Yes, that was my problem, even typing in ebay, which we all know would have something. And the whois, goes into an odd error page too. Wonder what is up and when it will be corrected.
According to this post -> http://www.namepros.com/showpost.php?p=330615&postcount=17
Startname.com is now under a *new management* and I think this might be the reason why scripts doesn't work atm...probably due to change of server/s can't say....