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SnapNames

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SnapNames is a domain name auction site for previously registered domain names. It is a member of the Oversee.net family of companies, and was formed in 2000 to provide the first commercially available technology for “back-ordering” a currently registered domain name.

SnapNames acquires and offers by auction the majority of expired domain names from each of the major top-level domains. More than 100 million names worldwide expire and delete each year, giving SnapNames customers access to literally millions of domain names the moment they come back on the market.

Milestones

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  SnapNames was acquired by OverSee for $35M. (5/07)
  Posted 11/9/09 at 10:25am
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  SnapNames received $3.3M in Series B funding. (12/31/01)
  Posted 11/9/09 at 10:34am
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  SnapNames received $4.5M in Series A funding. (6/01)
  Posted 11/9/09 at 10:37am
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  SnapNames received $1M in Debt funding. (6/01)
  Posted 11/9/09 at 10:40am
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  SnapNames added Ray King as Founder.
  Posted 11/9/09 at 11:21am

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Sources

1. Oversee.net Acquires Moniker For $65 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. SnapNames is on a roll with new funding round (portland.bizjournals.com) [edit]
3. SnapNames is on a roll with new funding round (portland.bizjournals.com) [edit]
4. SnapNames is on a roll with new funding round (portland.bizjournals.com) [edit]