Namebio.com - Down and out or just Down?

[Debt.tv]

I've noticed over the past week or so that namebio has not been working. Does anybody know if the website's being taken down or is it just having problems?

 

[Sparhawke]

I have not been able to load it at all for weeks, all I get is that the server is being maintained

 

[Spade]

Sorry to see this - I am sure the current owners are just working on it.

 

[DomainTalker]

I hope it keeps going....Namebio is a great resource, imo

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[Erdy]

I can think of two reasons:

1. The site is down for maintenance and they are working on improvements.
2. Something stopped working and they shut down the site.

I don't know which one it is. However I have seen small glitches in search results which indicate that there was something wrong with the configuration. Maybe there was a change in one of the feeds and it wasn't reflected on the namebio scripts.

The current owner could be busy with other projects. I know they bought logo dot com a while ago. If I had a domain like that I would stop everything else and focus on that.

 

[ninjadomain]

Hopefully it gets back up soon as I miss using it.

Any good alternatives?

 

[silentg]

Nothing as good as namebio. There is dnsaleprice.com and domaintools.com/domain-sales-history.

 

[ninjadomain]

Nothing as good as namebio. There is dnsaleprice.com and domaintools.com/domain-sales-history.

Thanks! I agree with you about namebio.

 

[rmg]

I prefer this one: http://dnsaleprice.com/

 

[Debt.tv]

I prefer this one: http://dnsaleprice.com/

It's ok, you don't have the kind of control that namebio gave you. I hope it comes back!

 

[Steven]

I prefer this one: http://dnsaleprice.com/

I like dnsaleprice too, but namebio has provided more frequent updates

I hope it comes back

 

[DN_Hunter]

I've been trying to load that site for a while also, but no luck. A few days ago I read an article somewhere (can't recall where) that the site was purchased. So maybe it's in a transition phase while the new owner(s) get things up and running?

On a related note -- did anyone notice that in January they seemed to have reloaded sales that reset the sale date? In other words, it looked like sales that might have happened in the past were stamped with a new sale date of 2011?

 

[twomoon]

NameBio is/was a good source, but recently wasn't updated on regular basis.

I found another site - upname.com

In advanced settings you could choose "Sales history" and look for the sold names with any keyword (but also not all names are detected).

 

[URLtrader]

Add http://www.domain-prices.com/ to the list.

 

[Steven]

NameBio is/was a good source, but recently wasn't updated on regular basis.

I found another site - upname.com

In advanced settings you could choose "Sales history" and look for the sold names with any keyword (but also not all names are detected).

Thanks!

 

[ninjadomain]

Update: It's back up!
Thanks for the update Spade!

 

[Spade]

NameBio appears to be back up.

 

[JB Lions]

Still one of the best ones out there for sales but looks like they have a new look as well, a downgrade IMO and still no .me in the TLD dropdown menu.

 

[DubDubDubDot]

I liked the old design better as well.

 

[ninjadomain]

The old design was much more user friendly.

I liked the old design better as well.