No, Oversee does not own Moniker and SnapNames – hello?
In a thread over at DNForum where members are venting their frustration over extended downtime or other recurring issues with Moniker, one comment stuck out: [...] what exactly is going on at Moniker ?… As I understand Oversee.net owns both SnapNames and Moniker, but why are the Moniker people MIA ? This simply fuels the [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Did ‘Anonymous’ threaten Moniker, SnapNames over MrsJello LLC domains?
Mike Berkens over at TheDomains announced today that in the past several days, domains owned by MrsJello LLC – the company outfit of the late domain entrepreneur, Igal Lichtman – were being auctioned off on SnapNames and NameJet. While some of us would have preferred to see the matter resolved with the Lichtman family prior [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.All is forgiven: Moniker and SnapNames back in business
Moniker and SnapNames are back in business, after an extended outage earlier today. The latest message issued by the combined registrar and drop-catcher was as follows: “We want to express our deepest apology for the service outage experienced on September 14, 2012. We understand that this failure impacted you and your business – we take [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Moniker experiences extended outage
Moniker and SnapNames are currently out of reach, after an unspecified issue took their network offline. The downtime has been experienced since as early as 7:00am Eastern today. Moniker made this statement earlier this morning: “Our apologies for the disruption of services currently being experienced by Moniker and SnapNames customers. We are working to correct [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hank Alvarez launching Digital Archery sniping Services
Hank Alvarez, the former SnapNames executive who rocked the domaining world in late 2009, is back with a project that clearly matches his skillset and enthusiastic approach to domaining. In a short announcement this morning, the notorious “halvarez” definitely reminisces about his old sniping days, but states he is staying clear from any mischief in [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dip into Nutella with Rust Consulting of SnapNames rebate fame!
Remember the Hank Alvarez scandal that rocked SnapNames in November of 2009? The shock and awe was managed by a Minneapolis corporation, Rust Consulting, that successfully performed “damage control” on behalf of the then Oversee company. By issuing a series of rebates, most – if not all – domainers affected by halvarez and his shill [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Finally SnapNames and Moniker announce their acquisition by KeyDrive
An email announcing the sale of SnapNames and Moniker to KeyDrive finally arrived: Moniker and SnapNames are Now Part of the KeyDrive Family! Dear Valued Customer, We are pleased to announce that on January 31, 2012, KeyDrive S.A. purchased Moniker® and SnapNames®, the leading providers of products and services for all stages of the domain [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Did Hank Alvarez sell out to new SnapNames owners?
We haven’t heard from Hank Alvarez for a while – the notorious shill bidder that created the “halvarez” scandal as a former VP at SnapNames. Hank Alvarez – or “Hanky” as he’s often known – declared his repentance on multiple occasions, stating that he’s a changed man and an honest domain auction entrepreneur. Something is [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Snapnames: Sorry, the BIN is now $1,812
A British domainer who backordered a pre-release domain at Snapnames, was flabbergasted when the deadline passed with SnapNames not releasing the domain for $59. Instead, he received an email with a fixed price notification: Just a few minutes ago, I received as email from SnapNames, pasted below, offering me the opportunity to buy the same [...]
Copyright © 2013 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.First Moniker and Snapnames, now Gap effs up!
A few days ago we commented on the obvious debranding of domain industry giants, Moniker and SnapNames. By leaving their previous familiar logos behind, the Oversee.net companies apparently renounced their past and are looking forward to a more slender, less graphic-intensive future. Meanwhile, popular clothes line and store Gap has also changed its familiar, elegantly [...]
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