Comments on: SnapNames Server Outage Brings Down 50 Domain Registrars

By: Frank Michlick (DomainCocoon)

Frank Michlick (DomainCocoon) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:27:47 +0000

@SL: Since the domains that end up at these registrars are mostly drops and not names that are sold from partner registrars pre-drop, they are counted as new registrations from the registry’s perspective. For any new registration the 60 day no transfer rule is blocked directly at the registry level and cannot easily be circumvented by the registrar.

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:53:43 +0000

@ fd – correct, they are snap registrars but the back end was managed by directi.

By: fd

fd — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:52:31 +0000

I believe it is Snapnames…any URL you type in redirects you to manage.snapnames.com

By: SL

SL — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:25:44 +0000

Here’s a side question: After winning drops via these Snapnames entities, is there a way to consolidate them into a Moniker account without 1) invoking the 60-day transfer rule (i.e. push), and 2) without paying for an additional year through the transfer. After all, it’s all Oversee, isn’t it? Just curious if anyone else has run into this.

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:21:33 +0000

I’ve updated the story to reflect that, as suggested, directi was managing these registrars for SnapNames. This outage may not be limited to SnapNames’ registrars.

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:30:51 +0000

By the way, may favorite registrar names are beartrapdomains.com, biglizarddomains.com, and eurotrashdomains.com. Seriously, who came up with these? I guess it’s better than eNom’s naming format (eNom21, eNom22, etc.)

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:45:35 +0000

I imagine they use direci as a backend for some of these. The ones I checked all had SnapNames as the registrant of the domain name at some point (even if privacy protected now).