poll SEDO, AFTERNIC, GD, EPIK, DAN, OTHER??

loredan said:

It is usually a good idea to have your domains listed in as many places as you can, you never know where the right end user might find your name.

1. Afternic - Afternic is a must for anyone, one of the oldest (1999) and the best domain marketplaces out there. The great number of partner registrars (GD included) makes your domain visible in so many places across all the continents (if Fast Transfer is enabled). You don't have to forward your names to their rather crappy landing pages, just list and forget. Always add a BIN so you can get into the fast transfer program.

2. DAN - I'm amazed of how fast DAN managed to establish themselves as one of the best players in the industry. I guess hard work, innovation and great customer service eventually pays off. Beautiful landing pages, fast payments and the ability to easily setup monthly installments. Dan worked pretty well for me, I even had a couple of sales where the names been parked somewhere else so there is definitely traffic on their platform, not just direct type in. If they'll manage to launch their registrar side of the business, this will be a game changer.

3. Uniregistry - Great platform, very cool design. You'll have to park there if you're hoping to make any sales. They have brokers and you can obviously assign a lead to a broker if you think he might do better than you in closing a deal.

4. Sedo - Good old Sedo, frozen in time since 2001. Not much to say about them really. No sales if you don't point your names to their landers or spend some cash promoting an auction. However once you get a sale they are pretty good at sorting things out, you know german style.

5. GD Auctions - The place is probably 95% full of other domainers rather than end users so if you're looking to let your names go at reseller prices, be my guest.

6. Epik - Epik's landers are pretty much the best in the industry so far, you get lots of (SEO friendly) customization options. I don't know about the sale process since I haven't sold anything on Epik yet. Just recently I sold a name at Afternic which was Epik parked so it seems the buyer preferred to pay a bit extra at Afnic rather than clicking the BIN buton at Epik. However it seems that Epik is really fast when processing the deals and the support is great.

7. Domain Agents - Worth a try listing your names on their platform. Serious people, they just get in touch when your name has an offer, probably lowball you a bit first but they sell names. Why not.

8. Flippa - Not exactly what it used to be but still a platform with lots of web developers and potential end users that will buy if they see your name there.

9. Namejet - Used to be cool, now just dull imo. I guess all the problems they had in the last couple of years hit them a bit. Still a good place to offload some names, just make sure you understand that you'll get paid the following month.

10. Namepros Auctions - Good, friendly environment, probably the fastest way to liquidate your names.

11. NameLiquidate - The new startup from Epik, looks really good, nice and clean design with a sort of dutch-style auction system. I like it but I don't like the fact that names go down to $1. I personally believe that seller should be able to choose the bottom price from $1 to $9. This platform has a great potential if promoted right imo...

12. Dynadot / Namesilo / Namecheap marketplaces - These are all registrar-side marketplaces. I never used any of them so really have no idea how they work. Worth a try ...

13. Twitter & Linkedin - Yup, they do work if used right. Make sure you don't spam.

Probably the best setup imo:

1. Pick a landing page. Epik or Dan are the best choices. If you value your name under $5k just list a BIN otherwise go for make offer. Usually add a higher BIN as most likely end users will try to get your name for a lower amount. For example if you want to get $2,500 for a name just list it at $3,500 so you'll have a bit of room to negociate.

2. Once you picked your landing page, go list the name with Afternic and Sedo. Make sure your Afternic (and Sedo) BIN is higher than the landing page since their commission is higher. You can also choose any other platform from the list above if you think they'll work.

Hope this helps a bit

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Blitzpotz said:

Of course I can.
Would you mind to share your experiences, too?

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golan said:

Sure i can. I mean, i could if i only had such experience. However i have never experienced a data loss while listing at Afternic, or i have but i'm unaware of it, so i ask you ))

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loredan said:

It is usually a good idea to have your domains listed in as many places as you can, you never know where the right end user might find your name.

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Bob Hawkes said:

Also, Dofo makes it easy for end-users to find our domains from a single place, no matter where we have them. I just noticed today (maybe it has always been there?) that when you have a name that is Dofo-listed and for sale when you hover over the Buy Now if it is available at more than one place it will show up in a list showing the prices, if given, at different venues. An easy way to check where your name is listed (or if someone else has it listed). One of my names I noticed shows up as listed at SnapNames at the same price as my Afternic listing. I never listed it there. Do they just grab the information from the Afternic premium network?

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Jurgen Wolf said:

Uni escalated my ticket regarding SendGrid issues... so probably - they will fix it soon...

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tonyk2000 said:

First time I complained about it was in 2014. They always made proper notices and promised to take care of their mails being showed as spam issue asap.

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Josytal said:

That link goes to DNHat's product page on NP with description about what and how .
Ironically, at the early stage, you were one of the few here on NP I asked to test and review DNHat. I even offered you a free lifetime copy. Unfortunately you didn't honor my request. So, you're right (though not rightly) to say you've not used DNHat before.

Nevertheless, thanks for your reference to DNHat.
Appreciated.

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Blitzpotz said:

While I don´t hesitate to mention flaws and bugs I am shy to criticize staff in general. I am no employees supervisor and would dislike to hurt someone´s professional existence.

Though I sometimes could explode when the following issue happens.

Sadly, every E-Mail is shown as *Spam*, yes.

Uniregistry always used to have an excellent documentation. You could look into the inquirer´s details and the whole negotiation chat. It seems that they reduced the data they share with the domain owner a few months ago.

I started to use Epik brokers recently. They share their E-Mails between broker and buyer with you in Bcc which is good. I would prefer to be able to look-up their progress in my Epik account instead of looking into old E-mails later. Do you plan to add a documentation folder or tab for negotiation progress @Rob Monster or is there already something like that?

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Joe Styler said:

We may add one in the future based on customer feedback but the reason we have been so resistant is we have found that not having a BIN option increases sales dramatically on landing pages, not on the sales purchase path in the registrar. We have done split tests and used our own inventory as an example. Having a phone number and email and egaging with the buyer via a broker who explains the value in the domain closes more sales in our system than a BIN page.
That being said we are looking at adding BIN pages in the future because customers continue to ask.

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Joe Styler said:

We may add one in the future based on customer feedback but the reason we have been so resistant is we have found that not having a BIN option increases sales dramatically on landing pages, not on the sales purchase path in the registrar. We have done split tests and used our own inventory as an example. Having a phone number and email and egaging with the buyer via a broker who explains the value in the domain closes more sales in our system than a BIN page.
That being said we are looking at adding BIN pages in the future because customers continue to ask.

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Bob Hawkes said:

If I might say, we are fortunate that we have so many good choices.

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Joe Styler said:

We may add one in the future based on customer feedback but the reason we have been so resistant is we have found that not having a BIN option increases sales dramatically on landing pages, not on the sales purchase path in the registrar. We have done split tests and used our own inventory as an example. Having a phone number and email and egaging with the buyer via a broker who explains the value in the domain closes more sales in our system than a BIN page.
That being said we are looking at adding BIN pages in the future because customers continue to ask.

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equity78 said:

It's interesting Sedo sees the opposite results,


Buy Now

Find a buyer for your domain directly on our marketplace: Buy Now domains offered at a fixed price are sold up to three times faster in comparison to other sales options.


Either way customers should be allowed to pick what they want not what you want.

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equity78 said:

It's interesting Sedo sees the opposite results,


Buy Now

Find a buyer for your domain directly on our marketplace: Buy Now domains offered at a fixed price are sold up to three times faster in comparison to other sales options.


Either way customers should be allowed to pick what they want not what you want.

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Ryan217 said:

Note Sedo says BIN names are sold 3 times faster. Afternic's claim is not having a BIN listed on the lander increases sales. Not the same thing. Thus it would seem one could summarize as follows:

Having a BIN sells 3 times faster than make offer, and not showing the BIN but having a buyer contact a broker to get quoted the BIN closes more sales as the broker can try to justify the BIN price to a buyer.

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