SnapNames Terminates The Names Registration
April 8, 2 CommentsLate yesterday I received an email notification from Snapnames regarding the termination of their relationship with The Names Registration, Inc. What was interesting to me, was the recommendation to transfer my names (that I had acquired through the Snapnames process) to another registrar.
The only problem with their email was that it didn’t tell me what domains were with that registrar. I didn’t know if it was 1 or 100. It turns out that the support staff at Snapnames couldn’t tell me either! Thank goodness I had kept all of my backordering emails, auction results and other little gems in an archive. A quick search found that I had previously transferred the (1) domain away.
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Our records show that you have registered one or more domain names at The Names Registration, Inc. SnapNames will be terminating its relationship with The Names Registration, Inc. While that will have no direct impact on your name(s) registered with The Names Registration, Inc we nonetheless recommend that you transfer your domain name(s) to another registrar well before the name is set to expire. We will assist you in any way that we can, but please be aware that we have no ability to control or influence the operation of The Names Registration, Inc. If you have difficulty locating the domain names registered with The Names Registration, Inc you may download your registration history from your SnapNames account and search for The Names Registration, Inc. SnapNames.com --- ends ---
Did you get an email from Snapnames? How many domains did you transfer?
Last week, SnapNames sent a message to customers notifying them that a total of 19 registrars would no longer participate in name acquisition for SnapNames auctions. We’ve since learned there was a database recordkeeping error regarding a few of these registrars. Unfortunately this caused SnapNames to incorrectly identify the names of some of the affected registrars – an example of this was the reference to Answerable in the e-mail sent to Internet Service Registrar customers. SnapNames apologizes for this confusion.
Going forward, it’s important to emphasize that customers, of course, still have access to their domain names. In fact, it’s not necessary to transfer the names if customers prefer not to. Customers with names at each of the 19 registrars will continue to manage their names as they always have, and will have full access to their names.
SnapNames has been in touch with customers to clarify the situation and answer questions. However, if any questions remain, customers should contact supp…@snapnames.com.
Thanks for the clarification Mason.