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.

 

[Future Sensors]

@GoDaddy Once a domain is sold and payment is scheduled, the domain completely disappears from the "Sold" overview, and in fact from all overviews in the dashboard; it cannot be found anywhere. This happens from the moment payment is scheduled, and even if payment has already been received via PayPal, it's still not visible. I know it will become visible again at some point, but please look into this, so that a sold domain never disappears from the [Sold] overview. Thanks.

@GoDaddy Unfortunately, this problem still persists. I sold a domain yesterday, and payout is scheduled today, but in the meantime the domain isn't visible in any overview. Have the developers been made aware of this issue, and is a fix planned?

 

[Acroplex]

Is this new? I'm referring to the slider button "View all TLDs"

 

[Acroplex]

The default setting is off, showing beneath only "for sale" or "premium" domains. Yes, there are promoted TLDs as well.

Slide it on and the 554 TLDs appear in alphabetical order.

 

[domainer8888]

Is this new?

another experiment probably. For me it shows like before. But would be great if it sticks.

 

[Kyle Tully]

List your domains with Spaceship, point Nameservers there for verification, then point them back to Afternic. And enjoy lower commissions on next Namecheap registrar sale

Sedo charges 20% for MLS sales so if Namecheap prioritises Sedo over Afternic it doesn't matter where your NS are pointed you'll still pay 20% for those sales. Whereas if they prioritised Afternic and your landers were there you'd only pay 15%.

IMO small price to pay to claw back some of the stranglehold Afternic has on the market.

But if you also list on Spaceship they will prioritise that listing and you'll only pay 5%.

 

[domainer8888]

Sedo charges 20% for MLS sales so if Namecheap prioritises Sedo over Afternic it doesn't matter where your NS are pointed you'll still pay 20% for those sales. Whereas if they prioritised Afternic and your landers were there you'd only pay 15%.

That is why I suggested listing directly on Spaceship. That listing gets prioritized on Namecheap over Sedo. With less than 10% commission.

 

[Acroplex]

Are Afternic brokers inept goons, or do they use a broken platform with no initiative whatsoever?

 

[NorthernDomains]

Are Afternic brokers inept goons, or do they use a broken platform with no initiative whatsoever?

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... and the odds of this being a serious buyer are less than 1%.

 

[Future Sensors]

Are Afternic brokers inept goons, or do they use a broken platform with no initiative whatsoever?

An additional frustration is that your legitimate comment is not addressed.

 

[Acroplex]

I just don't get it. Broker relays one of the oldest tricks in the domain acquisition game—poor student—as if it were real.

Instead of e.g. filtering out such offers or (even better) negotiating aggressively towards the target price (mid four figures) he blinks at the offer. Then, the exchange isn't closed; it gets bumped 30 and 90 days later.

It's the sum of all the small crap that makes Afternic a big pile of steaming manure. Zero concern for the seller's standards.

 

[Kyle Tully]

I just don't get it. Broker relays one of the oldest tricks in the domain acquisition game—poor student—as if it were real.

Instead of e.g. filtering out such offers or (even better) negotiating aggressively towards the target price (mid four figures) he blinks at the offer. Then, the exchange isn't closed; it gets bumped 30 and 90 days later.

It's the sum of all the small crap that makes Afternic a big pile of steaming manure. Zero concern for the seller's standards.

If the student claim wasn't real then surely you want to keep the lead active and followup, no?

People harp on about AN following up "dead" leads but IMO this is one of the better parts of the platform. Anyone who has done any level of lead gen / marketing funnel type stuff knows the gold is in the followup.

 

[domainer8888]

If the student claim wasn't real then surely you want to keep the lead active and followup, no?

In the timely follow-up especially.

 

[Kyle Tully]

In the timely follow-up especially.

Maybe waiting for them to graduate.

 

[domainer8888]

 

[DomainRecap]

People harp on about AN following up "dead" leads but IMO this is one of the better parts of the platform. Anyone who has done any level of lead gen / marketing funnel type stuff knows the gold is in the followup.

I've probably had hundreds of "dead zombie lead resurrections" and have never made a single sale on one of them. Not even one counter offer or any new communications at all.

My bet is that GoDaddy is just cold-calling them to see if they want hosting or other services.

 

[Acroplex]

If the student claim wasn't real then surely you want to keep the lead active and followup, no?

People harp on about AN following up "dead" leads but IMO this is one of the better parts of the platform. Anyone who has done any level of lead gen / marketing funnel type stuff knows the gold is in the followup.

Let's break this down further.

There IS a use to follow-ups, when e.g. the initial negotiation got stuck somewhere along the initial offer and the seller's counter-offer. The broker picked up the phone and talked to the would-be buyer, burnt some grey matter doing actual delivery of the seller's feedback and PER the seller's specs.

In this case, when there is a faux initial contact that makes faux claims ("Woe is me, poor student I shall be forever, hand me the domain, oh kind seller") the broker has zero follow-up to make—unless they are just like monkeys trained to perform tasks. Instead, these DEAD IN THE WATER inquiries, even despite the seller's feedback, get resurrected with a timer.

Uniregistry did that but it was all well tuned and the seller controlled such long term follow ups with an ON/OFF switch. You can't have that on Afternic accounts—not per domain, not account-wide.

 

[Acroplex]

Maybe waiting for them to graduate.

I see the humor myself and wrote a few parody articles about that topic. But this one below is real:
https://domaingang.com/domain-news/...ver-165-students-from-12-different-countries/

 

[End User King]

I've probably had hundreds of "dead zombie lead resurrections" and have never made a single sale on one of them. Not even one counter offer or any new communications at all.

My bet is that GoDaddy is just cold-calling them to see if they want hosting or other services.

Wow

 

[GoDaddy]

Self-Brokerage at Afternic just got better. Following our launch earlier this year, we've added a lot of features and upgrades, including:
Lease to Own
Smarter Lead Insights
"Seen" message statuses

And much more, all covered on our blog: https://blog.afternic.com/self-brokerage-updates/

 

[Gabriel360]

Self-Brokerage at Afternic just got better. Following our launch earlier this year, we've added a lot of features and upgrades, including:
Lease to Own
Smarter Lead Insights
"Seen" message statuses

And much more, all covered on our blog: https://blog.afternic.com/self-brokerage-updates/

Does the "Simplified Buyer Login" mean that potential buyers no longer need to create a GoDaddy account to make an offer on a domain name?

Also, when is Self-Brokerage coming to the Request Price Lander?