CORRECTING and REPLACING ByOwner.com Web Site Available at Moniker and SnapNames Live Auction

Live and Online Bidding Begins Wednesday, August 18 at 4:00 PM ET

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The contact information should read: Chris Reid, 1-800-ByOwner, [e-mail] (sted Kevin Wood, 631-764-6950, [e-mail])

“There’s been a 35 percent growth in real estate-related queries on Google in the year to February 2009”

The corrected release reads:

BYOWNER.COM WEB SITE AVAILABLE AT MONIKER AND SNAPNAMES LIVE AUCTION

Live and Online Bidding Begins Wednesday, August 18 at 4:00 PM ET

The owners of ByOwner.com 1-800-ByOwner® have announced that the ByOwner.com web site and assets will be a featured auction lot at the Moniker® and SnapNames® Live auction being conducted Wednesday, August 18 at 4:00 PM ET from the DOMAINfest New York conference at The Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York, NY. The sale marks the first ever offering of the 15 year ByOwner.com website and business.

Bidders unable to attend the auction in-person can bid online as well as pre-bid before the auction begins. Details can be found at: www.moniker.com/dfauction

One of the first pioneers of online real estate services, ByOwner.com already offers seller benefits that include advertising until sold and a full range of value-added services such as signs, voicemail, appraisals, forms, closing services and more. The buyer will be awarded the premium ByOwner.com brand, business, web site, vanity phone numbers and the 1-800-ByOwner trademark and over 390 domain names. Whoever wins this group of assets will emerge as an immediate contender with opportunity to grow beyond the real estate segment. The full list of assets can be viewed at:http://auctionsbyowner.com/

Given the popularity and natural fit for real estate based activity on the web, this virtual real estate is best offered in a format that allows bidders globally to access the auction. Recent product enhancements by Google further support that real estate search activity is on the rise. “There’s been a 35 percent growth in real estate-related queries on Google in the year to February 2009,” said Andrew Foster, Product Manager for Google Australia and New Zealand in a recent article by The Age.

Furthermore the founder of ByOwner.com is observing opportunities outside of the United States as well as categories other than real estate. "We see many categories currently being under served, it is our experience that there is opportunity to move into other listing types such as personal items, boats and motorcycles all BY OWNER.” The winner of ByOwner.com will have a prime platform for entry into numerous types of markets.

Information on the auction, including details on how to bid either in-person or remotely, is available at www.moniker.com/dfauction. Interested buyers can contact Patrick Ruddell at patrickr(at)moniker.com, or by phone at [phone], ext. 3532.