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 ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Estibot launches new expired domain finder Dropping.com
· Expired DomainsA new expired domain service from the creators of Estibot. Estibot has launched a new expired domain search service called Dropping.com. Dropping.com aggregates expiring domain data from backorder services, marketplaces, and registrars and then ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Rick Santorum lets his political future (of domain names) expire
· Expired DomainsSantorum lets a number of domain names expire. [Update: the domain names were renewed shortly after this article was published. To whomever was in charge of renewing this domain: you're welcome.] Is one time presidential hopeful Rick Santorum letting ... Continue Reading2 Comments
FreshDirect.com latest company to go down thanks to expired domain
· Expired DomainsCompany forgot to renew its domain name, which expired December 23. Add FreshDirect.com to a long list of companies that suffered downtime thanks to not renewing their domain names. The company suffered an "outage" (a.k.a. registrar renewal notice ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Wait, Pool.com is still in the drop catching business?
· Expired DomainsPool has long been irrelevant in the expired domain business. This morning I read Michael's post about Pool "de-emphasizing" its expired domain drop catching business in favor of new TLD business opportunities. My first reaction was "Wait, Pool.com ... Continue Reading16 Comments
GoDaddy masks expired domain whois to prevent auction circumvention
· Expired DomainsContact information made private after domain expires. GoDaddy.com has started masking contact information in whois records of expired domains in an effort to prevent people from circumventing auctions and bothering domain owners. The move, which ... Continue Reading25 Comments
SnapNames releases Android app for bidding
· Expired DomainsApp 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 - ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Verisign wants patent on “non-existent domain” analysis tools
· Expired DomainsCompany files patent application related to NXD data analysis. Verisign has made great strides in opening up its treasure trove of data related to traffic to non-existent domain names (NXD). Now it wants to patent some of its methods. The ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Dear Alexander, the macros on your domain spam aren’t working!
· Expired DomainsDear Alexander, I feel like I know you so much even though we've never met in person. You've been such a helpful friend all these years. You email me whenever a domain name similar to one I own is expiring and going up for auction. Sure, you ... Continue Reading17 Comments
SnapNames releases iPhone App
· Expired DomainsBidding 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 ... Continue Reading1 Comment