will sell better through negotiation than through an auction. Three domains have seven figure reserves: Decals.com, Locksmiths.com, and Peliculas (movies in Spanish, ... read more ...
Mon 22nd July 2013
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UPDATED: SnapNames.com Is Back Up - UPDATED; Earlier today we reported (as other reported to us) that SnapNames.com was down. Now the site is back up Around 6pm we got this message from a representative of the company: “”There was a small deployment earlier today that effected a few users and could have caused the issue in a very short time frame. There should not be any further issues and the site is not down.”” Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Over $53,000 In Bids As Moniker Premium Summer Auction Closes Thursday - The Moniker Premium Summer domain name Auction closes at 3:15pm EST on Thursday on SnapNames,  and as time of publication there are over $53,000 in bids. In all 165 domain names are at auction (none are owned by our company MostWantedDomains.com) and as of publication 31 have bids. The domain with the highest bid which has met reserve is MZW.com which has a bid of $5,000 The domain with the most bids is CITA.com which has a high bid of $3,100 The domain with the highest bid but that has not reached ... read more ...
Wed 26th June 2013
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Japan’s Largest Registrar GMO To Use SnapNames Exclusively To Send All Dropping Domains - SnapNames®, a KeyDrive S.A. company announced today that GMO Internet Group, the largest domain registrar in Japan, entered into an exclusive partnership to provide all non-renewed domain names on the SnapNames marketplace for purchase on an exclusive basis. GMO Internet has over 90% share of generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) in the Japanese domain name market. “We are pleased to announce that Japan Registry has chosen SnapNames as a strategic partner to market and sell their non-renewed domains,” ... read more ...
 
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SnapNames gets Japan Registry, Afternic and NameJet get .buzz business - Domain marketplaces get a couple notable client wins. There were a couple unrelated “client win” announcements this morning coming from major domain name marketplaces. First, SnapNames announced that it has inked Japan Registry to an expired domain deal. Japan Registry, part of GMO Internet Group, will send its expired domain stream to SnapNames in an exclusive deal. GMO holds a 90% share of the gTLD market in Japan. Second, Afternic and NameJet announced a deal ... read more ...
Wed 8th May 2013
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Very active Moniker Spring Auction ends tomorrow - Domain name auction that ends tomorrow has lots of activity. The Moniker Spring Auction on SnapNames doesn’t end until tomorrow, but bidding is already very active. The auction features 199 domain names and 33 of them already have bids. 22 have met their reserve price. The leader so far is StumpRemoval.com, which has an $11,770 bid and has met its reserve. I’ve paid for tree stump removal so I know it’s not a cheap service. That said, an individual tree company ... read more ...
Mon 15th April 2013
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SnapNames no haven auction ends Thursday - Three auctions are running on SnapNames. SnapNames has three auctions running this month, and the first one ends Thursday. SnapNames’ “April Deals” auction ends Thursday, April 18. The auction includes just 44 domains and all have no reserve (but a $199 minimum bid). So far three domains have bids, including WorkToDo.com, CashCrash.com, and KindGift.com. Most of the domains are brandable, such as BuzzIncome.com, BeyondCeleb.com, and ScienceGo.com. Next, the ... read more ...
Fri 22nd March 2013
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Snapname/Afternic Auction Ends Today & Has Over $50K In Bids - The Afternic.com spring auction closes today on Snapnames.com today at 3:15pm EST As of publication with 6 hours to go there are over $50,000 in bids. There are some nice domains in the auction including the three letter domains of  gfa.com, vgv.com as well as a lot of nice one word .com’s including Sweat.com, Proprietary.com, Fascinating.com, Actors.com, Acquittal.com, complimentary.com and Plead.com to name a few Here are all the domain names in auction with the current high bid, number of bidders ... read more ...
Tue 19th March 2013
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GFA.com leads Afternic auction on SnapNames - Lots of good domains in auction ending Friday. Afternic is running another auction on the SnapNames platform and it’s attracting lots of bidders. The auction includes 136 domains with reserve ranges starting as low as $200 to as high as $250,000. It ends on Friday. As of right now the three letter domain GFA.com has the highest bid at $11,249. The reserve has been met. Also keep an eye on sweat.com. It has been bid up to $7,750, but the reserve is between $10,000-$25,000. The ... read more ...
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 ...
Wed 20th February 2013
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SnapNames.com “Feb Deals” Auction Ends Thursday & So Far Only 1 Bid - SnapNames.com is running a “February Deals” auction of 65 domain names all at “no reserve”. So far not many are taking advantage of the “deals” As of time of publication there is only 1 bid in the auction, that on the domain name healthmyths.com which has a bid at $199. Although the auction says all the domain are at “no reserve” when you go to place a bid the minimum 1st bid is $199 which of course is not a true, no reserve auction. But I digress. The auction ends tomorrow on February ... read more ...
Mon 4th February 2013
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SnapNames picks adult Host Europe lapsed domain stream - Deal gives company a strong partner in Europe. SnapNames has picked up a new partner to bolster its expired domain name inventory. The company has gone live with Host Europe, a top three domain registrar in Europe and the largest registrar based in the United Kingdom. Host Europe includes 123 Reg, DomainMonster, and Heart Internet. Host Europe acquired DomainMonster last year. The announcement comes as Webfest kicks off in Los Angeles. Domain companies typically ... read more ...
Fri 4th January 2013
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First demeanour during Webfest auction, and Mike Mann auction on SnapNames - First dozen domains from Webfest auction released and Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com teams up with SnapNames. Pre-bidding has opened for the Webfest Live Auction taking place next month at Webfest Global (formerly DOMAINfest). Only a dozen of the domains have been listed so far, but that list will grow between now and February. Thin.com, Twin.com, and Wrestlers.com are among the domains on auction. One domain – briskets.com – already has a bidder. In other SnapNames ... read more ...
Thu 27th December 2012
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Alert!! Some Of The Domains You Got At SnapNames.com May Not Be Owned By You - If you use SnapNames.com you need to check the domain names you acquired since October, especially November and December. You may not be the owner of the domain. There are a few issues going on with SnapNames.com which I was first informed about by another large domainer yesterday who asked to remain anonymous. He reported that 10 domains that he got through SnapNames.com in November and December were not owned by him. I checked my account since October and found a total of 7 domains that we got ... read more ...
Wed 24th October 2012
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Domain sale roundup: Bankruptcy auction, .xxx, GreatDomains, and SnapNames - Some interesting domain offerings and auctions are on tap over the next 30 days. I’ve received a number of recent announcements regarding domains sales and auctions, and some of them are rather interesting. First, there’s a bankruptcy auction for two portfolios of domain names. One is of 3,000 premium domain names and the other a portfolio of 150,000 domains. There is significant traffic in this portfolio. The auction is result of a long and intriguing battle. ... read more ...
Mon 22nd October 2012
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SnapNames releases Android app for bidding - App lets you update bids on the go. Less than two months after it released an iPhone app, domain name marketplace SnapNames has released a comparable Android app. The app lets you: – Bid on your domain names in auction from your Android device – View your bidding activity, number of bidders, time remaining high bidder status – View your recent auction activity As with the iPhone app, it does not let you directly add new domains/bids to your account. You may ... read more ...
Wed 17th October 2012
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SnapNames: One Showcase Auction Ends Today & The Premium Year-End Auction Starts: Wait.com; Showtime.com Zinc.com+ More - The SnapNames.com October Hot Deals Auction closes later today at 3:15pm EST. As of publication the domain name LBS.org is leading the pack with a current high bid of $1,550 Here is a complete list of all the domains in the auction with the high price as of time of publication:   The SnapNames.com Premium Year-End Auction also starts today. The auction that ends on November 15th at 3:15PM EST certainly has some premium domains. Here are the domains with reserve ranges:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Tue 16th October 2012
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SnapNames Oct no haven auction ends tomorrow, .ca auction kicks off today - Two auctions worth a look. SnapNames has an “October Deals” auction that ends tomorrow, and I think it’s worth a look. There are 61 domains and it appears none of them have a reserve — just a minimum bid of $199 or more. Many of the domains are ones that you might see sell for $1,000-$3,000 to the right end user, such as AllMBA.com, DebtReductionService.com, DietLogs.com, and SoccerLounge.com. So far 12 of the 61 domains have bids. LBS.org leads the pack with ... read more ...
Wed 19th September 2012
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Afternic auction on SnapNames ends tomorrow - Auction features 176 domain names. Afternic’s first auction on SnapNames earlier this year was a big success. It focused light on some good domain names such as Hipsters.com. That domain sold for $28,500 (which I suspect is a lot more than the original fixed asking price!). The two companies have teamed up again for an 176 domain auction ending Thursday. At the time of writing nine domains have bids and five have hit their reserves. The current top domain is PoolandPatio.com, ... read more ...
 
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Moniker usurpation auction submissions for DOMAINfest 2013 - Moniker and SnapNames will run an auction in conjunction with DOMAINfest next year. It looks like Moniker and SnapNames will hold an auction in conjunction with Oversee.net’s DOMAINfest Global 2013 conference next year. SnapNames.com has a submission form for the auction. It’s currently listed as an online auction. Both Moniker and SnapNames were owned by Oversee.net until their sale earlier this year to KeyDrive. They provided the auction platform at DOMAINfest ... read more ...
Thu 23rd August 2012
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SnapNames releases iPhone App - Bidding on the go now much easier. SnapNames just released an iPhone app to make it easier to bid on SnapNames auctions on the go. The app makes it easier for customers to update bids and see current bidding history from a mobile phone. It does not allow you to place new backorders or bids on domains if you haven’t already done so on the SnapNames web site. However, the app has a quick link to the SnapNames.mobi mobile site. There you can search for new domain names ... read more ...
Wed 22nd August 2012
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At slightest 38 domains will sell in Dotster auction finale tomorrow - Nearly half of domains in auction have already hit their reserves. It’s genuinely refreshing to see a domain name auction with good quality mid-market domain names and reasonable reserves. That’s how I’d describe the current Dotster auction on SnapNames. With just 24 hours to go, the auction looks like it will be a big success. I count 38 domain names that have met their reserve already. That’s nearly half of the 81 listings. This shouldn’t come as a huge ... read more ...
Mon 23rd July 2012
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Moniker and SnapNames beef adult patron support after acquisition - Support and operations staff quadruple. I recently read Elliot’s post about Moniker’s extended phone support hours. I’ve been tracking the support situation at Moniker/SnapNames since KeyDrive bought the companies from Oversee.net, as a number of people have made comments about it. Some customers were also concerned because their account manages left the company. Here are some more details about the support changes at Moniker/SnapNames. DNW: How did the support ... read more ...