Consolidated SuperSales - Domain - MyDomain - NetFirms - Dotster

[usernamex]

While recovering from the past weekend of scattered deals and in anticipation of the next SuperSale, I am weary of having several threads related to the SuperSales at Domain - MyDomain - NetFirms - Dotster.

Since the promos often work at more than one reseller, I would love to have a single thread to watch and participate in, if you agree, hang out here and watch this thread!

All NPers are welcome to post coupons and promos here as long as they are Domain - MyDomain - NetFirms - Dotster. That way we all have a better chance at awesome savings as soon as the promos are live!

The usernamex Guide to SuperSales

SuperSales are promotions done by the family of registrars under Domain.com, including MyDomain.com NetFirms.com Dotster.com

About every 10 days to two weeks, one or more of these registrars runs what I like to call SuperSales - with dot COM / NET domain registrations for bargain prices, $1.99 - $2.99 - $3.99. Sometimes the specials are good for multi-year registrations, sometimes only the first year is discounted.

The super fun part is they let you use coupons ON TOP of the promo, so there have been specials as low as $1.39, $1.59 is more common, and $1.99 is still great any time!

If you are new, the best choice is usually MyDomain, since their renewals are second best (to Domain) and I have not seen the $1.99 special ever offered at Domain direct

A great way to get an account set up is NOT during the frenzy of the SuperSales, and a trick you can use without having to contact support is to buy the easiest to type/remember cheapest domain you can, like whatever ngTLD is on sale for $1.99, that will be your username. You can drop the domain after a year and your account will be fine. Otherwise get on chat and they can set you up ahead of time without having to make a purchase.

To make it easy for everyone, if you can BOLD any coupon codes, that would be super, and if you tested coupons successfully, please mention the reseller where you tested.

Shameless Plug - Support usernamex with these affiliate links:
https://www.mydomain.com/join/index.bml?AffID=839948
https://www.netfirms.com/join/index.bml?AffID=839949

 

[thedotsol]

Do you find one of these related co's to be better than the others.

No, they all share same platforms, so all are the same for me.

 

[krx]

Strange, when they have told you that?

Read from the bottom up:

From: Ken

Subject: Re: Afternic Contact Us [ ref:_00DG0i0kS._50016twz0D:ref ]

Date: December 2, 2016 at 12:43 PM

To:

Dear Ken,

Thank you for contacting Afternic Support. The registrars Dotster, Netfirms, and Mydomain.com are not Premium Network Partners at this

time. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

Lisa

Afternic Support

--------------- Original Message ---------------

From: Ken

Sent: 11/14/2016 12:51 PM

To: [email protected]

Subject: Re: Afternic Contact Us [ ]

Thank you.

Apparently Public Domain Registry Limited is the registrar for Whois.com. So Whois.com is actually part of your fast transfer network.

To be clear, you include Domain.com in the Premium Partners. Does that inclusion carry over to Domain.com s sister registrars, like Dotster,

Netfirms, and Mydomain.com?

thanks,

—

On Nov 14, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Afternic-Service <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Ken,

Our list of Premium partners includes GoDaddy, Network Solutions, WildWestDomains, Register.com, Register.com plus, Name.com, Hover,

eNom, Enom Central, Aplus.net, Domain Discover, Tierranet, EuroDNS, Bulk Register, Tucows, Dynadot, Domain.com, Regtons, Heart

Internet, Domainbox, 123.reg.co.uk, BigRock, RDR, DirectI, Logicboxes Naming Services, Public Domain Registry Limited, and

DomainMonster.com.

Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

Lisa

Afternic Support

--------------- Original Message ---------------

From: Ken

Sent: 11/12/2016 12:57 AM

To: [email protected]

Subject: Re: Afternic Contact Us [ ]

Can you provide me with the full, up-to-date list of Fast-Transfer registrars?

I saw this, below, but it doesn t include Godaddy and a few other registrars that I believe are included:

Making your domain a fast-transfer domain gives you the highest level of exposure--75 million+ potential buyers each month at the

highest average sales prices. Fast-transfer domains must have a buy now price and be registered through Network Solutions,

Tucows, Register.com, Name.com, eNom, eNomCentral, EuroDNS, Moniker, DynaDot, TerraNet, DomainDiscover, MeshDigital,

Gransy, Regtons, 123 Reg, DomainBox, or BulkRegister.

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On Nov 1, 2016, at 1:24 PM, Afternic-Service <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Ken,

Thank you for contacting Afternic support. Yes, sorry for the confusion, there are a couple of Registrars who were part of the program

previously that have not yet been removed entirely from the website.

Please reach out to us if you have any other questions.

Regards,

Kyle H

Afternic Support

--------------- Original Message ---------------

From: Ken

Sent: 11/1/2016 2:04 PM

To: [email protected]

Subject: Re: Afternic Contact Us [ ]

Did you know that Dotster is listed on your web site as one of your fast transfer registrars?

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 1, 2016, at 12:29 PM, Afternic-Service <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Ken,

Thank you for contacting Afternic support. Unfortunately, at this time, neither whois.com or Dotster.com are Fast-Transfer registrars

capable of opting in domains.

Please reach out to us if you have any other questions.

Regards,

Kyle H

Afternic Support

--------------- Original Message ---------------

From: Ken

Sent: 11/1/2016 2:21 AM

To: [email protected]

Subject: Re: Afternic Contact Us [ ]

Also, can you tell me is Whois.com a member of the fast transfer registrar network?

thanks,

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On Nov 1, 2016, at 1:04 AM, Ken wrote:

Can you confirm for me that Dotster is a member of the fast transfer registrar network? I am thinking of transferring some of my

domains there and want to be sure.

thanks,

---

 

[thedotsol]

Read from the bottom up:

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Interesting. As I said, during that time I used their Fast Transfers on domains registered at Dotster and Netfirms. Thanks for letting us know, will keep an eye on that matter.

 

[Cdomains]

Yes, but as I've reached a limit with some promo coupons, in order to keep using them, I had to use other registrars as well.

By other registrars do you mean the sister companies?

 

[thedotsol]

I see they mention Domain.com as a part, still no other sisters companies, which doesn't make any sense. So still hope this is a false info. Or some issues they had recently could trigger these changes. Who knows...

 

[thedotsol]

By other registrars do you mean the sister companies?

Yes, sorry I wasn't clear. I now have domains registered at all of them, but most at Dotster (more than 250).

 

[krx]

Interesting. As I said, during that time I used their Fast Transfers on domains registered at Dotster and Netfirms. Thanks for letting us know, will keep an eye on that matter.

Yes, it could be that Afternic is phasing them out or just that their support personnel are ill informed. Who knows really.

 

[Cdomains]

Yes, it could be that Afternic is phasing them out or just that their support personnel are ill informed. Who knows really.

Yes I find that happening all the time.

These companies hire idiots to work their customer service.

Maybe they do not train them well.

Many times I get conflicting info from them.

How are we supposed to manage our domains if these companies can't get their sh*t together?

 

[Cdomains]

How often do Dotster, Netfirms. MyDomain, and Domain/com have the 1.99 promos?

When do you think the next one will be?

How do you know when it is going to happen - do they send emails to account holders when they are going to run a promo?

 

[usernamex]

Group effort Promo alert is the entire point of this thread : wink :

Promos are totally random, some last 6 hours some last 4 days. Never know. It has been around every 10 days to two weeks. If you go back through the existing threads you could find the dates and see if there is a pattern. Promos are NEVER sent by email or advertised in any way, you just randomly check and - GAME ON!


The coupon codes on the other hand are always sent out (email list) and posted to fb at 14:00 UTC so if you are waiting for a coupon and it's a holiday, that's when it happens.

I do not recall if I signed up for the emails on purpose or they just send to account holders, pretty sure there's a newsletter signup on the home pages.

 

[Cdomains]

Group effort Promo alert is the entire point of this thread : wink :

Promos are totally random, some last 6 hours some last 4 days. Never know. It has been around every 10 days to two weeks. If you go back through the existing threads you could find the dates and see if there is a pattern. Promos are NEVER sent by email or advertised in any way, you just randomly check and - GAME ON!


The coupon codes on the other hand are always sent out (email list) and posted to fb at 14:00 UTC so if you are waiting for a coupon and it's a holiday, that's when it happens.

I do not recall if I signed up for the emails on purpose or they just send to account holders, pretty sure there's a newsletter signup on the home pages.

Do Dotster, Netfirms. MyDomain, and Domain/com all have the promos at the same time?

I don't see the point of having an account at all if they are all connected anyway.

I already have enough accounts to keep track of.

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

i got an account @ FastHosts.com ( .com for just 1 £ ) very good service @ FB

 

[Crusader3000]

Two questions
1) .net cheapest price promo code ?
2) Can I easy transfer domain in other Domain.com (mydomain,netfirms and other) account after buying ? I want buy and sell domain.

 

[Aywhy93]

Please guys, I wanna get some domain names, .com most especially...What's the best promo around for it..?

 

[Cdomains]

Please guys, I wanna get some domain names, .com most especially...What's the best promo around for it..?

The only promo going right now is fasthosts.

 

[Aywhy93]

The only promo going right now is fasthosts.

Okay, thanks man. I hope it's very easy to transfer and push domains from there

 

[usernamex]

Friendly Reminder - this thread is for Domain - MyDomain - NetFirms - Dotster promos and coupons ONLY. If you want to know all Promos across all registrars, then follow the

Domain Coupons and Offers forum - this link is same as visiting page, upper RIGHT, click on "Watch Forum"
https://www.namepros.com/forums/domain-coupons-and-offers.358/watch

 

[usernamex]

Promo is NOT active as of this posting - announcing new coupon only : smile :

New 20% Coupon Code FOUNDATION coupon and offers end December 10, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

Spoiler: FOUNDATION coupon fine print

*LIMITED TIME OFFER. FOUNDATION coupon and offers end December 10, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. FOUNDATION coupon is good for 20% off all new .COM or .NET domain names with no minimum purchase. Maximum savings with the discount is $300. All renewals on products and services after the initial discounted period will be charged at the then current standard list price for the selected period. Coupon is not valid with sunrise registrations, landrush registrations, EAP registrations, pre-registrations, premium registrations, renewals, transfers, custom website design, other coupons, or special pricing.

 

[usernamex]

Promo is NOT active as of this posting - announcing new coupon only : smile :

New 20% Coupon Code GIFTME coupon and offers end December 13, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

Spoiler: GIFTME coupon fine print

*LIMITED TIME OFFER. GIFTME coupon ends December 13th, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. GIFTME coupon is good for 20% off new domains and website registrations. Maximum savings with the discount is $300. All renewals on products and services after the initial discounted period will be charged at the then current standard list price for the selected period. Coupon is not valid with sunrise registrations, landrush registrations, EAP registrations, pre-registrations, premium registrations, renewals, transfers, custom website design, other coupons, or special pricing.

 

[Cdomains]

Domain/com, Netfirms, and Dotster are sister companies.

Should we have an account at all three or is just one enough?

 

[usernamex]

@Cdomains - I have accounts at MyDomain, NetFirms and Dotster because the specials don't always apply at each.

Specifically if the sale is running everywhere MyDomain is the best choice because renewals are the cheapest, in case you ever have a domain that can't be moved for some reason
https://www.mydomain.com/join/index.bml?AffID=839948

And NetFirms ran a $2 transfer special, however I doubt we will see that again
https://www.netfirms.com/join/index.bml?AffID=839949

Plus I know many members have multiple accounts so if you use up a coupon it will apply at a sister company. I accidentally have 2 MyDomain accounts because their cart timed out during a SuperSale, and customer service told me not to worry about it. I figured I'd keep it to practice pushing to myself : grin :

 

[Cdomains]

When I went to Dotster I had to buy a domain to open an account.

Do you have to buy a domain to open an account at Domain/com, Netfirms or MyDomain

or is there a way to just open an account without regging one?

 

[usernamex]

Well if you use today's coupon, COM/NET is $7.99, which is still a decent deal OR you can get a throwaway dot club or dot website for $1.59, and who knows, maybe you could flip it for $2 and profit!

For me it was less hassle to just buy a name than futz with chat, although it has been reported here that people were able to get chat to open the account for them.

 

[Jim Holleran]

Sorry if this has been answered, but have not checked in for a while. Has netfirms had any .com transfers going for $1.99, been a few weeks, any update on that?

 

[usernamex]

@Jim Holleran - It is just my opinion, I do not know if we will ever see the $2 transfers again, sorry. The last time they did it was around two months ago now. It is also my best guess that the best deal we will see anytime soon is likely 30-35% around New Years, so gather all your Auth Codes and be ready - under $6 is still a great transfer price.

PSA @alcy has a thread dedicated to Transfers Only here:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/8-...scounts-for-com-transfer-renewal-only.985708/