Afternic - Official Thread

[GoDaddy]

Hello NamePros!
By popular demand, we have launched a dedicated feedback thread for Afternic, the GoDaddy-owned domain name marketplace.

We have created this thread as a way for you to tell us what works, what doesn't work, and what features you'd like to see at Afternic (please be constructive with your feedback). We're looking forward to hearing from the domain investment community to help us shape the future of Afternic.

We will also be sharing Afternic product updates in this thread.

Please note that this thread is not meant for support. Please email our support team at [email protected] for assistance.

 

[NicTraders]

This guy from the chat assures me that these are not fake listings.
He even added the domain to my cart.
By the way, I will get the logo for free.

Shows how totally incompetent their staff are (and certainly not at all knowledgeable about the competition)...

 

[BritFlippa]

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"I would recommend you to go for the $$$72K domain"

To be fair, that's my kind of Broker.

 

[carob]

 

[carob]

Aftermarket.com offer today:

 

[carob]

Sedo offers today, over 200 of them:

 

[Timkh]

Hi @carob, thanks for sharing. It's surprising that Sedo allowed these listings.
At least, these useless domains are listed by their real owners. Although Sedo and Atom should not allow this to happen.

 

[DN_Hunter]

Okay, I purchased the damn domain. Here's the logo I got, pretty neat huh?

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Is there an option on Afternic that also sells a Logo with the domain name? And this is really puzzling that the domain name is still available.

Why does it say "Get it" instead of "But it Now"?

 

[Jannes]

Why does it say "Get it" instead of "But it Now"?

No fast transfer

 

[DN_Hunter]

No fast transfer

Thanks! I never noticed that difference between FT and Non-FT

 

[Future Sensors]

Both the Atom and DomainEasy domains are now marked as "Domain Taken" at GoDaddy.

 

[Jannes]

a week ago

now

 

[GoDaddy]

@GoDaddy

It's no fun that you're listing the domains of competitors for sale on your platform.

Please remove these domains and implement procedures to prevent this from ever happening again.

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Hi @Future Sensors,
Thanks for informing us. These domain names have been blocked from appearing on Afternic's network again. We take this matter very seriously and will be sharing @Timkh's support experiences with the appropriate leadership team.

a week ago

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Hi @Jannes,
Could you please DM us the domain name?

 

[Jannes]

Hi @Jannes,
Could you please DM us the domain name?

Thanks but I finally received "it's happening" message 20 minutes ago.

 

[Timkh]

Hi @GoDaddy, thanks for the response.

I believe that it is not enough to block these domains. Accounts must be blocked.

And one more thing. I have no desire to harm GoDaddy's reputation. I want GD to become better.
And I just feel sorry for those people who pay 4 or 5-fig amounts and don't receive domains.
And please finally launch Self-Brokerage. In any form, even with errors. But give us the opportunity to negotiate ourselves.

 

[DomainRecap]

And please finally launch Self-Brokerage. In any form, even with errors. But give us the opportunity to negotiate ourselves.

I pray for this every single day.

I was planning on moving my nameservers to Atom, but something came up this weekend that demanded my attention, so I'm still in the same leaky boat.

 

[Mister Funsky]

nevermind

 

[DomainRecap]

Another day, another offer or two that will eventually sit for a few days and then go nowhere. I'm hesitant to even respond to new offers anymore because I know they're all just going to the "Stall" file anyway.

I even have one now that has been sitting in "Unknown" status for a week - but hey, at least that spices things up a bit.

 

[411domains]

@GoDaddy - It looks like the stats stopped updating on 02/10.

You might want to have someone look into it.

 

[Dane]

If a company with GoDaddy's resources really wanted Afternic to be a viable marketplace, the development work would have been done last year like they promised.

If GoDaddy really wanted Afternic to be a viable marketplace they would have slapped an Afternic logo on Dan.com and called it a day.

 

[DomainRecap]

If GoDaddy really wanted Afternic to be a viable marketplace they would have slapped an Afternic logo on Dan.com and called it a day.

While a much better decision, that wouldn't have gotten an executive his bonus for "closing Dan and firing all Dan employees and developers by year-end".