Expired Domain Name? Unexpected Check.

The original registrant of an expired domain name at Network Solutions gets a check in the mail.

I just read a good post from Domainer’s Gazette, a fresh domain name blog. (It’s great to see the myriad of fresh blogs related to domain names. Each has its own personality and perspective.)

The author had a domain name at Network Solutions that he let expire. It sold on SnapNames for regarding $1,000 and Network Solutions is sending him a check for $83. Network Solutions’ service agreement includes a provision to compensate people who have expired domain names auctioned off at SnapNames.

It’s bitter sweet for the registrant. Someone was willing to pay $1,000 for his domain and it would have been nice if he would have been able to pocket the full amount. I’m often surprised by the high prices domains fetch at SnapNames. Auction fever certainly takes its toll at the leading expired domain catcher.

Realizing that domains fetch premium prices at SnapNames, the firm disclosed last November that it will start auctioning off non-expired domain names.

Here are some domain names dropping at SnapNames in the near future:

EnergyWorld.com
TruckTalk.com
WirelessExpress.com
ATMcash.com
InfoAccess.com
PageTurner.com

Recent sales at SnapNames, courtesy of DNJournal:

SinusInfections.com $15,049
Multinet.com $12,118
DiscoverKids.com $10,350
ChildDentist.com $8,116
ChronicBackPain.com $8,097
WoolBlankets.com $6,986
Cofo.com $6,700
OnlineMovieRental.com $5,955
RockQuarry.com $5,900
eShades.com $5,655