Move will increase audience for silent auction domains. Moniker announced that it will now use the SnapNames platform for auctioning domains in its silent auctions. Previously, silent auctions were held on Moniker's online platform which required a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
4 Ways to Liquidate Domain Names
· Domain SalesHere are three ways to get cash for domain names fast -- and a fourth potential way. Perhaps you are looking to trim your portfolio. Or maybe you need to raise some cash. Unfortunately, domain names aren't very liquid assets. But here are three ways ... Continue Reading26 Comments
Monte Cahn Leads Aftermarket Business at Oversee.net
· ServicesMoniker CEO expands role at new parent company.Oversee.net's Monte Cahn speaks at a TRAFFIC conference. Photo courtesy DNJournal. Moniker CEO Monte Cahn has expanded his role after his company was acquired by Oversee.net. Cahn is now spearheading the ... Continue Reading6 Comments
SnapNames Back Online After Weekend Outage
· Expired DomainsDomain auctions scheduled for weekend will end starting July 8. Domain auction service SnapNames is back online after a weekend outage. The site went down starting last Thursday at 10:30 PM EDT and just went live again within the past half ... Continue Reading13 Comments
OVT Matcher Software Releases Upgraded Version
· Expired DomainsTool for finding domain names with traffic releases improvements. OVT Matcher, a tool that automatically checks lists of domain names for "Overture Scores" from January, February, and March 2007 has released an upgrade. (See OVT Matcher Makes Finding ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Expired Domain Services Let Employees Bid Against Customers
· Expired DomainsTwo of the major services let employees compete with domainers. [Note: See update at bottom of article.] Earlier today a reader tipped me off to a discussion at NamePros about GoDaddy's TDNAM service. Apparently GoDaddy VP (and owner of DNForum) ... Continue Reading85 Comments
Tucows and Afternic Deal Q&A
· Expired DomainsBill Sweetman of Tucows answers questions about its deal with Name Media's Afternic. After today's announcement that Tucows (AMEX: TCX) is sending expired domain names to Afternic, there were a couple lingering questions. I asked Bill Sweetman, ... Continue Reading17 Comments
Tucows to Auction Expiring Domain Names at Afternic
· Expired DomainsRegistrar opts for Afternic platform for expiring domain names. When domain registrar Tucows (AMEX: TCX) recently announced they were shutting down their in-house expiring domain platform, there was speculation where they would send their domains. ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Moniker Streamlines Auction Submission Process
· Domain SalesNo more e-mailing spreadsheets; Moniker enables online auction submissions. Anyone who has submitted a domain name to Moniker for inclusion in its auctions knows how much of a pain it can be. You have to fill out lots of data on a spreadsheet and send ... Continue Reading6 Comments
OVT Matcher Makes Finding Traffic Domains A Snap
· ServicesNew software provides Overture data from January, February, and March 2007. Updated Overture traffic data is a thing of the past, but a new software application makes it easy to find expiring domains with traffic thanks to its archive of Overture ... Continue Reading11 Comments