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| SnapNames/Moniker auction hit by Human Error again Posted: 29 Aug 2008 11:00 AM CDT In the Silent Domain auction for the SES conference, which originally was supposed to end yesterday, the domain “iq.net” was re-listed accidentally, even though it had originally been reported as sold at the Internext for $17,000.00. Participants in the auction were informed about the problem via email a few hours before bidding ended. Recently Moniker/Snapnames had accidentally listed and sold a .com version of a domain instead of the .net version. Read all the details after the jump. The first email from Moniker stated:
In a second email Moniker provided some additional information about the cause of the removal:
SnapNames has promised us an official statement about this incident after their investigation completes. In addition the SnapNames auction site was hit by another downtime just as the silent auction for the SES domains was concluding. According to Snapnames, the silent auction was completed before the downtime. [Thanks to NameWise & Stefan/Adblogger (German) for bringing this to our attention] (c) 2008 DomainNameNews.com Domain Convergence, October 6-8, 2008, Niagara Falls   |
| Posted: 29 Aug 2008 10:58 AM CDT EuroDNS has recently completed the purchase of the domain whois.de. The site, which is to be officially launched on Monday, September 1st in partnership with Sedo, displays a shopping cart/whois query of EuroDNS. While the price has not been disclosed, it is rumored to have been in the six figure range (in Euros). The domain name was originally owned by Sedo and now also feartures Sedo listed domains for sale in it’s lookup results. (c) 2008 DomainNameNews.com Visit our Calendar of Domain Industry Events.   |
| Stephen Douglas Joins WhyPark.com Posted: 28 Aug 2008 09:43 PM CDT WhyPark.com has announced that Stephen Douglas is the company’s new Vice-President of Business Development. Douglas has been an active contributor to the domain industry for a long time. He began investing in domain names in the mid-1990s before moving into a more public role by advising companies such as DomainHop (now DomainSponsor) and GoDaddy. Following this, he was the senior domain consultant at both BulkRegister and SnapNames while also creating DropGuild.com, a site that allowed users to see traffic on expiring domains prior to their release (it was purchased by Demand Media). Many domainers will also recognize Douglas as the executive producer of Name Intelligence’s 2007 Domain Roundtable Conference in Seattle. “We're excited to have Stephen on board,” said Craig Rowe, President of WhyPark. “He brings an incredible amount of industry expertise, and his energy and passion for the business is contagious. Stephen's refreshing approach challenges the status quo. We look forward to his contributions as we continue to launch new services and enhancements.” (c) 2008 DomainNameNews.com Domain Convergence, October 6-8, 2008, Niagara Falls   |
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