Halvarez Junior ante portas? A SnapNames customer thinks so

An irate SnapNames customer is dejected by the unfair competition of a bidder, who allegedly fails to pay for the auctions they won, repeatedly – without being banned. According to a thread over at top domain forum, DNForum, the SnapNames account ‘m10v‘ has activity consistent with that of a non-paying bidder. “Does anybody know – […]

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DNForum domainer drama: Wrong man accused for ‘sour sale’ involving Sedo and SnapNames

A full five years ago, a DNForum member posted his plight related to a domain acquisition that materialized on Sedo. In April 2008, he accused ICAP Media and Jeffrey Tognetti of hijacking the domain which was allegedly pushed into Tognetti’s Sedo account. “I had bought a domain on sedo two month ago. It took about […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Hank Alvarez talks about the Oversee reshuffling

Befallen Oversee executive, Hank Alvarez is sharing his thoughts about the recent reshuffling at Oversee. Known for his involvement in the SnapNames scandal using the “halvarez” moniker, Hank Alvarez returned from the Himalayas a changed man and often shares his insight about domains and domaining. According to his latest post at HankAlvarez.com I am saddened […]

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