Snapnames to Run .UK Domain Name Auctions

Elliot Silver
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I received emails from NameJet and SnapNames informing me about upcoming .UK domain name auctions that will be held via SnapNames. In case you aren’t aware, .UK domain names are newly available, and registrants that owned .co.uk domain names were given the opportunity to purchase their matching .UK domain names.

The period to reserve matching .UK domain names ended on June 25, and domain names that were not claimed are going to become available for others to register. Details about this are available on Nominet’s website.

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NameJet & SnapNames Hosting “Dominate the Drop” Webinar

Elliot Silver
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I received an email from NameJet about a webinar covering dropping domain names. The free webinar is co-sponsored by NameJet and SnapNames. The webinar will be held on Wednesday, March 8th at 2pm (Eastern time). You’ll need to sign up in advance to participate in this webinar.

Here’s the email, which includes information about what will be covered during the webinar:

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SnapNames Adds Drop Catch Resources for .cc and .tv

Elliot Silver
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I received a press release from SnapNames this afternoon that may be of interest to people who buy and sell .cc and .TV domain names. SnapNames has added more drop catching resources for these two ccTLD domain extensions. Both of these extensions are operated by Verisign.

I am almost entirely a .com domain name buyer, so this SnapNames news won’t really impact me. Hopefully by adding these resources for .cc and .TV, the SnapNames / NameJet duo is not taking away resources from .com drop catching!

I am unsure if this is related to today’s announcement, but if you look at “The Drop” heading on NameJet’s home page right now, 9 of the 15 domain names listed are .cc domain names.

Here is a copy of the SnapNames press release I received:

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NameJet Increasing Price of Pending Deletes

Elliot Silver
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Earlier today, SnapNames announced that the price of backorders would be increasing from $69 to $79. Because of the company’s partnership with NameJet (and the fact that both have relationships with Web.com), I wondered if NameJet would also be increasing pricing in line with SnapNames’ price increase.

Unfortunately for those of us who bid on NameJet, the answer is yes on pending delete auctions. In a comment posted in the SnapNames article, here’s what NameJet Marketing Director Scott Pruitt said:

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SnapNames Backorder Pricing to Increase to $79

Elliot Silver
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SnapNames just announced that the price of backorders will increase to $79 from $69 (around 14%) on Tuesday July 19th. The company references advances in technology, improvement in security, and other domain services as reasons for this price increase.

The price increase will impact both expiry and deleting inventory. Because SnapNames and NameJet partner up on deleting domain names, I reached out to NameJet General Manager Jonathan Tenenbaum to see if NameJet also has plans to increase its backorder pricing.

Here is the email sent to customers:

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SnapNames Hiring a Director of Business Development

Elliot Silver
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Web.com published a job opening on LinkedIn to fill the role of Director of Business Development at SnapNames.  I would assume someone in a bizdev role at the company might need to have extensive domain industry connections, so perhaps this job opening would be of interest to some readers.

According to the listing, here is the summary of the job opportunity:

The Director, Business Development SnapNames will develop and manage strategic partnerships and alliances, implement partnerships and applications within the SnapNames Group.

In addition to business-related qualifications,

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