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 © 2025 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 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Moniker and SnapNames debranded
“Shock and horror” are words that can be used with regards to the latest debranding of major registrar and drop-catching/auction house, Moniker and SnapNames respectively. The newly redesigned child companies of Oversee.net have lost a lot of their pieces of flair, by dropping their characteristic logos that kept the brands distinct for several years. “We […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hank Alvarez offers shares for sale in a pre-IPO special
Hank Alvarez – the ousted former VP of Sleaze at Snapnames – announced today that he’s offering shares of his company for sale, a prelude to an apparent IPO in the coming months. Once regarded as the brains behind the drop-catcher Snapnames, Hank Alvarez was named and shamed last November by his very company when […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sunday Thoughts from Father Domainicus
Good morning, fellow domainers around the world. Every Sunday morning, at the mass, I am asked the same questions by many faithful domainers: Does domain heaven exist? Do registrants of .tel domains go to hell? Is Oversee the true and only triad representing God? As creatures of God, we are all His children. As domainers, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Will Hank Alvarez appear ‘incognito’ at TRAFFIC Milan?
Ever since the news of Hank Alvarez and his auction trickery broke back in November, the former VP of Operations at Snapnames (sometimes known as Nelson Brady) has been nowhere to be seen. It seems that in the domaining universe things are forgiven and forgotten quite easily. There are rumors, however, that Hank Alvarez will […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.A Letter from Hank Alvarez after the class action lawsuit was dismissed
It appears that as soon as the last remaining class action lawsuit against Snapnames was dismissed, former multi-auction bidder Hank Alvarez came forward from his house in the mountains where he has been residing for the past 4 months and allegedly made the following announcement: Dear friends, It’s hard for me to come back after […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DomainFest – Is the Hank Alvarez scandal finally over?
Less than three months after the announcement of the Hank Alvarez / Nelson Brady / SnapNames / Oversee scandal – whatever you might want to call this clusterflock of a domainer situation – there are virtually no traces of it left in the daily discussions. Once occupying half the daily forum traffic of DNForum, the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.As Snapnames rebates arrive in the mail, Domainers await the next Domain Scandal
It’s been a full two months since the Hank Alvarez (aka “Nelson Brady“) scandal broke the sleepy waters of the Domain village. It was a day of infamy, when Snapnames announced that their very own Vice President of Engineering did nothing short of engineer the results of thousands of domain auctions. At the point of […]
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