Thought Convergence's Aftermarket.com Named Premier Auction House for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under Domain Conference

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thought Convergence announces the designation of Aftermarket.com as the premier auction house for the upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference in Queensland, Australia. This simultaneous in-person and online auction will commence on November 20, 2008, beginning at 8:30 AM AEST UTC/GMT +10 hours (Nov 19, 2008, 2:30 PM PST).

Domain buyers and sellers can look forward to a premium auction catalog featuring 25 .AU domain names and at least 75 additional top-level domains. In commenting on the upcoming Aftermarket.com auction in Australia, Thought Convergence Chief Strategy Officer Ammar Kubba said, “We are extremely pleased to be working with the great team at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. as we continue to expand the reach and broaden the scope of the Aftermarket.com domain sales platform. Building upon the success of our inaugural Aftermarket.com auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York, we will continue to emphasize our strategy of selling high-quality, investment-grade domains at aggressive prices, ensuring value upside for our buyers and creating liquidity for our sellers.”

Domain owners and brokers can now submit domains for consideration in the auction catalog by visiting www.Aftermarket.com. The domain submission period will close on November 1, 2008; an initial auction list will be available on November 6^th, 2008 at http://blog.domaintools.com.

The Aftermarket.com team will soon embark on a rigorous domain selection process to ensure that only competitively-priced, first-rate domains appear in the final auction catalog. Visit www.Aftermarket.com for additional information.

About Thought Convergence

Founded in 2001, Thought Convergence™ is an industry-leading service provider of Internet domain name information, management, monetization and development tools and technologies. Widely regarded as a pioneer in the domain industry, Thought Convergence provides its award-winning products, services and technologies under several brands, including TrafficZ®, DomainTools™, Aftermarket.com™, LeaseThis.com™, Domain Roundtable™, Spry Hosting™ and Idea.net™. By leveraging its comprehensive suite of fully-integrated domain services, tools and technologies, Thought Convergence is pioneering the industry’s first symbiotic Domain Ecosystem™ and working to promote the continued evolution, success and sustainability of the domain name industry. Thought Convergence is a privately-held company, growing profitably since inception, and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with offices in Seattle, Washington. For more information, please visit http://www.ThoughtConvergence.com.