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Here is a great example, issued from a generic email address, and in usual GoDaddy etiquette, lacking even the courtesy of a contact name or a signature for such an important landmark event. This is how they notify Epik – two hours after the election was called for Joe Biden – that they will be terminating fast transfer inclusions over Afternic for any of Epik’s current and future registrar customers. Can you say anticompetitive behavior from a group in massive need of antitrust oversight as a monopoly? Epik can, and it is added to a rapidly growing list of unthinkable market behaviors that will be accounted for.


https://www.epik.com/blog/afternic
 
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Which registrars are your referring to?
Just to give you some examples: register.it, amen, ipage, dotster, domain.com(the last two of them didnt used them for the last year or so, but probably nothing changed in a year).
 
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Also worthwhile to note that fast transfer at Afternic only applies to the main legacy TLDs and a couple of others including .co, only if you have buy-it-now priced, are not within first 60 or last 30 days of registration, and have opted in. Nevertheless definitely being part of both Sedo and Afternic networks was an advantage, soon to be gone.

So Sedo have many of the same registrars in their MLS network, but not GoDaddy. If separately I list names through GoDaddy auctions (but as fixed price) would that get me listing on GoDaddy registrar channel, even though name at Epik? Probably an elementary question, but I have not used GD auctions much yet.

Bob
I didn't compared them one by one, but you are right, most of them are the same one's, except godaddy. So an easy fix will be a standard listing through afternic,(your domains will be listed at godaddy as well) and list them at sedo, through MLS and you will cover 99% of the registrars(sedo has also 650 registrars , most of the main one's the same one's from afternic list.
 
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Just to give you some examples: register.it, amen, ipage, dotster, domain.com(the last two of them didnt used them for the last year or so, but probably nothing changed in a year).

I just confirmed with Afternic that the list is up to date and these are participating registrars.

[update: Boker was right here -- some participating registrars only show domains in the network, they can't add domains from their registrar]
 
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I just confirmed with Afternic that the list is up to date and these are participating registrars.
Yes, participating registrars in promoting your names, as in if you list your domain in afternic FT network and somebody will do a search through register.it, they will show your domain as available , with the premium price. But if you register your domain through register.it, you can't list it in the afternic FT network.
 
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More controversy with Epik? Seems like it never ends. You know that friend who always has an issue with EVERYONE, yeah, it's getting to be like that. When the problem is everyone else, maybe time to look inward.
 
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Also, just double checked, if I'm not mistaken, the next 10 registrars by market share are not in the FT network, so if they can survive, everybody can.
How can you say such a thing lol

https://www.afternic.com/domain-reseller-network

Domain names exposed through the Premium Network are required to be enabled for fast-transfer. Domain names get exposure through the Standard Network resellers, plus promotion on 8 of the top 10 domain registrars in the world. This amounts to over 75 million monthly search queries from the largest domain reseller network in the world.

Domain.com
Netsol
Name.com
Register.com
Namecheap
Tucows
enom
All are fast transfer

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Main domainer registrars
Namesilo
Dynadot
Sav
All are fast transfer.

Fast transfer vs non fast transfer only exposes the names to about a third more users. I do not want to mention names as a couple of them are active here, but they are not necessarily 'big' players.

It just means a little more effort for a buyer, but if the name is good or great, the buyer wont care.
Not a big deal in the scheme of things...I did well before fast transfer and I will do well after. Just a pain in the arse.
Sure dude domaining is not a numbers game lets just lose 35% and apply band aids.

Just for the record, why would I do that?
 
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Sure dude domaining is not a numbers game lets just lose 35% and apply band aids.

Just for the record, why would I do that?

Well, dude, I don't know you so I don't know why you do anything. Re read what I posted and you will see why I don't care.
 
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I received the email also.

But still nothing from Epik as a customer. I don't even think I got anything regarding Paypal.
It was also zilch about PayPal. I got to know about that here on Namepros
 
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How can you say such a thing lol

https://www.afternic.com/domain-reseller-network

Domain names exposed through the Premium Network are required to be enabled for fast-transfer. Domain names get exposure through the Standard Network resellers, plus promotion on 8 of the top 10 domain registrars in the world. This amounts to over 75 million monthly search queries from the largest domain reseller network in the world.

Domain.com
Netsol
Name.com
Register.com
Namecheap
Tucows
enom
All are fast transfer

+
Main domainer registrars
Namesilo
Dynadot
Sav
All are fast transfer.


Sure dude domaining is not a numbers game lets just lose 35% and apply band aids.

Just for the record, why would I do that?
I have used domain.com for a few years( had around 400 domains with them at one point) and they were never in the FT network, but I'm not using them for the last couple of years, so if they changed that, good for them. Namecheap is in the network in the last year or so, so recent change and I never knew that network solutions are part of the FT network, if somebody else can confirm this, will be great( I wonder how can they do fast transfers, when it takes ages for them to do a regular transfer).
 
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How can you say such a thing lol

https://www.afternic.com/domain-reseller-network

Domain names exposed through the Premium Network are required to be enabled for fast-transfer. Domain names get exposure through the Standard Network resellers, plus promotion on 8 of the top 10 domain registrars in the world. This amounts to over 75 million monthly search queries from the largest domain reseller network in the world.

Domain.com
Netsol
Name.com
Register.com
Namecheap
Tucows
enom
All are fast transfer

+
Main domainer registrars
Namesilo
Dynadot
Sav
All are fast transfer.


Sure dude domaining is not a numbers game lets just lose 35% and apply band aids.

Just for the record, why would I do that?
Registrar Country Total % Gain/Loss
GoDaddy https://www.DomainState/images/domain_tools/flags/new/US.png 61,471,027 0.20%
Tucows https://www.DomainState/images/domain_tools/flags/new/CA.png 9,947,234 0.60%
NameCheap https://www.DomainState/images/domain_tools/flags/new/US.png 9,156,396 2.07%
Network Solutions https://www.DomainState/images/domain_tools/flags/new/US.png 6,731,621 0.06%
HiChina https://www.DomainState/images/domain_tools/flags/new/CN.png 6,665,391 0.34%
eNom https://www.DomainState/images/domain_tools/flags/new/US.png 4,941,808 -0.99%
GoogleInc https://www.DomainState/images/domain_tools/flags/new/US.png 4,711,520 2.61%
1 & 1 INTERNET https://www.DomainState/images/domain_tools/flags/new/DE.png 4,687,144 -0.11%
PublicDomainRegistry https://www.DomainState/images/domain_tools/flags/new/IN.png 4,409,129 1.42%
GMO Internet https://www.DomainState/images/domain_tools/flags/new/JP.png 3,962,454 -1.18%


So, are you saying that if you own a domain with: tucows, hichina, enom, google, 1&1, pdr, gmo you can list your domain through afternic FT network? It's easy to believe marketing lines from 10 years ago.
 
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Also, with $8,49, I don't think that epik was counting to make a profit from domainers, the big profit is coming from end users, paying $35 for a renewals, paying hosting and building websites, mostly they used us to gain some market share.
It was a plan, only a plan.
Also you might know that end users love paypal.
All that heat and press was supposed to bring promotion but in the end, epik sounds like a dangerous place for end users. What prevailed is the bad press, not the epik is the digital hero narrative.
I dont want to build a website on epik only to have my domain or hosting account disapear because the government ordered so.
 
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It was a plan, only a plan.
Also you might know that end users love paypal.
All that heat and press was supposed to bring promotion but in the end, epik sounds like a dangerous place for end users. What prevailed is the bad press, not the epik is the digital hero narrative.
I dont want to build a website on epik only to have my domain or hosting account disapear because the government ordered so.
Who told you that end users love paypal? How many end users sales have you had through paypal? How many buyers requested to pay by paypal? https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.paypal.com With one star out of five on trustpilot, sometimes sounds like we are not watching the same movie.
 
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Dude. End users as people using for 35$ .com and hosting accounts etc...
Same people who buy shoes online.
They love paypal.

Truth is, domainers are not going bring end users to epik because domainers are going to leave.
End users wont be tasting epik's tools.
Bad press is around, deterrent.

I'd take the new regs business through private domaining cheap .coms.
 
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Bob this decision was not made just by GoDaddy. It was dictated to them from an external position through their legal department, and then handed to their executive team for implementation. It blindsided dozens of individuals at GoDaddy who were equally confused, because many actually cherished their relationship with Epik. The reality is – GoDaddy is no longer operated in principal by the people you believe are in control. By the time you finally discern I am telling the truth, then more of your liberties will be stripped away, as a world you will not recognize takes shape and form.

There is much being coordinated, and even in the case of NameBio and PayPal – where people felt the urge to repeatedly applaud their calm and rational demeanor – it was designed as a short term exercise simply to provide cover to the massive overreach against Epik. Even when we were forced to eventually contact the FTC, PayPal responded by running 195 articles against Epik within 24 hours. You should ask yourself who in this country carries this type of power. We’ve provided the documents and links to help educate yourself and others, so we can move past speculative opinion going forward if anyone wants to have a real conversation about what is at stake. The trails are easily discernible by anyone who chooses to see, or that does not exist here solely to reduce the most vulnerable parts of the perceptions shared in good faith into analytical essays on what is wrong with Epik and Rob Davis.

Your optimism for reconciliation is beautiful. Both Dan Schulman and Aman Bhutani have Rob Monster’s phone number. As does Leah Sweet, and the individuals at the SPLC. The difficulty here is that even with past city takeovers, buildings set on fire, assassinations, brutal attacks, mass service deplatforming, hospitals barricaded, stay-at-home orders to quash rebellions, tactical insertions of COVID testing to raise numbers for control, and atrocities too many to list - people do not want to hear the truth. They have become polarized by horrific influences well past any form of truth or positive objectivity. Many still do not realize the relativity of all this to Epik. They have no idea the degree of investments made in global Content Distribution Networks, or the resiliency platforms developed to hold lines I hope and pray you never have to know fully exist. In part, the challenge here is not that Rob or others have a “messiah complex”, it is that through their humility and love for others, they naturally treat everyone on a peer level, in complete authentic truth without judgement or expectation of counter hate. The trolls take that genuine accessibility and privilege, and pervert it into something no longer recognizable. Hate for the sake of hatred as part of their own self-made identity. I feel bad for them, but this community has been twisted into something is barely recognizable from what it could become.

Even as for many, their worlds are crumbling about them. That is well before you get into a real-world view, as Epik is positioned in some thirty countries, and works tirelessly to bring new options and technologies into underserved regions. Some with hardships beyond anything most forum users here could ever fathom, and Epik stays active in helping however we can wherever we can. Whether that is sending resources for food, adapting workplaces to avoid murder in the street, and yes – even lending money to hardship cases and struggling domain investors who had every dollar they possessed wrapped up in their PayPal account. There are a billion people who would give everything they have just to trade spots with many here for one singular day. Until you have been forced on your knees praying in thankfulness for running water, a blanket, clean air to breathe, or a roof to sleep under, it is hard to understand.

It is disturbing how people of privilege take so much for granted, as the armchair chants to “stay in our lane” overwhelm any real desire or effort to pursue truth. One day you should grab a calculator and a list of share sales over the past ten years, and see for yourself what Google, GoDaddy, Twitter, Facebook, Apple, PayPal and Amazon have truly stripped from this country and its opportunities. No public relations firm or legal group was able to prevent their monopolies or injustice. No non-“bizarre” approach strategy worked for the millions of people negatively impacted. Suddenly elitists are concerned with poor people and free education. The very same people making these pledges are the ones who already ripped trillions of dollars out of the system. Trust me when I say – they are coming for the rest. Unused yachts, broken hookers, and a sudden trend for changes in citizenship “just in case”, as a tool to avoid unwanted extradition processes that might now be right down the road.

Thank God for Epik, the services it empowers, the platforms and people it protects, and the line it helps hold and defend. When Wikimedia/Wikipedia/SPLC helped orchestrate and run the first 500 news pieces branding us as racists and white nationalists, that should have been a clue for many with the capacity to pay attention. Maybe also ask the question on what exactly their own alliances could be hiding. Unless your very existence and future capacity to feed yourself rests from just rolling over and accepting the brutal nature of the system. Many may find real regrets in their past choices over these coming months.

Just please don’t forget – when groups like PayPal deplatform thousands of people, and a company like GoDaddy simply eliminates upsides for financial prosperity covering potentially millions of names with no notice – they do this at a time when most of the world is still locked down and looking for the money to pay their bills! They know very well the added hardships it creates in places where $300 can be the difference between feeding their kids, or keeping their lights on. You should all know I share the truth on this. These decisions are purpose-built and designed to create more ripples of hardship.

But even now, there are at least three individuals even within this own thread that have relationships with GoDaddy they have never declared. You see them tear Epik apart every day, yet there is seemingly little courage left amongst the negative peer pressure to be heroic. Thousands of attack posts, constantly shifting the line tactically, or flooding comments out to bury truth bombs that are identified as problematic. Which is okay. Live your lives as you deem fit. Tell us to fire staff. To stay in our “own lane”. To hire lawyers and PR firms. To not be bizarre, weird, or unpredictable. Criticize every element, and be quick as well to dictate what our own rights and options here for how we choose to communicate. But don’t complain when the line moves, and suddenly common sense isn’t so common anymore. Or do complain if it suits you, as we are not here to tell you how to live your lives. Only to reaffirm that hate for personal enjoyment serves no one, and our world is reeling from these types of personal choices.

You might want to observe that five or six companies, built on the diminishment of the antitrust divisions of the past administration, have stripped literally trillions of dollars out of this country in the past decade. You know the arrogance GoDaddy continually displays in its planning and market execution. A small child can look at PayPal’s twitter comments, and see that they are stealing and seizing the money of thousands of targeted individuals with no backlash from the FTC or DOJ. Bloomberg on any given day will run two to three pieces telling everyone in the US to not worry about China’s monetary influence over America. Our politicians can be seen wrecking trade deals and opportunities for decades, then be elected on their magical basis to somehow now correct them. We have evolved into a country where that is all it seemingly takes to neutralize a sleepy public. A bit of anger. Lots of trolls and division. A sense of tribalism and intentional separation I never thought I would witness. There are thousands of industries being subdued, each with its own set of positioned trolls that exist simply to bring others down.

Social media has empowered a billion people to believe their opinions on every subject under the planet need to be heard at any cost. When they don’t have anything intelligent to add, they tend to sink into depression and hate, and then eventually you have a million people wondering the street lost and confused. Since we seem to be near universally devoid of any real world leadership that has not already been bought and sold, I would encourage the brilliant minds here to read. Discover. Communicate. Look past the conditioned rhetoric and realize that the chains may be real, but there is still much that can be done to break them. There are some great people in this community, and I am thankful for each of you.

For those of you impacted by PayPal’s decision to terminate services, please know that we are sorry for the inconveniences, and working towards new solutions. You can see an early copy of the update and announcement going out to our customers over the next few days who have used PayPal in the past. I hope it provides additional clarifications. This particular online version as well has additional links for those who are not aware of the actions and activities over this past month.

www.truthishere.com


Have a blessed day, and thank you as always for the encouragements and support.

-RD

In light of this and your employment, I find it a bit odd that GoDaddy is your preferred registrar:

Domain Name: INTELLINAME.COM
Registry Domain ID: 9785230_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2020-07-12T21:08:04Z
Creation Date: 1999-09-03T18:34:12Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-09-03T18:34:12Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registrant Organization: Intelliname
Registrant State/Province: Illinois
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=INTELLINAME.COM
Admin Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=INTELLINAME.COM
Tech Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=INTELLINAME.COM
Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.COM
Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.US
Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.DE
Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.ORG
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
 

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Dude. End users as people using for 35$ .com and hosting accounts etc...
Same people who buy shoes online.
They love paypal.

Truth is, domainers are not going bring end users to epik because domainers are going to leave.
End users wont be tasting epik's tools.
Bad press is around, deterrent.

I'd take the new regs business through private domaining cheap .coms.
Just check the reviews on trustpilot, they are just end users, buying everything from shoes to cleaners, to everything and 85% of them are saying that paypal is poor or bad, so for you that means that they love it. Have you tried to sell domains to end users, getting payed through paypal? I've done an experiment for a year, for half of my portofolio and trust me, they don't love paypal. They will choose to pay directly into your bank account, than to pay through paypal.
 
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In light of this and your employment, I find it a bit odd that GoDaddy is your preferred registrar:

Domain Name: INTELLINAME.COM
Registry Domain ID: 9785230_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2020-07-12T21:08:04Z
Creation Date: 1999-09-03T18:34:12Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-09-03T18:34:12Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registrant Organization: Intelliname
Registrant State/Province: Illinois
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=INTELLINAME.COM
Admin Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=INTELLINAME.COM
Tech Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=INTELLINAME.COM
Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.COM
Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.US
Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.DE
Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.ORG
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
w0w.
Say it aint so, Joe.
(Baseball reference)

Unbelievable.

Peace,
Kenny
 
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In light of this and your employment, I find it a bit odd that GoDaddy is your preferred registrar:

Domain Name: INTELLINAME.COM
Registry Domain ID: 9785230_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2020-07-12T21:08:04Z
Creation Date: 1999-09-03T18:34:12Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-09-03T18:34:12Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registrant Organization: Intelliname
Registrant State/Province: Illinois
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=INTELLINAME.COM
Admin Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=INTELLINAME.COM
Tech Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=INTELLINAME.COM
Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.COM
Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.US
Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.DE
Name Server: NS-US.1AND1-DNS.ORG
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/

I've mentioned this a few times in the past. GoDaddy, Escrow.com, Paypal all over the site. Referred to as Trusted Service Providers. Had plenty of time to switch all that out to Epik, Epik "Escrow" etc. The old actions speak louder than words.

A little basketball reference. James Harden of the Rockets used to wear Nike gear all the time then signed a 4 year, $171 million contract with Adidas. People were noticing he kept wearing Nike shoes after that contract was signed and Adidas handled that with the swiftness. They pay you that much money, you wear Adidas.

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"Unused yachts, broken hookers," and a sudden trend for changes in citizenship “just in case”, as a tool to avoid unwanted extradition processes that might now be right down the road."

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"The difficulty here is that even with past city takeovers, buildings set on fire, assassinations, brutal attacks, mass service deplatforming, hospitals barricaded, stay-at-home orders to quash rebellions, tactical insertions of COVID testing to raise numbers for control, and atrocities too many to list - people do not want to hear the truth."

I mentioned conspiracy stuff in my prior post. At least Hunter Biden caught a break this time.
 
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I like both Epik and Godaddy and although I have a very small portfolio of mostly hand registered domains and haven't done any sales for a long time now, but I like the seamless process that now exists between Afternic and Godaddy and I am somewhat sad that the same is not going to exist for Epik anymore.

But I believe that this has nothing to do with all the Epik's rants and rebellious behaviors of the past which some people here might have found to be as inappropriate marketing tactics for their brand and services. In my opinion this has to do more with Epik claiming to be the "Swiss Bank for Domains" which was proudly being displayed on their website till not too long ago. But now that the political landscape is changing perhaps the financial models that were being promoted by Epik which in a way was actually domainer friendly as it would allow those who sold a domain to keep the proceeds inhouse can no longer be acceptable to companies such as Paypal and Godaddy which are not comfortable to be used in such ways and in a way you can't blame them considering that millions of dollars are changing hands through domain sales every month.

At this time my recommendation to Epik is to change their financial models so that they can be in good standing with all the laws and rules that their business associates such as Paypal and Godaddy expect them to abide with and as such I expect Epik to be given a chance for redemption before it is permanently cut of by Godaddy and Paypal.

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Bob this decision was not made just by GoDaddy. It was dictated to them from an external position through their legal department, and then handed to their executive team for implementation. It blindsided dozens of individuals at GoDaddy who were equally confused, because many actually cherished their relationship with Epik. The reality is – GoDaddy is no longer operated in principal by the people you believe are in control. By the time you finally discern I am telling the truth, then more of your liberties will be stripped away, as a world you will not recognize takes shape and form.

There is much being coordinated, and even in the case of NameBio and PayPal – where people felt the urge to repeatedly applaud their calm and rational demeanor – it was designed as a short term exercise simply to provide cover to the massive overreach against Epik. Even when we were forced to eventually contact the FTC, PayPal responded by running 195 articles against Epik within 24 hours. You should ask yourself who in this country carries this type of power. We’ve provided the documents and links to help educate yourself and others, so we can move past speculative opinion going forward if anyone wants to have a real conversation about what is at stake. The trails are easily discernible by anyone who chooses to see, or that does not exist here solely to reduce the most vulnerable parts of the perceptions shared in good faith into analytical essays on what is wrong with Epik and Rob Davis.

Your optimism for reconciliation is beautiful. Both Dan Schulman and Aman Bhutani have Rob Monster’s phone number. As does Leah Sweet, and the individuals at the SPLC. The difficulty here is that even with past city takeovers, buildings set on fire, assassinations, brutal attacks, mass service deplatforming, hospitals barricaded, stay-at-home orders to quash rebellions, tactical insertions of COVID testing to raise numbers for control, and atrocities too many to list - people do not want to hear the truth. They have become polarized by horrific influences well past any form of truth or positive objectivity. Many still do not realize the relativity of all this to Epik. They have no idea the degree of investments made in global Content Distribution Networks, or the resiliency platforms developed to hold lines I hope and pray you never have to know fully exist. In part, the challenge here is not that Rob or others have a “messiah complex”, it is that through their humility and love for others, they naturally treat everyone on a peer level, in complete authentic truth without judgement or expectation of counter hate. The trolls take that genuine accessibility and privilege, and pervert it into something no longer recognizable. Hate for the sake of hatred as part of their own self-made identity. I feel bad for them, but this community has been twisted into something is barely recognizable from what it could become.

Even as for many, their worlds are crumbling about them. That is well before you get into a real-world view, as Epik is positioned in some thirty countries, and works tirelessly to bring new options and technologies into underserved regions. Some with hardships beyond anything most forum users here could ever fathom, and Epik stays active in helping however we can wherever we can. Whether that is sending resources for food, adapting workplaces to avoid murder in the street, and yes – even lending money to hardship cases and struggling domain investors who had every dollar they possessed wrapped up in their PayPal account. There are a billion people who would give everything they have just to trade spots with many here for one singular day. Until you have been forced on your knees praying in thankfulness for running water, a blanket, clean air to breathe, or a roof to sleep under, it is hard to understand.

It is disturbing how people of privilege take so much for granted, as the armchair chants to “stay in our lane” overwhelm any real desire or effort to pursue truth. One day you should grab a calculator and a list of share sales over the past ten years, and see for yourself what Google, GoDaddy, Twitter, Facebook, Apple, PayPal and Amazon have truly stripped from this country and its opportunities. No public relations firm or legal group was able to prevent their monopolies or injustice. No non-“bizarre” approach strategy worked for the millions of people negatively impacted. Suddenly elitists are concerned with poor people and free education. The very same people making these pledges are the ones who already ripped trillions of dollars out of the system. Trust me when I say – they are coming for the rest. Unused yachts, broken hookers, and a sudden trend for changes in citizenship “just in case”, as a tool to avoid unwanted extradition processes that might now be right down the road.

Thank God for Epik, the services it empowers, the platforms and people it protects, and the line it helps hold and defend. When Wikimedia/Wikipedia/SPLC helped orchestrate and run the first 500 news pieces branding us as racists and white nationalists, that should have been a clue for many with the capacity to pay attention. Maybe also ask the question on what exactly their own alliances could be hiding. Unless your very existence and future capacity to feed yourself rests from just rolling over and accepting the brutal nature of the system. Many may find real regrets in their past choices over these coming months.

Just please don’t forget – when groups like PayPal deplatform thousands of people, and a company like GoDaddy simply eliminates upsides for financial prosperity covering potentially millions of names with no notice – they do this at a time when most of the world is still locked down and looking for the money to pay their bills! They know very well the added hardships it creates in places where $300 can be the difference between feeding their kids, or keeping their lights on. You should all know I share the truth on this. These decisions are purpose-built and designed to create more ripples of hardship.

But even now, there are at least three individuals even within this own thread that have relationships with GoDaddy they have never declared. You see them tear Epik apart every day, yet there is seemingly little courage left amongst the negative peer pressure to be heroic. Thousands of attack posts, constantly shifting the line tactically, or flooding comments out to bury truth bombs that are identified as problematic. Which is okay. Live your lives as you deem fit. Tell us to fire staff. To stay in our “own lane”. To hire lawyers and PR firms. To not be bizarre, weird, or unpredictable. Criticize every element, and be quick as well to dictate what our own rights and options here for how we choose to communicate. But don’t complain when the line moves, and suddenly common sense isn’t so common anymore. Or do complain if it suits you, as we are not here to tell you how to live your lives. Only to reaffirm that hate for personal enjoyment serves no one, and our world is reeling from these types of personal choices.

You might want to observe that five or six companies, built on the diminishment of the antitrust divisions of the past administration, have stripped literally trillions of dollars out of this country in the past decade. You know the arrogance GoDaddy continually displays in its planning and market execution. A small child can look at PayPal’s twitter comments, and see that they are stealing and seizing the money of thousands of targeted individuals with no backlash from the FTC or DOJ. Bloomberg on any given day will run two to three pieces telling everyone in the US to not worry about China’s monetary influence over America. Our politicians can be seen wrecking trade deals and opportunities for decades, then be elected on their magical basis to somehow now correct them. We have evolved into a country where that is all it seemingly takes to neutralize a sleepy public. A bit of anger. Lots of trolls and division. A sense of tribalism and intentional separation I never thought I would witness. There are thousands of industries being subdued, each with its own set of positioned trolls that exist simply to bring others down.

Social media has empowered a billion people to believe their opinions on every subject under the planet need to be heard at any cost. When they don’t have anything intelligent to add, they tend to sink into depression and hate, and then eventually you have a million people wondering the street lost and confused. Since we seem to be near universally devoid of any real world leadership that has not already been bought and sold, I would encourage the brilliant minds here to read. Discover. Communicate. Look past the conditioned rhetoric and realize that the chains may be real, but there is still much that can be done to break them. There are some great people in this community, and I am thankful for each of you.

For those of you impacted by PayPal’s decision to terminate services, please know that we are sorry for the inconveniences, and working towards new solutions. You can see an early copy of the update and announcement going out to our customers over the next few days who have used PayPal in the past. I hope it provides additional clarifications. This particular online version as well has additional links for those who are not aware of the actions and activities over this past month.

www.truthishere.com


Have a blessed day, and thank you as always for the encouragements and support.

-RD
What is this? I couldn't even read through it all.

In simple terms, What was the stated reason for termination from Afternic?
 
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Fast Transfer is a good thing. Last month I had a sale that happened through Afternic FT with a domain that was at Epik. It was super quick and I am sure the buyer was happy because I was since I didnt have to deal with transfers and such. Looking where the buyer bought the name or where he is from, there is no way he searched Godaddy or Afternic for the name. It was on his preferred registrar. Anyways, FT is good and I wish all registrars had it.
 
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Fast Transfer is a good thing. Last month I had a sale that happened through Afternic FT with a domain that was at Epik. It was super quick and I am sure the buyer was happy because I was since I didnt have to deal with transfers and such. Looking where the buyer bought the name or where he is from, there is no way he searched Godaddy or Afternic for the name. It was on his preferred registrar. Anyways, FT is good and I wish all registrars had it.

FT is a very good feature for added exposure. While most of my sales are via Afternic/GoDaddy directly, there is still a substantial amount of FT sales via other registrars.

Many of these FT sales are people that would have not been likely to even find the domain otherwise.
I just sold one today for low 5 figures via Afternic FT.

Brad
 
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I have a lot of domains at Epik and have been happy with everything except for the backwards policy that if you sell an external domain in the Epik marketplace the seller has to pay for the transfer, that should be more like nameliquidate where the buyer pays.

Due to the flexibility of their payment plans I was able to cashflow and was creating a plan based just on those options. I have also been pleased with the fast transfer from Afternic and was pretty miffed with this news of separation.

But I am extremely upset at the crap I just read in that rant. I am a professional nurse, and although I now work as a nurse educator, I have taken care of sick and dying clients on vents etc. I am well connected with nurses taking care of patients with Covid-19. I have a graduate level education including courses related to public health & epidemiology. Covid-19 is no conspiracy and no joke, when I read that someone is tying there business troubles into a conspiracy theory that suggest best practices to break the chain of transmission of a virus on track to kill over 300,000 people on the USA is a plan to keep people from rioting, all I can say is, Why the hell would I do business with that company?

I try to stay out of personal controversies and deal with my own plans and goals, but these conspiracy theories are killing a lot of people and if you want to believe them go a head, but don’t tell me that is why Godaddy is cutting you off.
 
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i take my business to companies that respect me over hate speech masqurading as free speech.
 
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Godaddy can do whatever they want. Its free market system
 
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