SnapNames Back Online Following Weekend Outage
Domain auctions scheduled for weekend will end starting July 8.
Domain auction service SnapNames is back online following a weekend outage. The site went down starting last Thursday at 10:30 PM EDT and just went live again within the past half hour.
Fortunately for SnapNames it was a holiday weekend, so some buyers were probably on the lake rather than in front of the computer (but perhaps SnapNames’ web team was on vacation too). The firm is rescheduling auctions that were scheduled to end on July 4-7 to end on July 8 or later. Although the firm can reschedule these auctions, it lost out on revenue from expired domains at registrars that don’t have exclusive agreements with a drop service.
Site outages are not unheard of in the domain name industry, although this one was longer than any I’ve witnessed. Throughout the weekend SnapNames had a notice on its web site regarding the outage. An exact cause has not been disclosed.
Clients with questions or concerns may contact SnapNames [email protected] or (800) 385-4075 (toll-free in the U.S.) or 503 241-8547 (outside the U.S.).
