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Which one works best?

  • 1st

    Afternic

    13 
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    54.2%
  • 2nd

    Godaddy

    votes
    20.8%
  • 3rd (tie)

    Undeveloped

    votes
    12.5%
  • 3rd (tie)

    Epik

    votes
    12.5%
  • 4th (tie)

    Efty

    votes
    8.3%
  • 4th (tie)

    SEDO

    votes
    8.3%
  • 5th (tie)

    Uniregistry

    vote
    4.2%
  • 5th (tie)

    Namejet

    vote
    4.2%
  • 5th (tie)

    Dropcatch

    vote
    4.2%
  • 5th (tie)

    Escrow.com

    vote
    4.2%
  • 5th (tie)

    other

    vote
    4.2%
  • 6th (tie)

    Namesilo

    votes
    0.0%
  • 6th (tie)

    4.cn

    votes
    0.0%
  • 6th (tie)

    dn.com

    votes
    0.0%

  • 33 votes
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  • Final results

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Sedo. Afternic, Godaddy, NameJet, Dropcatch, 4.cn. Escrow.com, undeveloped.com, uniregistry, Namesilo, Epik.

If you had to move all your domains to one place, what would it be?

Sedo seems to be working hard to prevent sales, and I'm considering moving all to somewhere else.
 
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I dont quite get why you would need to move your domains. It seems you don't understand what these services you named even do.

All domains should be listed at GoDaddy,Afternic Sedo. Those are the big three domain markets.

Namejet is an auction house.

Escrow.com is an escrow service.

None of these are exclusive of the others.


You should also have for sale landing pages. Efty, undeveloped, uniregistry, bodis, etc provide these.

Namesilo, uniregistry, GoDaddy, Epik are primarily domain registrars.
 
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If you had to move all your domains to one place, what would it be?

Well, I have consolidated (registered) most of my names at Epik and have them listed in their marketplace. However, they are listed for sale with Undeveloped and Afternic as well. I am not picky as to where a buyer may stumble upon my name from as long as they stumble...my pricing is adjusted based upon the commission charged by the service that brings me the buyer.
 
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Afternic, because anything they deem "premium" also gets listed on GoDaddy.

If you're looking for a one-stop-selling place, that's the best bang for your time.
 
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Does anyone know the credit card limitations on the popular marketplaces, like GoDaddy? Some corporate customers prefer to use credit cards and this is a factor in their decision processes.
Sedo says buyers can use a credit card for transactions up to $5,000 and afternic says their cap is $2,500. I started another thread on this subject, but no answers yet.
Perhaps @Joe Styler can chime in?
 
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Why not add them to all or most of them.
 
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Does anyone know the credit card limitations on the popular marketplaces, like GoDaddy? Some corporate customers prefer to use credit cards and this is a factor in their decision processes.
Sedo says buyers can use a credit card for transactions up to $5,000 and afternic says their cap is $2,500. I started another thread on this subject, but no answers yet.
Perhaps @Joe Styler can chime in?
you can use a credit card for most transactions on GoDaddy, however certain auctions are sent to escrow.com for transactions over $5k. They do not accept credit card payments over that amount.
 
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@Joe Styler This is appreciated. On the Afternic Website, it says credit card payments are capped at $2,500. This is under the FAQ on the question "What Payments Methods Do you Accept?" on the domain-help page.

Is the information outdated or does Afternic have a different credit card cap than GoDaddy? If the buyer's corporate policy discourages wire transfers or paypal, and it would be more seamless for them to pay with credit card for transactions below $5,000, listing on Godaddy would have a different cap than listing on Afternic (even though when you list on Afternic it also subsequently lists on GoDaddy as well)?
 
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That is correct, GoDaddy sales are different than Afternic.com and even certain types of sales are allowed at a higher cc purchase price. For instance if an auction member lists a domain for sale and another customer buys it if it is over $5k the sale completes through Afternic.
Afternic itself has recently raised the limit it takes up to $10k on credit cards but that is not always true, we may demand you pay via wire if we have any doubts about your payment.
 
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Thank you @Joe Styler .
This is important when choosing a marketplace if you expect a buyer may be dissuaded to wire money to complete a transaction. Most companies prefer to use credit cards issued to their employees. Godaddy seems to be really great with handling these transactions to make it as simple as possible for everyone.

So to help everyone else, at GoDaddy, if the purchase is under $5,000 the buyer can most likely pay with credit card. If the purchase is above $5,000, the transaction is handled by Afternic which may or may not allow credit cards for purchases up to $10,000.
If you list directly with Afternic, they will take credit cards for purchases up to $2,500. Purchases between $2,500 and $10,000 will be up to the discretion of Afternic as to whether they will accept credit cards.

If the seller is in the U.S., and the buyer is in the U.K, can they still use a credit card for purchases up to $5,000, or is that a U.S only option?
 
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If the amount is greater than $5k on GoDaddy the transaction is sent to escrow.com to be completed on an auction transaction where a customer lists the domain name for sale.
The UK is able to use credit cards to purchase things online like auction sales.
 
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Afternic has 54 percent of votes. Wow. But it is totally useless, because it requires ID, and doesn't pay with Paypal.

Currently direct sales from registrars seem to be the best option for most domains. Epik, Namesilo, maybe Namecheap. Sell for 100 usd before renewal, instead of maybe selling for a fair 4 figure price after several years.

Sedo says don't buy in many way: Says don't buy new tld because renewal can be expensive, beware that seller's bank is in that country, buy .com instead, search for a cheaper domain, ..and offer page is hard to locate, and full of junk distracting content.
 
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Afternic has 54 percent of votes. Wow. But it is totally useless, because it requires ID, and doesn't pay with Paypal.

Currently direct sales from registrars seem to be the best option for most domains. Epik, Namesilo, maybe Namecheap. Sell for 100 usd before renewal, instead of maybe selling for a fair 4 figure price after several years.

Sedo says don't buy in many way: Says don't buy new tld because renewal can be expensive, beware that seller's bank is in that country, buy .com instead, search for a cheaper domain, ..and offer page is hard to locate, and full of junk distracting content.
Afternic pays via PayPal. It depends on the country but we pay a lot of countries via PayPal. PayPal used to have a list of countries they allowed payments to from the US but I believe they removed that link on their site.
 
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Afternic, because anything they deem "premium" also gets listed on GoDaddy.

If you're looking for a one-stop-selling place, that's the best bang for your time.

I thought all domains listed on Afternic were listed on godaddy. Not just "premium" domains?
 
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I thought all domains listed on Afternic were listed on godaddy. Not just "premium" domains?

Maybe, but I think the ones they denote as premium get the same status on GD.
 
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Maybe, but I think the ones they denote as premium get the same status on GD.

I'm not sure I understand you. What do you mean by "same status" or "not the same status"?
 
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Doesn't GoDaddy have standard and premium listings, or is everything premium now?
 
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Most names listed on Afternic show up on GoDaddy. It doesn't have anything to do with a status. So for example you can list domains on Afternic that have a premium renewal price say $500 but the normal renewal price for that tld would be $19. So any names that renew at a higher price than the base tier are not shown on GoDaddy but can be listed on Afternic. Or say a tld GoDaddy does not sell currently won't show up on GoDaddy to buy.
So with few exceptions if you list a name on Afternic is will show up on GoDaddy for sale automatically.
 
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Anyone ever had a problem transacting with Namejet? I bought a few domains and didn't end up buying 1 of the lot. Although I outlined I would pay for it once I had extra funds in my account, my account got slapped with a ban a few weeks later. I found the approach pretty heavy handed as I did offer to pay the bill in full + fees for the domain and subsequent account status.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Are these guys still up there with the best w expiring domains?
 
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Like it or hate it, Afternic seems to yield the most sales especially if you have BINs there with FT.
 
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Like it or hate it, Afternic seems to yield the most sales especially if you have BINs there with FT.

Actually, I get the most sales out of Sedo (Afternic is second) but lots of deadbeat bidders on Sedo.
 
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I suspect Sedo's reminders don't reach bidders. They may be sent to spam folders. Someone offers 90 I counter 500, and bidder doesn't even counter 100. I drop price to their first bid, they don't buy. This is very strange... or else maybe Sedo doesn't want to waste buyers with such low price or low commission sales.
 
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Sorry, I am more talking about Deadbeat Buyers, as in they negotiate with you, then when the price is agreed on and the payment request is sent, promptly disappear and force you to wait 10 days before relisting.

Likely Thrill Buyers recycling accounts.

They are one reason why I am putting more BINs on my middle-tier domains, as then they have to pay upfront to waste your time.
 
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For one domain we agreed on a price in 5k-10k range which was fair. But buyer didn't pay, and I didn't cancel the transaction and waited for weeks, maybe months. And eventually buyer paid.

It may be the case that buyers may have access to estibot data, and take this into account when bidding. One bad thing about Estibot is that it takes namebio sales as reference, which are mostly catcher-to-domainer sales, and those sale prices can be as low as 1 percent of actual values. For .com this is not a problem but for other extensions it is. I checked a valuaton service for a .biz domain I sold a few years ago, and their price was half percent (5 in a thousand) of
the actual sale price which was fair.
 
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