Hi Syed,
I'm new to buying and selling domains but can share my experience thus far. Currently all of the domains I'd like to sell are listed on Sedo. I listed them about a month ago and parked them with Sedo as well. In the first 3 weeks I had roughly 10 total visitors with no offer...
Correct. I had the option to add a link to the sales page. I guess this was the short answer to jideofor's first question that I didn't think of until you mentioned it :)
There are a myriad of whois search tools at our disposal... these are the ones I use regularly:
freewho.com
whois.domaintools.com
whois.godaddy.com
whois.moniker.com
Moniker will send you a confirmation email regarding the transfer. They'll provide a link... but don't click on it. The link is to deny the transfer, but they're a registrar so they're trying to keep the domain registered with them, so the link is kind of trojan-horsed to look like the...
Of course... this is the internet :)
Afternic listings are also listed on GoDaddy (owner of Afternic) and with a myriad of their partners' marketplaces. Domains get some exposure at listing time with Afternic, as the 'New Listings' feed on their homepage shows recently added domains.
Your domain is your domain. You can park it wherever you'd like. All aftermarkets will, of course, recommend you park your domains with them. But if they require it, and I'm you... I'm looking for another listing service :)
It was a standard network listing. I registered, parked with Voodoo (woo!), then listed it under Computers > Technology with no description. Probably a matter of good luck in this case.
Periodic updates from BrandBucket on listing status would be a good feature that would decrease the number of emails they receive wondering when domains will go live.
If I would have known that I would basically be ignored after paying the listing fee and left in the dark as to when my...
Can anyone share their experience on how long it took for a domain to be listed after approval? I have a few that have been pending and am looking for a ballpark estimate. Thanks.