Company says it has no evidence that domain names were stolen. Domain name registrar Moniker discovered suspicious activity on its network, and as a precaution is asking all account holders to reset their passwords today. The suspicious activity ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Very active Moniker Spring Auction ends tomorrow
· Domain SalesDomain 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 ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
SnapNames no reserve auction ends Thursday
· Domain SalesThree 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 ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Bali.com, JF.com, and Message.com added to Webfest live auction
· Domain SalesBig names added to live Moniker domain name auction. The list of domains for next month's live auction during Webfest is growing. Bali.com has been added with a reserve range of $750,000 to $1,000,000. The site is owned by a Bali travel company. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
CA Technologies sells Platinum.com domain name for $250,000
· Domain SalesDomain name appears to have been sold to pet food company. It looks like CA (aka Computer Associates) has sold one of its prime domain names, Platinum.com. Moniker has confirmed that it brokered the transaction and the sales price was ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Moniker accepting auction submissions for DOMAINfest 2013
· Domain SalesMoniker 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 ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Monte Cahn settles lawsuit against Oversee.net
· Policy & LawLong legal battle between Moniker founder and Oversee.net is over. Moniker.com founder Monte Cahn has dismissed his lawsuit against Oversee.net regarding money he said he was owed under a bonus plan. Cahn joined Oversee.net after Seevast sold ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Salesforce.com buys Work.com domain name
· Domain SalesAnother confirmation that Salesforce.com bought Work.com domain name. In March I put together a fairly convincing argument that Salesforce.com had purchased Work.com. Now we have another good confirmation: the nameservers on Work.com have changed to ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Moniker and SnapNames beef up customer support after acquisition
· Domain RegistrarsSupport 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 ... Continue Reading6 Comments
SnapNames throws hat into domain sunrise and landrush auction ring
· Domain SalesKeyDrive companies want to play a role in new TLD rollout. SnapNames and Moniker have announced they will support sunrise and landrush auctions for new top level domain registries. The company will, of course, also offer premium generic sales and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
