The domain name ePhoto.com just sold on SnapNames.com for $16,000.

The high bidder’s ID was Maxbid.

In all there were 174 bidders in the auction with 7 bidding $5K or more.

The domain name ePhoto.com was a pure drop domain, meaning it didn’t drop to a certain service, and could have been caught by anyone.

According to DomainTools appears to have been last owned by Verisign and registered at melbourneit.com.

Whether Verisign actually owned the domain or took possession of it years ago on an earlier drop, and why they would simply allow it to drop again is anyone’s guess.

According to Screenshots.com the domain has been parked for a number of years.

Here is the old whois record:

Domain Name.......... ephoto.com Creation Date........ 1995-10-18 Registration Date.... 2009-09-27 Expiry Date.......... 2011-11-19 Organisation Name.... Verisign Inc. Organisation Address. 21355 Ridgetop Circle Organisation Address. Organisation Address. Dulles Organisation Address. 20166 Organisation Address. VA Organisation Address. UNITED STATESAdmin Name........... Verisign Hostmaster Admin Address........ Verisign, Inc. Admin Address........ 21345 Ridgetop Circle Admin Address........ Dulles Admin Address........ 20166 Admin Address........ VA Admin Address........ UNITED STATES Admin Email.......... vshostmaster@verisign.com Admin Phone.......... +1.7039484300 Admin Fax............ +1.7039484331Tech Name............ Melbourne IT Tech Tech Address......... 636 Ellis Street Tech Address......... Tech Address......... Mountain View Tech Address......... 94043 Tech Address......... CA Tech Address......... UNITED STATES Tech Email........... tech@melbourneitdbs.com Tech Phone........... +1.8669073267 Tech Fax............. +1.6509633266 Name Server.......... f4.nstld.com Name Server.......... g4.nstld.com Name Server.......... l4.nstld.com Name Server.......... a4.nstld.com…

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