I was looking back through some posts over the years that we wrote relating to the SnapNames bidding Scandal and found this one which I wrote arising from a from November 2009…
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.XYZ Registry Launches Searchable Domain Name Drop Tool
The .XYZ registry has released a searchable tool for dropping .XYZ domain names. You can see all the .XYZ domain names dropping today, tomorrow or those in pending delete on a drop…
Warning: With Namejet/Snapnames Joint Backorder You Can Windup Bidding Against Yourself
A few weeks ago Namejet.com and SnapNames.com announced that if you placed a backorder on one of the systems for a deleting domain name backorders would be placed for the deleting domain…
Expired Domain Drop Catcher BackorderZone.com + 42 Domain Registrars Are for Sale
Backorderzone.com is for sale. Backorderzone.com competes with Namejet.com, Snapnames.com, Pheenix.com and DropCatch.com. Last week Namejet lowered the price of a backorder on a pending delete domain, the only type of domain names…
.NYC Gets Around 650 Domain Registrations Out Of 16k+ On The ICANN Collision List
.NYC celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday by releasing over 16,000 domain names which were previously unavailable due to being placed on the ICANN collision list. We ran the list through a…
.Club Sells $64K In Premium Domains In September
The .Club Registry announced today on its blog that premium name sales for September, including SnapNames auctions, came to $64,423.82. As you read through the report I don’t think there is any…
Record Setter: Bidding on Dropped Domain 358.com Reaches $430K With 2+ Days to Go
The domain name 358.com dropped yesterday and shortly after the closed auction started on Snapnames.com, bidding reached $80,000. This morning the high bid on the domain name is $430,000. As you can…