Afternic Bazaar

[DomainOgre]

Anybody else seen this?

http://www.afternic.com/bazaar.php

I ran into it while doing a review of Afternic for DomainNameReview.com. Its supposed to be a Wholesale Domain Name Auction. This is really interesting to me since I sold NameBazaar.com to the owner of Afternic a month or so ago.

Hopefully, this will be a great new outlet for selling our names. Only time will tell tho since its not even open yet.

 

[Terry]

This next week should be interesting. A lot of the higher priced names have shaken out, and some names have been purchased. Now we will start to see where the stop price on the bulk of those first names is.

 

[DomainOgre]

Congrats Duke . Were the transactions all easy?

 

[Ron Jackson]

Originally posted by DomainOgre
Congrats Duke . Were the transactions all easy?

Very easy Ogre. They send the buyer & seller each other's contact info and you complete the deal directly with the other party. All of my buyers paid immediately and got their domains immediately. No problems at all. They have a feedback system too, so bad apples can be outed very quickly. I just bought two on Bazaar today. Looks like it will be great for buying and selling to me.

 

[Coastalguy]

Gonna give it a try.

ST

 

[g0ldy]

Anyone know any other way to pay for their membership other than credit card?

 

[proproject]

We also accept PayPal (with instant activation). And we'll take checks, but that is a little slow. (To pay by check, you just sign up as a free Standard member, then send us your username with a check for the Exchange Membership, and we'll upgrade your membership as soon as we receive it.)

We'll even take cash if you can drop by. We're in Ft. Lauderdale.

 

[Tippy]

A little ?

What happens if your name gets no bids, can it be relisted and do we have to pay again for that listing?

The answer might be at the site but I havnt had time to check it all out yet...

Thanks,

Mike

 

[DomainOgre]

Hey, Mr. Cat . From what I have seen, it looks like you have to pay to relist if your name does not sell.

 

[Tippy]

Thanks Ogre

I thought maybe it was like the eBay system.

Mike

 

[DomainOgre]

Np .

I just picked up two .us names pretty cheap. One started out at $400 and the other one close to 200. Since I was able to get them in the low XX, I am loving this .

 

[Ron Jackson]

I bought 3 more myself today - all .US. There are some nice bargains popping up there.

 

[4u-domains]

:bingo:

Well, nobody is going to believe this.. Its almost unbelievable and god knows what the odds are..

I've just been reading this thread when a ping announced the arrival of that little yellow envelope on my screem..

I opened up the mail and ....

Congratulations, your bid won this Afternic Bazaar auction:

http://bazaar.afternic.com/aucDetails.php?id=xxx

Domain name: xxxxx.xx
Final price: xxx
Seller information:
Username: xxxxxx
Name: xxxxxxx
email: xxxxxxxx



Now that IS amazing !
Whats more the seller is a fellow domainer I recgnised as I have dealt with him before via Paypal !!!






As for the name , not even sure why I bid on it !
Must have done it after a long lunch.. :lol:

 

[Coastalguy]

Congrats 4u!

ST

 

[DomainOgre]

The names are getting cheap now. Several have sold below $10

 

[Terry]

So far so good for me.

One bought - One sold - +$$

I like it.

 

[Lauren Stephens]

Originally posted by proproject

We'll even take cash if you can drop by.

my kind of guy

actually, i hope you dont mind me saying this here, its related to afternic itself. ive emailed michael several times about being really unhappy that you allow the marketplace to be flooded with "over priced junk names" and then people that have good priced good names cant even be found.

isnt there an easier way to work this out?

i mean, i feel like my membership money was a total waste, but i know that afternic could be much more effective. dont get me wrong, its a great site, but as a seller, it was near impossible to get any traffic

 

[g0ldy]

Does that mean my unverified premier account can pay?

 

[Terry]

That's what I paid with, g0ldy.

 

[g0ldy]

But unverified one?

 

[Terry]

I think by "unverified" you mean that there is no address verification or credit card added. That is my PayPal premier account status.