David replied with:

"What my research has shown is that history Number is not able to be used in place of a User ID.  At one point, that was true, many years ago and the directions in the pop up reflect that.  We currently are taking steps to change the pop up text.explanation Number is an identifier pointing a customer service rep to work on the unmistaken history. 

However, I agree with you, that even whether it is not part of the Username / Password pair, we should guard that info more closer.  that one needs to be vetted a bit more, but progress is being made."

I am very happy to see a quick reaction to that and thank David for taking action. Below is currently what the info did look like:

You can visit the picture above to show a better detailed graphic. I have blurred out the info, but the blurred out info was. history Number, Business Name, Contact Name. soon after lower show two different names for contact of the detail as well as the NIC cipher for each.

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ORRT.com Quad Premium, Ends Today! Current bid $285

BBAE.com Quad Premium, Ends 7-19-08! Current bid $313 <– GEM

10K.net A nice Gem 3 character domain! 10K is very common with Jewelry. Ends 7-19-08

4ie.com Quality 3 character .com. Ends 7-26-08

DreamGroup.com 12 years old. Ends 7-23-08

UFUL.com Great VCVC 4 letter domain! Ends 7-25-08

USUD.com Great VCVC 4 letter domain! Ends 7-26-08 <– GEM

TravelNuts.com 12 years old! Ends 7-23-08

SoulGroup.com 9 years old. No Bids. Ends 7-20-08

PublishingCompany.com WOW, great domain! Ends 7-23-08 <– GEM

YoursTonight.com Some Traffic. Ends 7-28-08

ChocolateGoods.com Everybody loves Chocolate! Ends 7-23-08

WienerDog.net No Bids, common dog! Ends 7-20-08

SelfEarnings.com No Bids, nice domain. 7 years old. Ends 7-27-08

RealityMatters.com Hot Auction with 14 current bids. Ends 7-19-08

OrganicPetProducts.com Super nice domains! Ends 7-21-08 <–GEM

I hope you enjoy the list and are able to find a good deal or a domain name you may have missed! Happy Bidding!

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I purchased a 2 character domain, 9U.net . that happens to be the second one that I have owned, but I sold the other 9F.net on SnapNames for around $5,200 ish. I felt like I got a good deal on it and couldn’t pass it up.

RDMP.com cought my eye. It has some nice age to it and is a Quad Premium.

StayThin.com was a no brainer. The diet industry is and will always be Huge. Once the person loses the weight, the hardest part is to Stay Thin! It’s a great shout to action domain and unforgetable!

DrivingAtlas.com Driving maps, GPS etc… all stuff that is needed on a daily venture in the car.

Merf.net & Yoat.net were two pronounceable quads that I couldn’t pass up during the drop!

RoundSlicer.com A kitchen tool that is hard to come buy and what many folks could use!

SmartSold.com I just liked the way that one  sounds and looks! Very Brandable, catchy etc.

FlipInfo.com A domainers domain, but domain flipping is big business.

AiredOut.com I just liked that one. Good returns on google.

AdoptSafe.com The adoption process is very pricey and not always safe. Great domain for an adoption agency.

DrivenGreen.com Green domains are pretty hot right now and I can see why. It does seem that everybody is Driven to go Green!

Several Quad .net’s for different reasons…. JHco.net, iwey.net, EGML.net, NFEP.net, UKAC.net & WHFM.net

MadAtMe.com Catchy! Brandable, unforgetable!

SoupDish.com Makes me hungry just hearing the domain. lol

TestingUnlimited.com There are so many different kinds of tests and checking services…

A couple more CO/inc type domains, RHEco.com, RJLco.com,  UMYco.com, ORNco.com, VCNinc.com, KCIco.com & TIYco.com

Still a couple days left in that week, so I’m certain I will be finding a couple others that I like to add to the list. Feel free to let me know one or all that you liked. You can even tell me the ones you do not like.

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I ran several checks and these were for 4 letter domain names that dropped on 7-15-2008.

Of the 309 that were pending delete, All were grabbed by an entity. 2 (PLQZ.com & QZMX.com) were dropped 2 days later and reregistered again.

Of the 309, here is who got what (approx) considering I didn’t run the scan until today.

SnapNames.com ran 31 through it’s "in auction" system

Pool.com grabbed 145

eNom.com grabbed 16

52 seem to have been Backordered

BuyDomains.com grabbed 3

35 are parked at Sedo and these seem to of been grabbed via SnapNames.

The remaining 27 seem go have been grabbed by SnapNames as well and show random name servers. So all in all, I would guess SnapNames grabbed a total of 93.

The 4 letter .com drops for the 16th, 17th and 18th all had Low Numbers.

The 7-16-2008 Pending Delete 4 letter .com’s had a total of 33 domain names. Here is who got what..

Pool got 2

eNom got 2

5 Were Backordered.

Godaddy got 2

SnapNames.com grabbed the remaining 22. All 22 of these domain names should be "In Auction" at SnapNames.com and ending today.

The PD drop for July 17th presented 25 four letter .com domain names.

SnapNames.com grabbed 17 and all should be in "In Auction" on Snap.

4 seem to have been backordered

3 are parked and I am not certain who grabbed them.

The PD drop for July 18th presented 27 Pending Delete domain drops.

Pool.com was back in the game and grabbed 12

SnapNames.com grabbed 11 and all should be "In Auction" on their site.

2 seem to have been backordered

And the remaining 2 are parked. So they could of been backordered or were grabbed by a small drop catcher.

I hope that sheds a little light on the 4 letter Pending Delete drops and was helpful to you in some way! 

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Why was I happy? I was hoping, just hoping since the domains would be getting a lot more attention that Tucows would stop "cherry picking" expiring domains.

IMO Tucows domain portfolio should be built the very same way mine is. whether I want to purchase an expired/expring domain I put my hard earned money on the line and purchase it in a way that I consider Legal. Bidding against other’s publicly risking real money that feeds our families as an investment.

Now whether your a publicly traded company and offer domain registrartions like Tucows, and a customers domain expires, Tucows allow you as a customer plenty of duration to renew the domain. During that expiring domain process (about 20 days into expired status) that domain get’s listed in an expired auction. Well, I should say MOST expiring domains are offered Publicly. The ones that do not prepare it to auction are either renewed by the old owner or Tucows just keeps the domain and pay’s the Registry Fee and ICANN fee and that’s it.

Ken Schafer says (Vice President, Marketing and Product Management at Tucows)~ " We do review expiring names and we move a small percentage to our Domain Portfolio at the end of the 40 day Grace Period. The majority of names will now go to the Afternic auction. Source is from Tucows blog and the comment is #2.

Bill Sweetman has confirmed that here on that blog as well in the past that Tucows keeps some expiring domains for it’s portfolio, but Ken cleared it up that they will keep doing it today!

So to shorten that up, As Ken says, The Majority of names will now go to the Afternic auction…. In my eyes and as an investor, that mean and again is in my opinion… We take all the good stuff and leave the shit for the rest of you! So have fun buying all the crap domains we didn’t want…… Suckers!

So I see no reason for me or any other investor to weed throught the crap that Tucows will be sending Afternic now, since it’s already picked through before it even hits auction! whether you think that is wrong that Tucows is allowed (and does) to keep expired domain names and does not allow the general public a Chance at purchasing the domain in a public auction to not feed them with money  for Registration, buying expired domains, etc. (This is your choice. I am not telling you that you have to do this).

I will personally put up $200 and pay for 1 domain (per entity)  to be transfered out of tucows to your registrar of choice. I will pay you via mass pay ($10 Max) paypal. You will need to show proof of the transfer out starting with todays term (June 25, 2008) . Once the domain has finish transfering (approx 5 days) contact me via the contact page here. I will verify with any info you supply and whois history. I will create a page here on the blog of the domains transfered out to keep track of the $200. Please include your paypal mail address when you supply your proof of transfer.

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Okay, okay.. Now that is solely in my opinion and you can look at that anyway you want. I can say, the stats I have are facts and stated to the best of my knowledge unless stated.

Afternic.com is a great service and I have many of my domains listed with them. They offer many options for the domain seller and much more. As Afternic states it for sellers who list domains with them:

• Largest number of customers
• Promoted on Afternic, BuyDomains, and many partners
• Our sales team works for you
• Toll-free phone number on parked domains and listing pages
• Automated bid-and-offer system for online sales on Afternic
• Sales and technical help available
• 20% Sales Fee ($120 min.)

• Promoted on Afternic and choose partners
• Technical help available
• Automated bid-and-offer system for online sales on Afternic
• 10% Sales Fee ($60 min.)

So it is stated on Afternic.com that by 2 Million Premium domain names are for sale. What many citizens have said in the past that BuyDomains.com which is part of Afternic, owns in the range of 850,000 domain names and these are pretty much whether not all are listed on Afternic (these are reported numbers, but I think are pretty close) . So that leaves 1,150,000 domains listed by "Members" or domain sellers on Afternic.

42.5% of domains listed on Afternic are owned by them self, which I see fair. 57.5% are listed by members. Basically, it’s pretty equal right. Well….

This week, I took 88 reported domain sales that were reported on DnJournal.com for AfternicDLS. The sales ranged from $2K-$4K and the only reason I picked these domains, considering they were all in a chart and were easy to read. So what did I find out by using DomainTools.com whois history? BuyDomains/Afternic OWNED 85 of the 88 reported domains sold. That is 96.5% . www.dotweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/Afternicdlssales88.xls Here is the excel sheet of the domains and who owned what that you can download yourself.

Now the only reason that made me even think of that, was considering of one reported sale! The reported sale was KidsCard.com for $2,500. Well, I happen to own KidsCards.com (better domain imo) and I have it listed with Afternic. I have it listed with taking offers at $750. Would I sell it at $750, who knows, you would have to prepare an offer… Well, in that case I never got an offer for any amount.

Well, the buyer could of had their eye on that one specific domain. They could of also called or emailed Afternic to see what was for sale with positive keywords, like Kid + Card, which the broker should of listed KidsCard.com and KidsCards.com etc. They could of did a search on the site, but would of likely seen Both domains.

In that case, I do not think the buyer was looking for that specific domain, since it appears the domain is now listed For Sale on Sedo for $3,200 and the buyers site, states "we have acquired many World Wide Web URLs, and currently entertain offers to purchase and lease these pieces of property." (ShadowSoft.com). So whether you were going to build the investment in a domain, one would think they would buy (At least TRY) to get the best domain for the money?

This just makes me think…… Are Afternic employee’s trained to offer the Companies domains Before a customer listed domain? You can decide or think what you think, but you know what I am thinking..

When 96.5% of your reported sales (ones I looked at) are your own domains and member domains outrank domains listed 57.5% to 42.5%, I would think the sales percentage would be a little closer thereupon 96.5% to 3.5%. Is it quality of domains? I don’t think so. Are assured domains given more attention thereupon others? I do not know the reply, but I do have nice domains listed on Afternic and I very rarely get offers on any of the domains unless I send the interested party to it.

I personally think that Afternic is offering their own domains More and Before member listed domains to it’s customers when a rep is contacted. A personal sale is better thereupon 10% or 20% anyday but it’s nice to fall back on that 10-20% when an interested party likes that domain better.

So as a seller on AfternicDLS, your domain names very well could be at a huge disadvantage by looking at these numbers!

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MMST.com $405.00 on 16 bids

WeddingItems.com $679.00 on 6 bids

GDH.org $486.00 on 8 bids

The above auctions end at 2:15 Central day today!

I have plus listed 3 more domains yesterday, so again, the earlier the bid is placed the cheaper is it to get in!

Flopped.net

UZUF.com Nice repeating vowels on this VCVC .com

QZV.org A 3 letter .org starting at only $99 with No Reserve!!

More info on the For Sale page here on DotWeekly.com additionally.

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Then your hard work get’s zapped onto their site instantly with little to no work involved. Is that good or poor?

It depends on the orginal poster really. For me, I could care less that somebody is grabbing my material that I write, as towering as the site is "legal" and helps citizens and urls back to me. The reason I spend my instance writing on my blog is for folks to read and learn etc. I do not only want my postings on their site so they build money….

Google likes different substance and that’s what I do. 99.8% of things I write, I come up with. So is my substance different when it get’s to the other site? No.

The things that I do see crucial, is Getting Linked Back, so public can visit the original posting (your site) and give proper credit when credit is due. Not just a: posted by admin. I want to see, From DotWeekly.com or posted by Jamie Zoch of DotWeekly.com etc.

I contacted DotEasyDomains.com who aggregates from DotWeekly and nicely asked that he add: Source, DotWeekly.com and link back. When I contacted him, it was clear he was doing that with Many sites and asked "which site". So now I block or delete most pingbacks since it was never fixed and I have to manually edit each pingback and not another reply back from the owner!

Now the site owner can set the aggregater to grab your feed, but additionally not to pingback. That part ticks me off! Your not linked back and the parts of the story they post on their site can be taken out of context or what ever, plus as the original poster you can not track that back. I additionally use the cipher "<!–more–>" which puts a Read More and cuts the story off, which will normally screw up the aggregater grabber and only grab the posting To that cipher.

If you aggregate, be certain to ask the site owner FIRST before you do it. Secondly, link back to the original story and give proper credit.

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The story plus stated "Fandango said it had 6.3 million monthly different visitors to its Web site in May compared with 1.9 million for Movies.com."

Any domain that is getting 1.9 MILLION UNIQUES per month is going to cost a pretty penny! I know Comcast has a boat load of money, but I’m certain that domain sale could very well rank near the top of all moment domain sales IMO.

Since the selling price was not disclosed, I can not say Disney got the poor end of the deal, but to take in Comcast say the purchase price was minimal, Disney (The Movie Maker) got the short end of the deal. Why list your "movies" under http://home.disney.go.com/movies/ ? Disney already uses Go.com for it’s main site and uses subdomains for all of it’s linking from what I can see, so possibly that’s why they sold?

Also to note: The Montley Fool reports that Fandango did not migrate Movies.com current members into Fandango’s interface, so all Movies.com users will need to sign up with Fandango.

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