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Expired - But Not Gone
Rob Hall, the CEO of Momentous, the company that owns Pool.com, Namescout.com and Rebel.com, used his face time as a presenter at the March 2007 ICANN Meeting in Lisbon Portugal to speak on a hot domaining topic: That mystical time period following domain expiry.
Hall started off his session by delving right into the basics. First, [...]
Domainers Targeted By Credit Card Scammers
Telemarketers have been cold calling homes for years, trying to promote the greatest product, service or cause in the world that needs your money. Some are legitimate, some aren't.
Credit card scammers and identity thieves are using the same technique but instead of targeting general audiences, domain owners like you and me have become the focus [...]
"Oh no, that was MY domain!"
A few weeks ago I was going through a weekly list of recent domain sales together with a friend of mine. Suddenly, he froze in his tracks. "That's my domain!", he screamed.
And there it was: Expired, caught and sold.
For five figures.
His investigations revealed that he had simply failed to renew the domain. With thousands of [...]