analysis Current Domain Market Commissions

Version 3 (pdf) attached. Created spreadsheet to better organize, updated with NP member suggestions, and conducted more research to improve accuracy. Please review and offer any suggestions, changes and/or comments. Keep in mind the topic of this thread. Thx!

Nice research @spikedo!

I'd say the list should be in reverse, with the lowest commission options on top

On a serious note, for me, as a domainer, it's really important I can use a no or low-commission option for my for-sale landing pages that give me the freedom to also tap into the exposure you can get from listing on a higher-commission marketplace such as Afternic.

The power of Afternic is obviously not in the marketplace (which, I agree, is a pretty crappy site, but to argue that's on purpose is a little far-fetched), it is in the distribution network, getting your names to show up in the registration path of popular end-user registrars such as NameCheap and GoDaddy is key to increase sales.

Afternic is selling domains for me consistently without me using their nameservers so imo the 20% commission is well earned as long as your own for-sale landing page isn't bringing the buyer.

Daaz.com, import lead 5%