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Half-measures require full responses.
When Oversee announced today that a former employee of Snapnames was defrauding thousands of customers via means of shill bidding at domain auctions, they promised that the ongoing investigation would end in refunds plus interest.
There is no doubt that Oversee is striving to clear the Augean stables that Halv...
I was away covering the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference last week so we have published a double-length report for you this week that will bring you completely up to speed on all sales reported to us since our last column October 21. Leading the way is a trio of six-figure sales,
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Exclusive photos of alleged SnapNames shill bidder Nelson Brady and our thoughts on the scandal that is rocking the domain industry. The company's former VP of Engineering has been fired but the fallout is far from over.
I received this email earlier today from SnapNames explaining that one of their employees setup an account on their system under a false name and, under this name, bid in SnapNames auctions.
DomainNameNews.com dug a little deeper and found the username created was "Halverez" which belonged to Nelson Brady, VP of Engineering Bidding on Domain Names....
If you haven't read yesterday's Part I article, I recommend you read it now. Once your done, you might as well read this one, because I'm about to call out a fellow domainer: Rick Schwartz. Yup, once again he has made his way into the posts of DNU. And once again, it's not a good
This particular news item is reverberating around the domaining blogosphere as I type this – SnapNames has discovered that an employee (now ex-employee) registered a customer account all the way back in 2005 and used it to bid on domain names in SnapNames auctions for at least 2 years.
According to a SnapNames investigation (as per
A ruling by the US Court of Appeals 9th Circuit in the case of U.S. v Kilbride has determined that using whois privacy on domains can be considered "material falsification".? The case involved an appeal on criminal charges of spamming. The ruling in this case provides an the courts opinion on provisions of? the CAN
According to a statement from Oversee.net's SnapNames, an employee was found to have bid in 5% of their auctions since 2005 and in some cases arranged for a partial refund of the sales price after winning an auction.
In a statement issued today, the company offers compensation to any potentially affected customer:
To avoid any question about...
When I read the news today from Oversee and SnapNames stating that an employee had been bidding on domains, I knew. . . I knew who it was. I didn't want to hear it but I knew. Like many of my colleagues who frequented SnapNames auctions over the years, the first name that came to
Google steps up domain trademark enforcement for its brands.
After many years of using domain arbitration as the last resort for picking up trademark domains, Google has gotten involved in the domain arbitration process in a big way this year. Either it is changing its trademark domain recapturing process or the number of AWOL trademark
Snapnames employee bid in auctions, but the bigger news is how company is handling it.
You'll probably read a lot today about how a SnapNames employee had been bidding on auctions for the past four years. In case you haven't heard the story, here's a brief recap:
-Employee opened account in another name and started bidding
It's time to step back and re-evaluate domain name auctions.
The news today about an employee bidding at SnapNames is certainly disappointing. So here's my take on what the domain industry should do.
First, chill out. I've seen a bunch of comments today from people that now assume everyone who ever beat them in an
Atlanta.com included in UDRP by accident.
My heart skipped a beat today when I saw that Atlanta.com had been served with a domain arbitration notice. But then I quickly figured out that this is some sort of clerical error.
Automobile Atlanta, Inc. filed a case with National Arbitration Forum for six domains including automobileatlanta.com,
In a stunner of a development, Snapnames has discovered that one of their employees has been secretly bidding on domain names for the last four years. The employee set up a Snapnames account under a fake name and bid on domain names. The company says in their press release that this affected "approximately five percent of total SnapNames auctions s...
It's been a long time since I had such a good laugh. The domaining community exploded today after SnapNames announced that yes, "halvarez" is actually their VP and has been up to no good since 2005. Here's why I find the entire situation hilarious:
OK, The Internet Is Shady. DUH!
Look, do you want to live in
November is my favorite month of the year. The winter holidays are just around the corner. We're all working towards rounding out a solid year of growth and…This article is from DotSauce Magazine.November Domain Name Clearance
Please see UPDATE below!
I think many domain name sellers feel that "Services" really do not go out of their way to help sell your domain name you list / offer with them! This includes many Live Auction services and general domain listing services.
Well, I just saw an ad for CyberFriday.com while using the search term
I got a couple emails from Mason Cole of SnapNames / Oversee.net about Snap uncovering an "inside bidder" at SnapNames.com but they didn't include the juicy details of WHO this bidder was or the bidder id used. DomainNameNews.com unmasked the man and put a bidder ID that many have questioned in the same cubicle at
In my shifting of what has been said around forums and blog postings and comments on the breaking news story of Nelson Brady aka SnapNames.com bidder "Halvarez" who also happened to be VP of Engineering at SnapNames… he seemed to have liked Trademarked terms to boot!
Elliot Silver of ElliotsBlog.com points out one email which appears...
I have stood on the mountain and shouted, like a bully. Now let?s have some conversation. I will be doing a lot of series in the coming weeks that will cover business planning and development, and will hopefully move on to branding and so forth.
What is a business Plan?
I have written so many times that
One of the few new companies I learned about at Traffic New York was Elephant Traffic, and I just saw the press release below announcing the launch of their platform. The company has a large presence at Ad:Tech New York this week, and I think it's good to see domain portfolio holding company reaching out
Related posts:Quick Tip of the Day: Direc...
I think one of the most important things you can do in order to achieve success in this business is to define the goals for your business and set milestones to achieving your short and long term goals. Think about the question, what would you like to accomplish in the domain investment business?
If you are
Related posts:2008 Goals and Beyond It'...
I just received the following statement from Snapnames, and I wanted to share it with readers of my blog, who may have been impacted:
Recently, SnapNames.com, Inc., discovered that an employee had set up an account on the SnapNames system under a false name and, under this name, bid in SnapNames auctions.? This is a clear
Related posts:Snapnames...
I am focused on selling one of these domains, but not more than one. I will be slowly dropping these prices every?Wednesday until one of these sells, at which time the other two will go off the market.? However, they will not fall evenly. I will drop the price of all three domains?every Wednesday, but Read more articles on this topic at Green TaxiR...
Is it just me or does the whole "domaining" industry – if i can call it that – nowadays just sounds like one giant infomercial.
Couple that with the new crop of domaining observers and journos (whilst struggling to keep up with all the excitement) labelling every event or piece of news with headlines such as
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.
I attended an advisory board meeting yesterday and it reminded me that we all need some independent advice on our strategies and businesses, no matter what size they are. We all try to see the upside of our businesses and get emotionally entangled whether it be with our 5 year business plan or a domain
The moniker.com TRAFFIC auction closes in just about 3 hours and here are some of our picks as domains we think are interesting and may have been overlooked in the 2K+ domains currently at auction.
Most of these do not have an opening bid.
The auction closes at 3:15 today EST
To join an auction just click on
In a huge breaking story for the industry that will continue to unfold over the next hours and days, Oversee.net, the parent company of SnapNames.com, recently discovered, that a now former employee, has been shill bidding on Snapnames.com auctions in violation of the company's policy for many years.
This employee who was not identified by name,...
It was in May 2007 that Oversee bought Snapnames.com for tens of m
Shortly thereafter, Network Solutions its largest registrar partner used the escape clause in their contract with Snapnames.com to pull out of their agreement.
Now it appears that the? former employee of Snapnames engaged in shill bidding was also a shareholder of the company that...
Michael Arrington, wrote the story for TechCrunch on the Snapnames.com bidding scandal and the opening paragraph should give you an idea of how the rest of the story reads:
""Anyone who doesn?t know how dirty the domain name business is, just doesn?t know the domain name business.""
Mr. Arrington says he a consultant to Pool.com years ago...
Late today, we received a notice from NameJet.com, basically saying that what happened at Snapnames.com could not happen at NameJet.com
"""At NameJet we have the necessary security protocols in place to prevent this kind of incident."""
""We have security procedures and policies in place that monitor all activities to ensure that ?shill? bidding do...
Hiding in plain sight. Like the nice Minister on Dexter that's a serial killer on the side.
The Economic Development magazine, Site Selection, has ranked North Carolina?as the?No. 1?state in the nation for "business climate". The other top 4 in order were Texas, Virginia, Ohio, and Tennessee. Said about North Carolina …
"Commerce and curriculum are a natural match in North?Carolina, which tops the business climate rankings yet?again...
Amazon has done an about face and now allows easy posting of Amazon Associate affiliate links to Twitter straight from Amazon.
Although I know many people do quite well with the Amazon Associates program I have never had real solid success anytime I attempted to use it. I cannot say I spent alot of time with it so it may not be a fair statement, ...
I usually try to avoid reporting the same thing everyone else has, we have all read tons of stories today about the Snapnames debacle and Halvarez (Nelson Brady). As someone who has been up against Halvarez countless times and wondered who was the man (machine....) on the otherside I was not the least bit surprised that it was that specific account...
I will be the first to tell you that I rarely take the time to watch video posts but I just took 6 minutes and 11 seconds to watch the following video and I am extremely glad that I did.
Check out this video from the entrepreneur boot camp of Tina Seelig during the Stanford Technology
Lately I've emphasized the importance of focusing on the best 3-5 domains in your portfolio. With domain names it can be all too easy to become overwhelmed with too many projects.
However – there is a caveat here that I thought it would be important to bring-up. By focusing on your best domains I don't mean
On Monday, November 3rd it became public knowledge that WIPO intends to propose a “fast track??? UDRP process before the end of 2009. Following a 30-day public comment period, WIPO expects to implement the new process in the first quarter of 2010.
read more
While sitting at my computer a few years ago I typed out "I'm too fat" and as all domainers do, I checked to see if it was available. ?It was how I felt that day and after registering it, I found out that thousands of people feel the same way. ?That domain has stayed parked
To celebrate November and December, we?re offering a great promotion for those who are looking to turn stagnant domains in to thriving websites!
For the next 2 months, we are offering our web development services for the astonishing price of ?300!
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Have you heard of the Bureau of Automotive Repair?? In California, we have to pass a smog check every two years to renew our registration.? The focus of our Domain Spotlight Tuesdays this week is smogcheck.ca.gov, which is operated by the Bureau of Automotive Repair.
I am excited to feature a government based website, because this
This is a sad day for me as a domainer.? Scandal has hit this industry extremely hard and has proceeded to rock the boat.? According to several valid resources including Elliot's Blog, Tech Crunch and TheDomains.com a SnapNames employee violated the company's policy and setup an account.
The employee utilized this account to affect at least...
godrops
Wow, just got the email from SnapNames about the insider bidder (since 2005!) and refund issuance. Wonder if I'm affected....?
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