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I got an e-mail by a non GoDaddy registrar asking me to submit a request to opt in one of my domain names into Afternic listing service. The domain is listed on GD auctions. My questions are:

1. This can be legit?
2. It means that someone wants my domain?

Thanks
 
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its only legit if ti comes from registrar where that given domain is stored.

aftrnic cannot send you optin emails from gd for domains which are not regged at gd.

its just from whereever your domains are regged.
 
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its only legit if ti comes from registrar where that given domain is stored.

aftrnic cannot send you optin emails from gd for domains which are not regged at gd.

its just from whereever your domains are regged.
Yes, it came from the registrar where the domain is registered.
 
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then its legit and standard procedure for aftrnic optin

gl!
 
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Thanks guys. I want to ask, it is a possible sale on the road or just it's a common practice? I ask because i accepted it for another name before some days.
 
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I'm frightened to enable that fast transfer service, as it doesn't seem to be monitored very well. It seems to allow front-runners and scammers to list names they don't own.
 
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Very fundamental question: Did you even list the domain on Afternic? Did you set a BIN price?
If you did list, search for the domain on Afternic and go to it's sales page. If it lists it under your username, then yes, it is legit. After what @Kuffy experienced, be very careful of enabling fast transfer on Afternic
 
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Yes it would only be legit if you listed the domain names for sale via Afternic. If you did not someone else is trying to list your domain for sale and we are asking you in that email if you want to list them for sale. It is a confirmation if it is coming from your registrar saying it looks like you want to list it, confirm this by agreeing. If you did list the names for sale that is great if not contact afternic support at [email protected] and say you are not listing the domains and they will fix it.
Either way this does not mean someone wants to buy your domain names. That email we send tells you we have an offer.
 
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Hello Joe,

"In review status" for .online domains - how to fix it?

Thanks.
 
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Yes it would only be legit if you listed the domain names for sale via Afternic. If you did not someone else is trying to list your domain for sale and we are asking you in that email if you want to list them for sale. It is a confirmation if it is coming from your registrar saying it looks like you want to list it, confirm this by agreeing. If you did list the names for sale that is great if not contact afternic support at [email protected] and say you are not listing the domains and they will fix it.
Either way this does not mean someone wants to buy your domain names. That email we send tells you we have an offer.
While searching, i found that the name was listed to Aftenic by previous owner.Not from me.
 
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While searching, i found that the name was listed to Aftenic by previous owner.Not from me.
Then do NOT click on the link in the e-mail from your registrar. As Joe wrote, send an e-mail to Afternic support and ask them to remove the listing
 
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Just went to log in into my Afternic account as I received a price enquiry and found this

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NOT GOOD AT ALL!
 
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Just went to log in into my Afternic account as I received a price enquiry and found this

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NOT GOOD AT ALL!
Install this extension always - https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
This automatically redirects connections to the https if it exists. Afternic does support SSL connections but they stupidly also don't force it!

Edit: I went and checked and unfortunately, even the extension linked above does not contain a ruleset to redirect Afternic pages to the ssl versions. That's definitely not good
 
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Install this extension always - https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
This automatically redirects connections to the https if it exists. Afternic does support SSL connections but they stupidly also don't force it!

Edit: I went and checked and unfortunately, even the extension linked above does not contain a ruleset to redirect Afternic pages to the ssl versions. That's definitely not good

I have a couple of security addons as well but ALL of Afternic still shows without https and non-secure.
It would be good if @Joe Styler replied to this issue as well.

Could you log in Anantj?
 
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I have a couple of security addons as well but ALL of Afternic still shows without https and non-secure.
It would be good if @Joe Styler replied to this issue as well.

Could you log in Anantj?
Not sure may be your browser or cookies. We have an active ssl on the site and it works for me.
 
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Joe - if you delete your cookies/history or visit afternic from another browser, the afternic site would not forward http to https. First time visitors are not forwarded to https @ afternic. It is really strange that this issue, which is known since at least last year, was never fixed.
 
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Not sure may be your browser or cookies. We have an active ssl on the site and it works for me.

Joe, mamber anantj just said he had the same issue, didn't you see the post?

@tonyk2000 thanks for sharing..we are always treated like we don't know what we are talking about
 
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I dont know what to say. I am not saying you don't know what you are talking about but we do have an active ssl on that site. Here's two screenshots of two different browsers showing the certificate is active.
 

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type in browser bar afternic.com , http > https redirection doesn't seem to work
 
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