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 ... Continue Reading6 Comments
South African Airways Blames Service Providers for Domain Expiration
· Expired DomainsSAA 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 ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Oversee.net Asks Court to Dismiss SnapNames Lawsuit
· Expired DomainsDefendants 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 ... Continue Reading18 Comments
2009 Domain Dunce Award: SnapNames Due Diligence
· Expired DomainsDue 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 ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
SnapNames Awarded Patent for “Demand based domain name auctionability”
· Expired DomainsDomain 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 ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Second Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Oversee.net and SnapNames
· Expired DomainsLawsuit 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 ... Continue Reading16 Comments
Nelson Brady on SnapNames Scandal
· Expired DomainsDon'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 ... Continue Reading17 Comments
A Peek Inside the SnapNames Lawsuit
· Expired DomainsLawyer 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 ... Continue Reading14 Comments
SnapNames Reinstates Auction History Back to 2004
· Expired DomainsFull 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 ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Arrington: Apologies Shouldn’t be Conditional
· Expired DomainsTechCrunch 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 ... Continue Reading14 Comments