SnapNames®, a KeyDrive S.A. company announced today that GMO Internet Group, the largest domain registrar in Japan, entered into an exclusive partnership to provide all non-renewed domain names on the SnapNames marketplace for purchase on an exclusive basis. GMO Internet has over 90% share of generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) in the Japanese domain name market. "We are pleased to announce … [Read more...]
Snapname/Afternic Auction Ends Today & Has Over $50K In Bids
The Afternic.com spring auction closes today on Snapnames.com today at 3:15pm EST As of publication with 6 hours to go there are over $50,000 in bids. There are some nice domains in the auction including the three letter domains of gfa.com, vgv.com as well as a lot of nice one word .com's including Sweat.com, Proprietary.com, Fascinating.com, Actors.com, Acquittal.com, complimentary.com and … [Read more...]
SnapNames.com “Feb Deals” Auction Ends Thursday & So Far Only 1 Bid
SnapNames.com is running a "February Deals" auction of 65 domain names all at "no reserve". So far not many are taking advantage of the "deals" As of time of publication there is only 1 bid in the auction, that on the domain name healthmyths.com which has a bid at $199. Although the auction says all the domain are at "no reserve" when you go to place a bid the minimum 1st bid is $199 … [Read more...]
Alert!! Some Of The Domains You Got At SnapNames.com May Not Be Owned By You
If you use SnapNames.com you need to check the domain names you acquired since October, especially November and December. You may not be the owner of the domain. There are a few issues going on with SnapNames.com which I was first informed about by another large domainer yesterday who asked to remain anonymous. He reported that 10 domains that he got through SnapNames.com in November and … [Read more...]
SnapNames: One Showcase Auction Ends Today & The Premium Year-End Auction Starts: Wait.com; Showtime.com Zinc.com+ More
The SnapNames.com October Hot Deals Auction closes later today at 3:15pm EST. As of publication the domain name LBS.org is leading the pack with a current high bid of $1,550 Here is a complete list of all the domains in the auction with the high price as of time of publication: Domain Name Bidders Current Bid ReserveRange ReserveStatus lbs.org 11 1550 $1 - … [Read more...]
Pure Opinion: Oversee.net Should Disclose The Traffic Numbers Of Those Verisign High Score Domains
Yesterday I wrote about a flash auction Oversee was holding on over 600 domain names "recently registered by SnapNames due to their high Verisign Data Analyzer Traffic Score and Generic Word strength!” As of time of publication, 24 domain names have bids. The auctions expire over the next three days with Sunday having the most closing auctions. This is a ground breaking auction in some … [Read more...]