According to a reader of Frank Schilling’s blog, eNom and SnapNames have partnered in order to make expired names from eNom customers available in the SnapNames auctions. This validates SnapNames as the biggest de-facto marketplace for expiring domains and from a business perspective this partnership just makes sense. SnapNames reaches the biggest buyer audience out there and takes a lot of hassle out of managing the expiry of names.

Of course I would imagine that eNom will not provide all of the expiring names to SnapNames and continue to add some of the names to their own portfolio. It would not come as a surprise that after Melbourne IT, eNom there will be additional registrars to partner with SnapNames.

Also it’s important to note that it appears (at least at the moment) that eNom will keep on operating it’s ClubDrop website in order to grab expiring names with the help of their plentiful number of registrar accreditations hosted on their platform.

From a registrant perspective a registrar’s partnership with SnapNames can reduce the grace period the original registrant has to renew their name. While the maximum time frame for a renewal and/or redemption of a name can last up to 75 days, in some cases it can be as short as 10 days. Make sure you renew your names early and in time.

[via SevenMile]