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Halverez Today … Auctions Tomorrow

Alan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:24:29 +0000

Halverez has finally been outed – Oversee has stepped up to the plate and not only publicly acknowledged the fraud but taken steps to compensate auction participants and implement policies to prevent this in the future.

First, let me say this breach was a breach at the highest level – both personally and professionally for many. However it happens – in domains, real estate auctions, online auctions and more.

Remember, the heated argument about Adam Dicker from GoDaddy bidding on names or the questions behind NameJet’s continual stream on non-paying bidders.

We do not live in a perfect world my friends – Our politicians are corrupt, our Banks are bottom feeders, our President (for the Americans) struggles with big business day after day to get anything done.

We all could have had a paid a little less in auction or 2 (or 2000) but Oversee has committed to making this right. Granted, there are many emotional factors in bidding outside of just bids alone which could be factored in to the actual measure of this financial fraud however they sound like they are doing what they can to correct it.

No doubt, fraud like this is inexcusable however lets be real – in an online world no matter if the Holy Pope is running the site we are always exposed to the potential of fraud one way or another. All we can hope for is enough people behind the scenes to take any signs of fraud very serious and react swiftly and promptly. There remains questions of how swift SnapNames reacted to this and completely understandable but as VP of engineering – someone who was there from the beginning – there could be 100 ways to hide something should you have the technical know how to do it — In fact, its very possible the powers to be even gave Nelson the responsibility of looking deep into his own fraud – ever consider that?

Fact is Oversee and SnapNames worked with class today exposing this and sure – some things could have been done different but there is (a) never any good way to expose fraud (b) always difficult to provide full transparency publically and (c) no way to make every victim happy.

Look – it happened. Its over. Life will move on.

GoDaddy auctions still survived after the Adam Dicker debacle

NameJet continues to thrive

Key customers of Snap will remain to be key customers.

This is news for sure and congrats to Mike for breaking such a worthy piece but in 30 days from now this will be gossip once again and people buying as usual.

There is more fraud every day on Craigslist or eBay or PayPal than in domain auctions. Most of us bid against people we all know day in and day out and as SnapNames noted in their email to customers:

“most of which occurred between 2005 and 2007″

I’m willing to bet 50% of people who are commenting where not even in the domain world at this point in time.

No doubt today is a sad day for many who know Nelson and those affected by his actions but can somebody please report the results of Moniker’s extended auction now???

SnapNames Picks – Next 72 Hours

Alan — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:59:25 +0000

Some good names are coming up for auction including a bunch FINANCE and LEGAL DUI domains such as DallasduiLawyer.com, LoanRefinance.net and more. Check out some of our top picks below:

loanrefinance.net
tokyovacations.com
dallasduilawyer.com
passportphoto.com
datingblog.com
newyorkcityduilawyer.com
dallasduilawyers.com
sanantoniomortgages.com
pdasoftware.com
discoversouthkorea.com
monster-trucks.com
cheapcarloan.org

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Enjoy

DEBT domains & deals on SNAP / You need to SEARCH better

Alan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:32:53 +0000

Few can argue that auction mentality for buying domains is far different than purchasing names listed on venues with buy it now prices however deals exist – sometimes far better deals than anything you can find in auction.

Fact is SOOO many domains sell between $1000-$5000 in drop auctions every week yet many names of much higher value, brandability and development value sit just waiting – on the SAME venues – for someone to search for them.

For those of you who don’t already know (and those who forget) Fabulous and BuyDomains all have API feeds into the SnapNames inventory and although Snap’s promotion of their BIN inventory still needs a lot more promotion from their sales team you will be surprised how many great names are in the inventory.

Take the keyword Debt Consolidation for example.

One of the best industries around for online development, lead generation and growth in today’s economic environment. You will not see these names on drop lists and sure – some cost 2-3k but these are prices you would see in live auctions for many of these if not more and if you are a developer then the prices will surely attract you.

We do not own any of these names but its about time somebody puts these to use instead of wasting money on .me’s and silly domains that drop in hope of making a couple bucks on PPC traffic (so 1999 people).

Examples from SnapNames inventory using the keyword “debt”

baddebtcollection.com
consumerdebt.net
debtcollectionrights.com
debtcollector.net
debtelimination.org
debtmanagementloans.com
debtsettlementlawyer.net
debtsettlementprogram.net

Of course, not everyone agrees with me about what makes a good name but I came from the development world so the quality of names we value are names that have value to (a) development, (b) end-users (c) lead generation (d) high growth or large market consumer industries and many other factors. Parking stats .. well, move on and learn how to develop – only then will you understand how $2,000, $5000 or $10,000 for a domain is dirt cheap.

Enjoy the list and remember – punch in any keyword at snap – you may be just surprised what you find in the buy it now section. Alternatively, you can continue doing what you’re doing as others pass you by.

Sex Pumps, Hedonism and a Tweet.

Alan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:54:26 +0000

Whats a holiday weekend without sex?

Well, sadly many people prefer tweeting to sex (or any physical contact with the real world) but those guys never really could get laid anyway. So today we bring both groups a little fun – from the wild and crazy hedonism.com to tweeters.com for the geeks.

Snapnames has quite a few great domains dropping over the next little while. Some of our top picks include:

penispump.com
hedonism.com
porntv.com

tweeters.com

and not so sexy but still good names.

basementcontractors.com
driverlicense.net
localgrants.com
remortgagehome.com
xmasholiday.com

Enjoy and Happy July 4th to the Americans.

SnapNames: The Million $ Link

Alan — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:37:58 +0000

Today we will see the biggest upgrade to date for the SnapNames platform and believe me when I say this is exactly what the domain doctors ordered.

Today – after years of many of us preaching – you can now DOWNLOAD your search results.

This single addition will improve prices for domains, heat up competition and provide sellers greater opportunity to sell more names. If you want to talk about a million dollar link then this is it.

What else?

How about 500 results per page

A default search that “contains” the keyword you want (instead of suggesting some names only to miss out on many you really want)

Filters are improved with maximum pricing now an “input” field instead of a choice of pre-defined ranges by the snap crew.

Seriously, these upgrades rock.

For sellers there is even more.

You will have your own storefront!

Ok, I’m sure there is more to come in another release later but the base has been built!!!!

Request the unique ID of your seller account and promote the hell out of your link. No website needed, it’s a simple URL to access your entire inventory – you can even add your affiliate ID if you participate in the affiliate program.

Examples are:

1. With your name source only (e.g. all of your inventory)
https://www.snapnames.com/store/seller.action?ns=10

2. With namesource & affiliate code
https://www.snapnames.com/store/seller.action?ns=10&aff=4307

3. With namesource, affiliate, and domain name:
https://www.snapnames.com/store/seller.action?ns=10&aff=4307&dom=momma.net

These go to Monikers names but if you insert your unique ID in the url you can see how the initial storefront will look

SnapNames is becoming more than just the best auction house around – its quickly becoming the SINGLE best source to help domain owners buy and sell domains.

Check out the new features when you get a chance.

Xphone.com, 20000.com, FloorPlans.net and 200 + TOP Extended Auction Picks

Alan — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:52:46 +0000

FloorPlans.net, WeddingPlanners.net, LimousineCars.com, OnlinePorn.net and more – These names you will NOT see on the snapnames extended auction list but you can view some of the key drops happening soon along with our top 200 picks for the TRAFFIC conference right here!

All 20 of our key drop picks (not TRAFFIC submitted names) are below:

20000.com
BankForeclosure.org
BestEscort.com
CarLoan.org
FlightTravel.com
FloorPlans.net
GirlfriendFilms.com
GreekRestaurants.com
HomeownerInsurance.org
KVG.com
Late.net
LoseWeight.org
LimousineCars.com
MarriageBlog.com
MGL.com
Momma.net
OnlinePorn.net
RedWines.net
RVW.com
WeddingPlanners.net
XPhone.com

Enjoy !

P.S. pretty sure xphone.com is a private sale but well worth inclusion and warning – it is currently an adult themed landing page.

VRT.com ends at $92,600 on Snap!

Alan — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:13:07 +0000

SnapNames rocked the house with a 3 letter domain – VRT.com today, attracting a final bid of $92,600 at auction! Nothing else to say but congrats to the buyer and seller on this one.

3,000 GEO Names – Auctions are now Ending!

Alan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:26:39 +0000

April 19th is the first day auctions start ending for our portfolio of over 3,000 GEO domain names in auction at SnapNames. We know 3,000 is a lot of domains so each and every day we will post the 250 or so in auction within the next 24 hours on the page below – auctions are each and every day until April 30th.

http://www.newfoundnames.com/geo3000.html

Bookmark the page and check back once a day so you are sure not to miss any of the deals to be found.

Content will be updated daily for the next 10 daysa

Published around 10 pm Pacific time nightly – ie, Tuesday’s list will be published Monday around 10 pm PST

Manage.SnapNames Accounts Closed – Moved to Moniker

Alan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:13:03 +0000

Looks like effective immediately the registrar at manage.snapnames has closed and all accounts have been converted to Moniker accounts. This is good news since manage.snapnames had very limited options for account holders and was a pain for bulk work.

If you are a manage.snap account holder (which most bidders at SnapNames are) check your email box for information on the new moniker account.

Sounds like a pretty simple transition and is another plus for SnapNames and Moniker making the most of their relationship together.

3,000 GEO Names from $19 – (with Download List)

Alan — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:49:59 +0000

** Updated with link to download a .zip /.csv file of all 3,000 domains) **

Every portfolio owner will let domains drop from time to time and its not uncommon to see the very same names sell for high amounts because they are expired domains. It’s one of the ironic twists of this industry where a private seller may not get a whole lot for a domain but stamp the label “expired” and baby, we have bidders.

View the 3,000 + names here

In a test to see if its worth our time to simply let domains expire quietly or actively promote them here is a list of 3,000 GEO domains we own that are listed for sale at SnapNames with over 95% of these domains having a reserve of $19. Some of these will probably drop, while others we may keep when it comes to review – either way, we are going to test the waters here.

View the 3,000 + names here

Are they all great names?

Of course not, but many are worth much more than $19 and most have great keyword development value.

So the question is why are we dropping most of these names?

Simple.

Fine-tuning our portfolio – every year some go, some stay.

So the test is to you.

If it works in a way where our time can be justified then we will continue to do this before we drop any names.

View the 3,000 + names here

Some samples are below

austinmortgageleads.com
bostonbusinessgrants.com
cincinnatihotelrates.com
hollywoodproperties.org
houstontrademarklawyers.net
irvinedefenselawyer.com
lainsuranceadjusters.com
lasvegastaxlawyers.net
longbeachdoctor.net
sanbernardinodoctors.net
sandiegopatentlawyers.net
sandiegomortgageleads.com
sanfranciscoteachers.net
texastaxlawyers.net
toledohotelrates.com