Comments on: SnapNames Shill Bidding Followup – There Is More To It Than Meets The Eye

By: SnapNames Bid History Is Now Transparent | Domain Name News | Domain News | Expired Domains

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:11:14 +0000

[...] followup to the SnapNames shill bidding revelation – SnapNames have succumbed to pressure and have made their entire bid history [...]

By: admin

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:25:47 +0000

Indeed Tony, SnapNames did come out with the info and they should be commended for that, however, putting all the blame on the scapegoat Halvarez and not making sure we have a transparent process in place for the refunds and audit just won’t do. I agree, they face a real danger of a class action lawsuit if they don’t do this right.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:24:20 +0000

I agree Bruce, it is so easy to just blame Halvarez and let the blogs and bloggers feast on his career remains. We should not forget the that it was SnapNames’ and Oversee’s backyard that this went on in for over 4 years. Many domainers pointed to Halvarez and weird bids over the years and their complaints were totally ignored until now.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:46:42 +0000

If they won’t give us transparency, this has all the makings of a Class Action Lawsuit against Snapnames.

By: Bruce Marler

Bruce Marler — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:39:06 +0000

Great post, you are correct, until this “industry” starts acting like professionals we will always have that air of the wild west and amateurish business practices. I think there is much more to this than has been reported thus far.

Wondering how deep this “investigation” will go and how much real dirt will really come out.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:26:38 +0000

Years ago it was NetSol and now SnapNames. When will the fruad and bad business practices end? I will NEVER use their service again…