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I think Epik is building the best ever Domain Lander in the history of domaining, and it really needs to be talked about extensively. That's why I am creating this discussion thread. A lot of thought process really goes into the project. And I can see (for the first time) a landing page that is built from the stand point of domainers rather than for just the marketplace itself.

Everything you have ever dreamt of getting or seeing in a professional landing page can be found in the new Epik marketplace landing page design.

Some of my Favorites Features:


1. The ability to optimize your "domain for sale" landing page to actually rank on Google, displaying your sales pitch/domain description. I just did that with few of my generic domain names such as ASAP.TV, targeting certain keywords, and they are showing pretty well on Google. That's a huge plus in my marketing effort.

2. Being able to change background image is another huge one for me. If you are good with pictures and images, you will surely find this very useful. I did that with Nagasaki.org and the result was truly amazing, showing the city of Nagasaki right at the background.

There are too many positive features and I don't want to mention all of them, all alone :xf.grin::xf.grin:

So I am leaving you guys to share and discuss what you loves most or dislike about the new Epik marketplace and the landing pages.


The only negative for me is the checkout process. There are too many terms and conditions buttons to tick before checking out. It will be nice if they can streamline those into one beautiful big button :xf.cool:

They also need to place the checkout button directly under the payment options. Right now it is awkwardly place somewhere below at the sidebar, which I don't find cool at all.

Sales experience is also welcomed in this discussion. I haven't had any sells so far at Epik because I started using the marketplace just recently, but the future is looking so bright.
 
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I like a lot that Epik has incredible landers, and thanks for all the great information and responses on this thread from @Rob Monster and @Ala Dadan.

It is also nice that Epik is one of the registrars who have integration with both Afternic and Seco networks. Re the following....

I have always been a little confused about whether it is OK or not to have a domain with BIN/fast on both. I realize that odds are low of a domain selling both places simultaneously, but from this suggestion am I correct that with fast transfer essentially it will sell to the first network and the second will not let it process so it is OK to list on both with BIN prices under fast transfer?

Bob

If the Epik lander is Make Offer, then there is no collision risk of a domain being sold twice since the seller should be notified of their MLS sale. The exception would be if the seller does not check their email about the MLS notification. However, once a domain is sold via MLS, the MLS registrars can't get a price from the MLS provider -- the API result will not provide a price.
 
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I recently used Epik Escrow for purchasing one domain ..
Rob is actually very helpful & kind ..
he completed deal politely and he did absolutely great correspondence with seller.
i will be looking for more deals to do through EPIK.
Thanks ROB (y)
 
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Thanks Kassey - Daily Diamonds is usually not a long list. You can subscribe to get the list via email every day here:

https://marketplace.epik.com/email-notifications

Right now:

- There is 6N.com domain listed

- Mucri.com - 5 letter brandable, that should logically be owned by these
folks: https://www.facebook.com/MucriWomanStore/

The prices are $29 now but shortly drops to $19.

As for adding smarter filters, will review with @Ala Dadan. We have a major re-do coming soon for the Domain Marketplace. Ala might share a preview for input.


@Rob Monster please can you tell me more about diamond list how does it works and cost of acquiring name through the diamond list .
Thanks
 
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I am also confused about diamond list. Prices were $1500 this morning, now $149.
From what I understand they're supposed to drop to $19 at the end of the day right?
 
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The daily diamonds drop down in price every hour until they hit the $19. The next day, it resets with the latest batch of expiring domains.
 
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The daily diamonds drop down in price every hour until they hit the $19. The next day, it resets with the latest batch of expiring domains.


Is that $19 include renewal fee?
 
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Very interested in moving to Epik. My ideal landing page features:

  1. Swappable landing page image
  2. Photo and brief bio of owner (to build personal brand)
  3. Field(s) for domain description and similar sales
  4. Epik messaging system for buyer to negotiate price, term etc.
  5. Simple and easy checkout/domain transfer
  6. FTP in bulk of texts and images for large number of domains
  7. Traffic stats
 
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No, it doesn't. I suggested that the lowest price drop down further.

And now we drop the price to $9 for the last hour. We'll see what difference that makes.
 
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@Rob Monster If I transfer a freshly acquired domain from Godaddy's expiring auction (which automatically adds one year renewal) to Epik, how much would it cost? Thanks.
 
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@Rob Monster If I transfer a freshly acquired domain from Godaddy's expiring auction (which automatically adds one year renewal) to Epik, how much would it cost? Thanks.

We do transfers at cost.

If you pay with a credit card or PayPal it is $8.49 for .COM.

If you pre-fund your account via bank transfer, ACH, or wire, it is $8.10.
 
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About the Live Chat on parked domains, I think that need to be removed. As noble as it may seem, I am afraid the regular customer supports that handles it may not be up to the task when it comes to domain sales.

Nothing pisses potential buyers off faster than a support person acting unfamiliar with the domain in question, and I have seen the possibilities for that from my previous chats.

What do you think about that Mr. Monster?
 
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About the Live Chat on parked domains, I think that need to be removed. As noble as it may seem, I am afraid the regular customer supports that handles it may not be up to the task when it comes to domain sales.

Nothing pisses potential buyers off faster than a support person acting unfamiliar with the domain in question, and I have seen the possibilities for that from my previous chats.

What do you think about that Mr. Monster?

Actually, the support team does a good job there with converting inquiries. That said, we are adding additional parking lander configuration options so you can turn on/off various features, including the live-chat. Some domains like typo domains get inbound inquiries which are not domain-related so we'll appreciate turning the livechat off for those.
 
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Frank - SEO is absolutely needed for domain sales. Here's why.

Let's suppose you own the domain name ILoveGermany.com and someone builds a marketing campaign called "I Love Germany". The people who run that campaign don't own the domain they need, and that's all fine and well until the day they found out that ILoveGermany.com is ranked on page 1 of major search engines and people are being diverted to a site that is run by a different commercial entity. Now it is a competitive vulnerability that they don't own the domain, but also a clear ROI if they do own it.

As for forests and trees, I think you are mistaken there. It is precisely because we get to see the inner workings of a lot of forests that we have figured out how to grow better trees. I also have the habit of speaking very openly which I realize annoys you at times but I think others finds refreshing since they are used to registrars, marketplaces and escrow agents that ignore their input, and do little to engage the industry in a constructive effort to lift all boats. There are some heroes though like @easyDNS.


I doubt you find a domain set for sale at pos1 of google
competing against a bigger company using that slogan
for that slogan

but no worries:
they will find you anyway


at dan/undeveloped
looks like SEO is ok too



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Sorry I could not find the information elsewhere. How much does Epik charge for a domain sold via the Epik landing page?
 
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RobMonster.uno is in today's diamond list..
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I spent some time last night playing with the configurable landers for the Epik Marketplace. Wow, absolutely wow!!! Congrats to @Ala Dadan . @Rob Monster and the Epik team on providing a dream for sale lander. And to @dande for starting this thread!

What do I particularly like about it?
  • They have great images you can trivially choose from or upload your own.:xf.smile:
  • You can have long text descriptions if you want (not sure that is good selling wise, but as you all know it suits me :xf.wink:).
  • Your text can be formatted with all of the obvious things including lists, bold/italic etc., rulers, even images there and tables. You can even add code.(y)
  • The lander starts with the elegantly designed simple message with buy it now, make offer, start payment plan and contact the owner all easily seen.(y)
  • At the bottom information on Epik to build trust on transaction and what payment options are offered.(y)
  • But my favourite? You can have links in your description! Like for a .co you can link to the .co registry showcase examples, or you can link to other similar domains you have for sale, or your own portfolio if you want. :xf.grin:
  • You can even add your own .ico file if you want to add that last professional touch.
  • Not part of the lander per se, but all of the various payment plan options that are so easily set with Epik are an important part.(y)
Admittedly, it takes some time to do this. I am not sure I plan to bother with it for all of my domains, but definitely will for some of them. The example I worked on last night is at this link if anyone wants to see some of what I describe (it is still a work in progress, and too wordy) - has custom image, formatted description, my ico, links, bullet text, etc..

If you purchased a lot of .co in the recent promotions, one nice thing the links allow you to do is to link to the examples of sites using.co. The showcase by the .co registry is at this link. If you go to the map you can find .co examples from your own region. Really nice! Hats off to the .co registry for doing right what each registry should (but most don't).

Am I excited about the Epik landers? Yes!!! :xf.grin: The only downside is now I want to spend so much time making all of my domains at Epik Marketplace look nice and descriptive.

Bob
 
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I spent some time last night playing with the configurable landers for the Epik Marketplace. Wow, absolutely wow!!! Congrats to @Ala Dadan . @Rob Monster and the Epik team on providing a dream for sale lander.

What do I particularly like about it?
  • They have great images you can trivially choose from or upload your own.:xf.smile:
  • You can have long text descriptions if you want (not sure that is good selling wise, but as you all know it suits me :xf.wink:).
  • Your text can be formatted with all of the obvious things including lists, bold/italic etc., rulers, even images there and tables. You can even add code.(y)
  • The lander starts with the elegantly designed simple message with buy it now, make offer, start payment plan and contact the owner all easily seen.(y)
  • At the bottom information on Epik to build trust on transaction and what payment options are offered.(y)
  • But my favourite? You can have links in your description! Like for a .co you can link to the .co registry showcase examples, or you can link to other similar domains you have for sale, or your own portfolio if you want. :xf.grin:
  • You can even add your own .ico file if you want to add that last professional touch.
  • Not part of the lander per se, but all of the various payment plan options that are so easily set with Epik are an important part.(y)
Admittedly, it takes some time to do this. I am not sure I plan to bother with it for all of my domains, but definitely will for some of them. The example I worked on last night is at this link if anyone wants to see some of what I describe (it is still a work in progress, and too wordy) - has custom image, formatted description, my ico, links, bullet text, etc..

If you purchased a lot of .co in the recent promotions, one nice thing the links allow you to do is to link to the examples of sites using.co. The showcase by the .co registry is at this link. If you go to the map you can find .co examples from your own region. Really nice! Hats off to the .co registry for doing right what each registry should (but most don't).

Am I excited about the Epik landers? Yes!!! :xf.grin: The only downside is now I want to spend so much time making all of my domains at Epik Marketplace look nice and descriptive.

Bob
You should add me on the thank list for bringing it to you guys notice:xf.cool::xf.cool:
 
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You should add me on the thank list for bringing it to you guys notice:xf.cool::xf.cool:
Indeed I should have thanked you too @dande and my apologies :sorry: for that oversight! Thank you!

I really liked your Nagasaki example with cityscape as background image. Also, I had not mentioned the search ranking features so I am glad that you mentioned that in your original post.

I have noticed that my Dan/Undeveloped listings sometime make it relatively high on the right Google search (as has been mentioned by @frank-germany), and presume with optimized settings these Epik landers will do the same. With so much flexibility in content, it is possible that some sites will earn decent search recognition even though they are essentially for sale landers.

We have seen minor improvements from Afternic, and I think Sedo are working on improvements in their landers (? not sure where I heard that mentioned), and of course Efty continue to expand and offer more powerful landers, so lots of positive developments. This from Epik sets a high bar in my opinion.

Bob

ps I discovered it was not too late to add mention of you in an edit, @dande so double thanked now! :xf.smile:
 
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Thank you @Bob Hawkes for the thanks, though I was just kidding :xf.grin:

Epik has really done a great job with the landers and I felt everyone should know about it. I am currently experimenting with the search ranking. Another good things about this lander that has not been mentioned is the options for payment plan/rentals which to me is one of the richest part of the whole development. I also like the domain certificate too.

Thanks
 
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I spent some time last night playing with the configurable landers for the Epik Marketplace. Wow, absolutely wow!!! Congrats.....Bob

Hi Bob,I know you have experience with Dan and Epik so the question is if you absolutely must choose only one Epik.com or DAN.com (possibly because it can be too much work and get complicated using both platforms - at least for me) which one 1 of the 2 would you select (without reflecting any negativity on the other, since they are both excellent overall)?

As a side note, the way EPIK allows links on your page can be of very high value and also help SEO, etc. which is something DAN unfortunately does not do, last time I checked.

P.S. I apologize for putting you on the spot with such a difficult question (thanks to your opinion being of immense value).
 
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I must have missed this. What is the domain certificate about?

Bob - in your domain Manager:

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It is a feature under Reports. It generates a jazzy-looking PDF certificate. See attached example. I think this is especially helpful for resellers and people who are buying on behalf of others on a full-service basis. A .COM domain might cost you $8 but too some low-tech client, the printed piece of paper might be worth a lot more than that due to peace of mind and literal paper trail.
 

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I am slowly moving my names here. I applied for a loan last night when I had some issues with my cards and Rob quickly approved it for me and I did not lose the names. Amazing service really. Keep up the good work @Rob Monster
 
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