For Immediate Release
Contact: Kim Vincent
Dotster Inc.
360-449-5916
kvincent@dotster.com

September 05, 2001
NAMEWINNER DOMINATES IN REGISTRATION OF EXPIRING DOMAIN NAMES
New service from Dotster successfully registers requested domains for 80 percent of its customers

VANCOUVER, Wash. - Dotster Inc., a leading ICANN accredited domain name registrar, today reported that its NameWinner service successfully registered expiring domain names for 80 percent of its customers following Thursdays large drop of expiring domain names from the VeriSign Global Registry.

The release of expiring domains that occurred Thursday was one of the largest in the history of the registry, said Clint Page, Dotster president. With an 80 percent customer success rate through NameWinner, we have once again demonstrated that NameWinner is the premier global service for registering expiring domain names on the Internet.
NameWinner has set itself apart from competing services by being the first and only service of its kind to offer registration of expiring domain names through a bidding system. The NameWinner auction system eliminates the first-come, first-served dilemma customers may experience at competing services and enables them to determine fair market value.
Bids begin at $25, and customers are not charged unless they are the highest bidder and NameWinner successfully registers their domain. Bids typically range from $25 to more than $30,000.

In response to the incredibly high demand experienced during Thursdays drop, significant enhancements to NameWinners systems have already been made to handle the intense customer load prior to drops. NameWinner is now prepared to help even more customers register unique, valuable domain names the instant they become available.

The registry is now expected to begin releasing domains on a regular basis. To view and bid on domain names set to expire soon, please visit www.namewinner.com. Launched on January 15, 2000, Dotster has quickly established itself as a major player among domain name registrars and was one of the first registrars to offer long-term registrations and discounted pricing. Dotster offers its clients superior customer service capabilities and many value-added Web site tools. Dotster's NameSpin feature allows you to search for and register still-available synonyms and word combinations. Dotster's Bulk Registration feature allows you to check and register up to 300 domain names in a single session, a service available exclusively through Dotster. Dotster Inc., headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., is a CAS Holdings company. For more information about Dotster's services, please visit our Web site at www.dotster.com.