The DomainFace Blog

I am wholly convinced that Domainface is set to become the industry standard in domain name acquisition and management, but our platform is still new, so there is much to be done yet! We spent the last 12 months getting our domain data aggregation system really solid, though it does have its limitations and a few bugs here and there, which we’re working to patch up as quickly as we can.

• We have a huge update coming soon to our back end database that Jon has been working hard on for the last couple of months. I don’t want to say too much about this just yet, but it’s going to really enhance our capabilities in terms of what you’ll be able to search for. Stay tuned on that. We also just discovered the source of an old bug in our search results which has been showing some NameJet domains as available when in fact they aren’t, so if you’ve come across this problem, you should see it resolved shortly.
• I have spent the last couple of weeks focussed on our automated bidding system. I’m not going to beat around the bush; it has had its share of reliability problems, as you may have noticed if you’ve used it with any regularity in recent times. The work I’ve been doing has essentially been a complete rewrite of the system, with a completely new approach to the implementation which is going to massively improve both its reliability and the quality of the information it reports back. I’ve literally, just half an hour before writing this post, put the first phase, the rewrite of our NameJet autobidding engine, online for testing and have started performing a whole lot of autobidding tests on domains in a whole variety of statuses. You can help me test if you like, as even in this testing phase it’s more reliable than the old engine was. Note that SnapNames and Pool, whilst still listed, are temporarily offline while I apply the same level of attention to them that NameJet just got. GoDaddy and Sedo autobidding are also in my sights as part of this upgrade.
• I’ve got one of my developers working on a brand new search results grid too, as well as a new help and training area which is approaching completion, so keep a watch for those. The portfolio area will be getting a big upgrade from myself once the autobidding platform overhaul is finished.

That’s all for now, I’ll be back when I have more to report.

-Nathan