NAS 48.90 2215. Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists . A Web site launching in early January will monitor Internet domain name registrations globally and allow corporations to back-order names that were previously owned by competitors or speculators. They'll have the first mover advantage for at least six months if not a year.
Companies are accidentally or negligently letting their domain names expire.
SnapNames will notify them and help them get their names back. When one of the registrars sends an addition, deletion or modification to a DNS record, SnapNames receives a copy of that change and maintains its own comprehensive database of domain name registrations called Whois. We get that at no charge, and they get a percentage of the revenue we do. SnapNames is offering domain name monitoring services targeted toward large corporations, Web site design shops and law firms specializing in intellectual property practices. Snap-Back Service, which monitors changes to a current name owners' DNS records and provides instant alerts to the owner or to the prospective owner.