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advice Tips to Save Money Buying Aftermarket Domains

There’s no place like home for the holidays – or wherever your computer happens to be! The domain market is a global market and anyone not living in a cave somewhere for the last year has been aware of how much and how quickly things can change due to this fact. The Chinese market has exploded...
- Points: 64
- Post #1
- Dec 3, 2015
- Section: NamePros Blog
information Our Dear Friend Riz M. .....RIP

I looked into that one specifically. It is coming to GD from Enom. We cant see the WHOIS on that because it is private. Anything we know is Riz's domains we are not selling and are doing what we can to help. To be fair we are trying to do what we can, but we are scrambling and trying to put it...
- Points: 41
- Post #118
- May 20, 2022
- Section: Domain News ≫ Handpicked
advice How Safe Are Your Domain Names?

Whether you are the king of domains and sitting on countless super valuable domains or someone just starting out who spent days scraping through dropping lists to buy a handful of domains you found that others may have overlooked, our portfolios are special to us. They are a part of who we are...
- Points: 40
- Post #1
- Oct 27, 2015
- Section: NamePros Blog
Buyer Beware with GoDaddy coupons - current scam

I wanted to point out something that has been more and more commonplace on NamePros in hopes of helping protect domain buyers. Here's what has been happening: Someone on NamePros posts or advertises in their signature that they can register domains for you at GoDaddy cheaply, say for $3.99 or...
- Points: 37
- Post #1
- Apr 13, 2016
- Section: Advisories
discuss [Resolved] Domainer Loses $26k On A Stolen Domain!

This comment and the greed comment are not helpful and not representative of the community here at Namepros or the larger domaining community. Generally speaking the domain community is full of kind, intelligent, and helpful people. I don't know James personally but I don't think anyone deserves...
- Points: 36
- Post #81
- Mar 6, 2018
- Section: General Domain Discussion
advice GoDaddy new transfer policy

We do not have any kind of policy like this. You can push a name to a different GoDaddy account all day long as many accounts as you want as soon as it hits your account. Transfer, new purchase or otherwise. We never had any kind of policy like this. There are transfer out restrictions and ICANN...
- Points: 35
- Post #16
- Feb 24, 2016
- Section: General Domain Discussion
opinion Why Attend a Domain Conference?

Having just gotten back from THE Domain Conference in Florida this week, I thought it would be good to share some reasons why I think being at a conference is so important. I think in business it is always smart to think strategically about any investment. Going to a conference is an investment...
- Points: 35
- Post #1
- Oct 2, 2015
- Section: NamePros Blog
GODADDY WARNING: Lying and stealing expired domains

That is not exactly the whole truth. We did not know she had passed away. When we found out we stopped the auctions that were still live and renewed some of the expired domains in order to give the family time to deal with it. I also personally reached out to the family to try and help several...
- Points: 34
- Post #23
- Jun 18, 2018
- Section: Domain Registrar Reviews
discuss [Resolved] Domainer Loses $26k On A Stolen Domain!

I am sorry to hear this happened to you. We don't have any way to know for certain what happened as the domain is registered outside our registrar and the sale did not take place on our marketplace. The only thing we have is a listing on Afternic which has been there with the same account for...
- Points: 33
- Post #46
- Mar 5, 2018
- Section: General Domain Discussion
information Afternic Update

There are several threads ongoing about Afternic so it was easier to start a new one here with the big picture of what is going on. A few weeks ago we had a major release which did away with the escrow process on Afternic and started a new service called Transaction Assurance. There are several...
- Points: 33
- Post #1
- May 2, 2017
- Section: Domain News ≫ Handpicked
information GoDaddy Namescon Keynote is available now

During Namescon we had a Keynote done by @Paul Nicks which goes over how GoDaddy operates its domain portfolio called Namefind. We give you the lessons we learned and best practices we found for selling and buying domains and share as much data as we can about what we do in an effort to help...
- Points: 29
- Post #1
- Feb 14, 2018
- Section: Domain News ≫ Handpicked
New GoDaddy 2FA tools and settings great for Everyone

We finally released an update to our 2 factor security which I know many people have been asking for. You can now add a backup besides your phone to receive the codes such as an app like Google Authenticator. You can now set the 2fa up for the whole account or just high risk transactions such...
- Points: 29
- Post #1
- Feb 6, 2017
- Section: Domain News ≫ Handpicked
auctions GoDaddy auctions changes

I wanted to make sure everyone saw this announcement last week. https://domainnamewire.com/2022/07/13/godaddy-improves-expired-domain-pullbacks-expands-api-access/ The gist of it is we made two long asked for changes on the auctions. This is due in large part to the complete auctions redo we...
- Points: 25
- Post #1
- Jul 20, 2022
- Section: Domain News ≫ Handpicked
Namescon Meetup 2019

I wanted to invite anyone who is going to be at Namescon this year to a meetup. I think this will be the 3rd annual meetup :) Sunday the 27th of January at 5pm at the 9 Fine Irishmen across the street from the Tropicana at the NY NY hotel. It is an easy 5 minute or less walk from the hotel and...
- Points: 25
- Post #1
- Jan 3, 2019
- Section: Local Events and Meetups
information Please Help Eric Lyon He lost everything in the Houston Flood.

I was hoping there would already be a link posted on here to help out Eric. I know George and he is a good guy who will make sure Eric gets 100% of that money. I donated last night and am doing my best to share it around GoDaddy and in my social media circles. If you can give great if not please...
- Points: 25
- Post #30
- Aug 30, 2017
- Section: Domain News ≫ Handpicked
Afternic suspends my account due to violation

Here's the way I understand it. So please correct me if I am wrong. You listed and sold the domain on Afternic when you could not move it (due to a lock). The domain sold. You said you wanted the transaction to complete faster. It didnt complete in the time you dictated - 15 days. Everything was...
- Points: 24
- Post #35
- Apr 4, 2018
- Section: Domain Marketplace Reviews
GoDaddy Phishing email going out - Please be careful

We were made aware this morning by a few customers that they are getting emails claiming to be from GoDaddy that are saying that their valuable domains sold and that they should unlock them and move them to the buyer within 5 days. These emails are FAKE please be extra careful as they appear to...
- Points: 22
- Post #1
- Jun 23, 2016
- Section: Advisories
Is Adam Dicker a criminal? You decide.

I have known Adam personally for over 7 years and he has always been kind, generous, and forthright in my personal dealings with him. I think it is important to hear both sides of the story.
- Points: 22
- Post #216
- Oct 5, 2015
- Section: Advisories
Namescon 2017 Happy Hour Meetup

Last year we had a great time meeting people from Namepros face to face across the street from the Tropicana at the NY NY hotel in the Nine Fine Irishmen bar. If you are going to Namescon this year I think it would be a great time to meet and get together again. Looking over the schedule...
- Points: 21
- Post #1
- Dec 28, 2016
- Section: Local Events and Meetups
Any downside to pushing an offer to auction on GoDaddy?

Good thread. Let me offer a bit of info on the feature. It is free you just pay commission when it sells. We added this a couple years ago as customers requested it, here is my 2 cents on the option. It is a good feature but there are many listing types and you need to try and find the right...
- Points: 20
- Post #28
- Apr 7, 2017
- Section: General Domain Discussion