Photos of Alleged SnapNames Shill Bidder Nelson Brady & Our Thoughts on the Scandal

[Ron Jackson]

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Exclusive photos of alleged SnapNames shill bidder Nelson Brady and our thoughts on the scandal that is rocking the domain industry. The company's former VP of Engineering has been fired but the fallout is far from over.
Photos of Alleged SnapNames Shill Bidder Nelson Brady and Our Thoughts on a Scandal That is Rocking the Domain Industry

 

[wellmanneredsquirrel]

great article

 

[Corey]

thanks Duke for posting the article

Cheers
Corey

 

[Michelle]

Nice read. I would like to hear his side.. Did they out him before he outed them ?

 

[HeyNow]

Hey Ron, I notice you didn't give a crap about Adam Dicker screwing clueless TDNAM bidders by actually bidding against those clueless bidders while he was working for Godaddy. In fact, I understand that he was a Vice President at Godaddy while he was driving up auction prices. He procured spyware.us in that fashion, and still owns it. You didn't give a crap then, why do you care about Snapnames pulling the same BS now? Because it's on a larger scale? We'll never know the true scale of Dicker's ethical shortcomings, but you seemed to kiss his ass instead of highlighting how he screwed your fellow domainers.

Great work uncovering and reporting the Snapnames story, Ron. You waited until Snapnames dropped the confession in your lap before even acknowledging there was a problem in the industry. Great journalism Ron. Well done.

Anyone who truly believes these types of shenanigans are only part of Snapnames' history is naive.

 

[RogueWriter]

Great article, Duke, interesting read and thanks for posting it.

 

[maxeaus]

Hey Ron, I notice you didn't give a crap about Adam Dicker screwing clueless TDNAM bidders by actually bidding against those clueless bidders while he was working for Godaddy. In fact, I understand that he was a Vice President at Godaddy while he was driving up auction prices. He procured spyware.us in that fashion, and still owns it. You didn't give a crap then, why do you care about Snapnames pulling the same BS now? Because it's on a larger scale? We'll never know the true scale of Dicker's ethical shortcomings, but you seemed to kiss his ass instead of highlighting how he screwed your fellow domainers.

Great work uncovering and reporting the Snapnames story, Ron. You waited until Snapnames dropped the confession in your lap before even acknowledging there was a problem in the industry. Great journalism Ron. Well done.

Anyone who truly believes these types of shenanigans are only part of Snapnames' history is naive.

Now THAT's a Slapdown! :lala:

 

[TT]

This news just goes to show that dealing with "Any Auction Site" that is not regulated can be and most times is fraudulent, However with that being said my personal opinion about Snapnames is about the same as that other company that screwed us all a few years back "Registerfly" I would not be surprised to find out that this is just the tip of the iceberg. Lets face it we all in this business have a bad aura about us when it comes to the general public and if thats not bad enough the new perception is going to be even worse when you factor in the criminal element within the industry.

I do not feel that Snapnames compensation offer is even close to the settlement in civil cases that will be awarded by a judge ( but by time that happens Snapnames will be defunct and operating under another name).

Personally I hope the fed's act on this news swiftly and prosecute any and all individuals involved, There is no way this could have gone on for so long without the entire board knowing it was happening and most probably encouraged it. Nelson Brady is probably just the fall guy.

Someone higher up than Nelson had to have known this was going on, Lets face it we are not stupid people, we have seen this and reported it many times but where do those reports go? To the guys operating the business and they are there to make $$$$$. Once they no longer needed or trusted Nelson all of the sudden out of no-where the company comes out and makes this announcement, That in itself looks fishy to me.

Just my opinion

 

[RogueWriter]

maxeaus- Yeah, a pretty pathetic thank you to Duke for making a nice post. HeyNow could have phrased his post in a manner that did not insult Duke, but is obviously a hater that is going to find a way to toss insults regardless of the topic of conversation.

A diversion from what the true topic should be, the fact that a Snapnames employee apparently bid on up to 50,000 domains.



The first mention of halvarez at namepros:

http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/112865-gdd-com-latest.html

 

[globegenius]

Well my thoughts on this being a new domainer is screw the auctions and put a buy now price on my domains. Buy now or best offer. It will drop the domain prices big time but at least any potential buyers know they are not getting shafted.

 

[thebutler]

trust them?

I'd been in tons of auctions with Hank and I think I remeber a few where it was only him and me. Unfortunately I stopped trusting them several months ago and I let my CC details expire so now I can't even log into my account to see my history without submitting an updated CC. You know what? I don't trust them with my CC details. So I can't see if this Mr. I'm Smarter Than Everyone cost me some money in the past.

 

[HeyNow]

maxeaus- Yeah, a pretty pathetic thank you to Duke for making a nice post. HeyNow could have phrased his post in a manner that did not insult Duke, but is obviously a hater that is going to find a way to toss insults regardless of the topic of conversation.

Yes, I am a hater, a hater of rigged auctions in which domainers like me have cluelessly participated, sheared like a sheep by insiders who work for the auctioneer driving up prices at my expense. I also hate the domain "journalists" who look the other way and show the perpetrator attending a domainer function dining on steak dinner, mentioning that perpetrator in the photo caption, while mentioning nothing of the ass-screwing received by TDNAM bidders by the guy eating the steak.

 

[RogueWriter]

And you felt it necessary to insult Duke because you hate someone else...?

 

[HeyNow]

And you felt it necessary to insult Duke because you hate someone else...?

The truth is the truth. You can call it something else ("hate", "insult") if that pleases you, but it's still the truth. You don't seem insulted when the bottom-feeders in the domain industry are highlighted as gods at DNjournal, but I am.

 

[Ms Domainer]

The truth is the truth. You can call it something else ("hate", "insult") if that pleases you, but it's still the truth. You don't seem insulted when the bottom-feeders in the domain industry are highlighted as gods at DNjournal, but I am.

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You know, I've always liked Ron and enjoy his writing and sales pages, but I have noticed that his articles are usually more PR than journalism.

It would be good to see a real domain journalist (maybe some of the scrappy domain bloggers who broke this story).

Unfortunately, there's no money in journalism, so domain reporting becomes more a "I'll-scratch- your-back-if-you-scratch mine" scenario.

I still like Ron, but, let's face it: he's one of the big players, not a journalist in the truest sense.

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[HeyNow]

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You know, I've always liked Ron and enjoy his writing and sales pages, but I have noticed that his articles are usually more PR than journalism.

It would be good to see a real domain journalist (maybe some of the scrappy domain bloggers who broke this story).

Unfortunately, there's no money in journalism, so domain reporting becomes more a "I'll-scratch- your-back-if-you-scratch mine" scenario.

I still like Ron, but, let's face it: he's one of the big players, not a journalist in the truest sense.

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Yes, Ron is a likeable guy. You're right, it WOULD be a good to see a real journalist cover the domain business, not someone with a vested interest in keeping his/her portfolio's value inflated.

You're wrong about one thing: Ron isn't one of the "big players." He got in too late. He's got lots of domains, including lots of nice LLL.us. But what he's done, IMHO, is grease and hang with the "big players", highlighting them in a positive light in DNjournal. As a result, they include him on their panels, let him speak at the domainer conventions, etc. For instance, IMHO, if Ron wrote a story about how Adam Dicker screwed other domainers (Ron's readers) by bidding at TDNAM auction(s) while working within Godaddy, I'm not so sure he'd have his own dedicated thread at DNF, which is owned by Dicker.

It's all so incestuous and nauseating. I take offense because DNjournal's readers include lots of regular domainers, like me, and here HE is apparently kissing the asses of those who demonstrate bold ethical shortcomings, while turning a blind eye to those shortcomings.

We are not stupid, but we continue to learn. IMHO, we've been played for suckers by domain industry insiders.

 

[discovernow]

Ron Jackson who I personally know and have had lunch with him and his wife at the domain conferences is one of the best and most honest guys in the industry. Ron is what gives this industry a good name. If I had a vote for domainer of the year, it would be Ron.

Thanks, Jim

 

[HeyNow]

Ron Jackson who I personally know and have had lunch with him and his wife at the domain conferences is one of the best and most honest guys in the industry. Ron is what gives this industry a good name. If I had a vote for domainer of the year, it would be Ron.

Thanks, Jim

IMHO, being "one of the best and most honest guys in the industry" isn't saying much. The reality is that you've not met most of the people in the industry, nor dealt with them.

 

[discovernow]

IMHO, being "one of the best and most honest guys in the industry" isn't saying much. The reality is that you've not met most of the people in the industry, nor dealt with them.

Been in the domain industry since 1998 and met many people in this industry. Most are good, some are bad, like any industry. Just like your 5 wives you have had, 4 of them were bad, and now you have 1 who's not so bad

Thanks, Jim

 

[MicroGuy]

New photo of Nelson Brady as young child emerges.